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Integrated management of China’s protected areas through the newly formed National Park Administration could boost both conservation and tourism. Link to full article below. 

Australasian palaeontologists have discovered the world's largest parrot, standing up to 1m tall with a massive beak able to crack most food sources.

After years of federally mandated protection, scientists see signs that this once ecologically fertile area known as the Hawaiian-Emperor Seamount Chain is making a comeback. Link to full article below. 

Through a Regional Learning Workshop on the Effective Management of Protected Areas organised by the Asean Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), the 11 managers and senior staff involved in the management of Asean Heritage Parks and protected areas learned the elements and principles of ecotourism, as w

The Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner under the Pacific Islands Forum aims to coordinate more effective responses from regional governments when it comes to policies affecting our ocean and seas. Link to full article below. 

The majority of logging companies, however, fail to protect their lands from unsustainable clear-felling practices and even fewer have systems to monitor and ensure such policies. Link to full article below. 

In recent years, stakeholder engagement has been widely recognized as integral to effective marine conservation, marine ecosystem-based management, and marine spatial planning.

Conservationists in Northland say the Whangārei District Council needs to get real about climate change after a hectare of native forest was felled to make way for a subdivision. Link to full article below. 

The Pacific Climate Change Centre to be based in Samoa, will open in September.The centre will be the first of its kind in the region and will deliver capacity development programmes in adaptation, mitigation, climate services and project development. Link to full article below.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2nd Pacific Islands Environment Leadership Awards (PIELA).