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Poaching renders many of the world’s marine protected areas ineffective. Because enforcement capacity is often limited, managers are attempting to bolster compliance by engaging the latent surveillance potential of fishers.

The third edition of the Newsletter of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Oceania (2018) is now available. Click on the link below to access the newsletter. 

The Palau Pacific Resort (PPR) has been a long time champion of Palau's environmental conservation efforts...Click on the link below to read the full article. 

26 youths from different islands in Vanuatu with a similar passion in helping their communities adapt to climate change are ready to begin a 6-months course at the Vanuatu Institute of Technology (VIT) in Port Vila. Click on the link to read the full article. 

This publication showcases research which is contributing to improved understanding and management of wetlands, both in Australia and internationally. Click on the link below to access the full publication. 

Join us for ICSHGE18, an international pre-eminent forum and world class conference for reporting on interdisciplinary societal research in sustainability, human geography and the environment.

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Amid widespread concerns about biodiversity loss, a single clear conservation message is engaging leading conservationists: the proposal to give half the surface of the Earth back to nature. Click on the link below for details on how to access the full paper.

On Sept. 8, 2018, The Ocean Cleanup will launch the first beta test of its plastic-collecting technology, a nearly 2,000-foot (600-meter) floating tube that functions as an artificial coastline. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A new study has found that nearly half of fishers from seven countries had witnessed someone poaching in marine protected areas in the past year and most of them did nothing about it. Click on the link below to read the the full article.

 

The Pacific Island is home to one of the world’s most pristine coral reefs, boasting more than 9,300 marine species. Click on the link below to read the full article.