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It is estimated that the Philippines loses nearly P68.5 billion a year to illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, a trend that affects the country’s economic development through lost revenue and unrealized opportunities for local fishermen and associated seafood industries.

A Northland woman says a recent experiment she conducted to treat kauri dieback has had remarkable results. Lynn Butterworth, a student of Māori medicinal expert Tohe Ashby, tested the possibilities of using to rongoā Māori to treat the tree disease.

No-one has lived on Henderson Island since the 15th century, but it has the highest density of plastic debris recorded anywhere in the world.

A large international team of researchers reports that the amount of land designated as protected around the globe is shrinking. In their paper published in the journal Science, the researchers describe their study of protected lands over the past 200 years, and what they found.

Papua New Guinea's capital has launched an initiative to plant a million trees each year. To mark World Environment Day on Wednesday, the Port Moresby governor, Powes Parkop, planted the first 20 trees along the waterfront. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A Fijian family may yet have their day in a European court in what's being seen as a landmark case in the fight against climate change. Click on the link below to read the full article.

An area nearly twice the size of England will become a “blue belt” of protected waters after the government created 41 new marine conservation zones. Click on the link below to read the full article.

The United States and Brazil are leading an alarming global trend of stripping away and rolling back environmental policies in protected areas to bolster mining and industry. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The Brando is one of the most luxurious eco-resorts on the planet, nestling on an atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It's the last place you might think to find pioneering technology. But you'd be surprised. Click on the link below to read the full article.