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When the Guatemalan government designated the Río Sarstún Multiple Use Area in 2005, the local people said it never properly contacted or consulted the indigenous Q’eqchi’ living in the area. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The sixth World Ocean Summit will strive to build greater collaboration across regions and connect the world to new ideas and perspectives.

Pacific island nations have vowed to oppose US efforts to increase its catch limit in the world's largest tuna fishery, saying the proposal does nothing to improve sustainable fishing. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is now accepting applications for the University of Eastern Finland’s two-year Master’s Degree Programme in Environmental Policy and Law. Application period open between 1 November 2018 - 31 January 2019. Click on the link below for further details

Sharks have low reproductive rates, making them especially susceptible to overfishing.

Six countries are preparing to map the next regional plan of action (RPOA 2.0) to undertake in further protecting the 6.0 million-square kilometer Coral Triangle, the roughly triangular-shaped marine area at the junction of the Western Pacific and Indian oceans, cited by experts as center of mari

On the 14th of December 2018, the Joint Research Centre will launch the version 2.0 of the Reference Information System for BIOPAMA, aimed at assisting the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in addressing their conservation priorities and the sustainable use of natural resources with&n

There is a wide recognition of the need to enhance cooperation and create opportunities for synergies in implementing the biodiversity-related conventions at the national level, in order to achieve more coherent, efficient and effective implementation.

Too many EIAs are failing to stop environmental calamaties. Here’s what we need to do. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

From Thailand to Alaska, the battle to tap ever-dwindling resources from minerals to fish is spurring new conflicts over who has the right to the treasures of the deep seas. Click on the link below to read the full article.