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SPREP is currently seeking interest from suitable qualified individuals for the following internationally recruited vacancies:

President Tommy Remengesau, Jr. signed into law the bill that required vessels and aircrafts entering Palau to educate their passengers on the country's environmental protection policies...Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Ten youth from Ngerkesoaol spent last Friday at Micronesia's largest and most biologically diverse freshwater lake, Palau's very own lake - Ngardok Nature Reserve in Melekeok, Palau. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The Living Planet Report 2018 is the twelfth edition of the report and provides the scientific evidence to what nature has been telling us repeatedly: unsustainable human activity is pushing the planet’s natural systems that support life on Earth to the edge.

Here is the IUCN's position paper on review of progress and the post-2020 biodiversity framework, for the upcoming CBD COP14 (17-29 November) in Egypt. Click on the link below to read the full paper. 

MPAs can play a significant role in addressing the threats facing the ocean. These areas can help boost ocean biodiversity, fisheries, and the economies that depend on them. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Around the world, parks are destinations for recreational activities like hiking, bird-watching and camping, as well as noisier affairs such as mountain-biking, snowmobiling and four-wheel-driving. Where do we draw the line? Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Today, island communities, especially those in the Pacific Ocean, are combining traditional knowledge with science to develop innovative strategies to protect the ocean while bolstering local livelihoods and maintaining age-old practices. Click on the link to read the full article. 

As climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, coral reefs worldwide are experiencing mass bleaching events and die-offs. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

 

 ...as population growth in the region reaches 70 percent and cities and towns expand along island coastlines, waste, especially untreated sewage, has become a dire threat to coastal waters and their fisheries. Click on the link below to read the full article.