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The Equator Prize, organized by the Equator Initiative within the United Nations Development Programme, is awarded biennially to recognize outstanding community efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) is taking a step towards prioritising climate-change considerations in its policy.

Thousands of koalas may have died in fires burning through New South Wales but expert evidence to a state parliamentary inquiry on Monday said we are unlikely to ever know the real numbers.

The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has released their findings from the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition ever conducted in French Polynesia.

A more targeted approach to cleaning up plastic in the ocean could help to reduce seabird deaths, a researcher says. The idea from a New Zealand researcher comes amid predictions there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean within the next 30 years.

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission has moved to further safeguard seabirds from becoming tuna bycatch. Last year, it adopted the Seabird Conservation and Management Measure.

In partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), University of Newcastle researchers are investigating the role of invasive species eradication programmes in supporting ecosystem resilience in dedicated field sites throughout the Pacific.

At least 30 per cent of Fiji’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) will be declared as protected areas by 2030.

Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish.That's the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by conservation group IUCN.

The 24 countries and territories of the Pacific are united behind a call for a Climate Change resolution to come out of the 16th meeting of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC16) taking place in Papua New Guinea...“The [FFA] membership are calling for strong action by the Tuna