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Can a better understanding of iron particles that are carried vast distances across the Pacific Ocean help scientists predict how our oceans can reduce carbon emissions?

A new global plan aims to save the meagre 10 per cent of the world's coral reefs predicted to survive beyond 2050. Please visit the link below for the full story.

Sand mining is causing environmental damage worldwide. In some places locals dig out riverbanks with shovels and haul it away with pickup trucks or donkeys; in others multinational companies dredge it up with machinery.

While creating marine protected areas (MPAs) helps increase coral cover and protect key fish species, it also attracts predators that eat the corals, according to the findings of a new study. Visit the link below to read the full story.

We are holding the ASiS International Essay Writing Competition for school children, with a special theme of “Conserving our natural heritage – wetlands: a global perspective” in association with the SM Sains Alam Shah (ASiS) School and the Ministry of Education in Malays

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme has announced the first ever Pacific Whale conference will be held in April.The event will focus on emerging threats to whales and investigate future legislative and research needs.

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 A national workshop for protected area stakeholder’s, co-organised and implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (S.P.R.E.P.) and the Samoa Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (M.N.R.E.) was completed for Samoa this month to help initiate measure

The population of more than 20 important marine species in Fiji have dwindled in recent times owing to exploitation.

Paul Gauguin Cruises, operator of the highest-rated and longest continually sailing luxury cruise ship in the South Pacific, the m/s Paul Gauguin, is pleased to announce, in partnership with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), that guest scientists Emily Darling, Associate Director