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This free, seven-week MOOC will provide you with the tools to assess the policy, institutional, and economic context for biodiversity finance; conduct a financial needs assessment to achieve a country’s biodiversity goals; and develop a biodiversity finance plan that identifies the most suitable

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Ocean warming is threatening coral reefs globally, with persistent thermal stress events degrading coral reefs worldwide, but a new study has found that corals at or near the equator are affected less than corals elsewhere. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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New research suggests that targeted use of behavioural 'nudges' can encourage people to conserve water.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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New research suggests climate change makes it increasingly difficult for tree seedlings to regenerate following wildfires in low-elevation forests, which could contribute to abrupt forest loss. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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A global study has concluded that people are essential to conserving the pollinators that maintain and protect biodiversity, agriculture and habitat. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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It is time for the federal Indigenous Protected Areas and Indigenous Rangers programs to be moved back to the Department of Environment; otherwise, we risk their ongoing success. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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The Solomon Islands government says it's contained the oil spill from a wrecked ship at the centre of an environmental disaster. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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The licences given to Bintan Mining Solomon Islands are under fire amid a cleanup of an estimated 100 tonnes of its oil spilled into a marine reserve. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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Freesoul is charged with one count of undertaking unauthorised developments, and one count of failing to comply with an environmental prohibition notice. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

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Environmental concerns were raised from the very onset of discussions concerning the extraction of metalliferous ores from the deep sea, but most studies have targeted the expected impacts on the benthic communities only. Click on the link below to access the full article. 

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