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...partially protected MPAs can be easier to designate than no-take areas. The partial protection indicates to resource users that socioeconomic and conservation objectives have been balanced. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

...research published in the journal Science warns that climate change is already compromising these benefits through changes in stock productivity and location. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

 “Compared to 10 years ago, our village coasts and forests have really degraded,” expressed one frustrated fisherman who won’t be named due to survey confidentiality conditions. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The ambitious target would ensure the marine environment has a "buffer" against the effects of climate change and pollution. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The first session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument under the UNCLOS on BBNJ discussed marine genetic resources; environmental impact assessments; area-based management tools, including marine protected areas; and capacity building and marine techn

An unlikely group—including a National Geographic explorer and a former shark smuggler—team up to protect the Cook Islands' sharks. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A Chapter On Kiribati's Atolls And Marine Ecosystems Recently Published In World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation (Second Edition). Click On The Link To Access The Kiribati Chapter. 

A Chapter on Fiji's Coastal and Marine Ecosystems recently published in World Seas: an Environmental Evaluation (Second Edition). Click on the link to access the Fiji chapter. 

The group believes that with their cleaning vessels, or "systems" as they call them, they can halve the notorious Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just five years. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

 ...this report clearly demonstrates that Pacific reefs without much doubt contain the best coral reefs systems in the world and should remain in that position for the immediate decades to come