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According to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme’s (SPREP) Shark’s and Rays Conservation Officer, Juney Ward, the media can sometimes paint a very negative picture of these creatures.

The garbage catcher has been floating in the Pacific since its highly anticipated launch out of San Francisco in September, but it has yet to produce the results anticipated. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Researchers from Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) created a soft and flexible sampling device using 3D-printer that interacts with delicate marine life gently. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A trash collection device deployed three months ago to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii is not collecting any trash. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Our region also has a total of 346 marine protected areas.

Island Conservation talks with Jonathan Franzen about writing, birding, and effective conservation. Click on the link below to read the full article.

The ‘protected and conserved areas’ paradigm offers the global community an important means through which to respect human rights and appropriately recognize and support millions of square kilometers of lands and waters that are important for biodiversity, ecosystem processes, and connectivity.

There have been calls for biodiversity and ecosystem assessments to count non-native species as well as their native counterparts as positively contributing to biological diversity. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Information stored in the national portal is used to facilitate data management and enhance PNG’s reporting capacity to the various multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) including key national, regional and international commitments.

Earth's smallest countries issued a list of demands today as U.N. climate talks move into the final stage in this historical coal town. Click on the link below to read the full article.