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Gender, The Environment and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific examines the intersections between gender and the environment at the household, work, community and policy levels, particularly in the spheres of food security and agriculture, energy, water, fisheries and forestry, with

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) will be holding its Twenty Eighth Meeting of Officials in Apia next week.

Public consultation on Australian marine parks, including the Two Rocks Marine Park, will close next week.

Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, flash fires, droughts: all of them tell us one thing " we need to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fast.Click on the link below to read the full story.

Scientists and policymakers say it"s not enough to create huge marine protected areas " ocean reserves must effectively limit fishing and other human activities to avoid becoming "paper parks."Click on the link below to read the full story.

Culminating in a high-level meeting and the approval of a Call to Action, the fourth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC4) highlighted the relationship between the ocean and communities worldwide, and the benefits that marine protected areas (MPAs) provide to millions of people.C

The tourism sector is recognized as the largest global market-based contributor to the financing of protected area systems in many countries... However, most countries currently underuse tourism as a means to contribute towards the financial sustainability of protected areas.

Rapa Nui have written a new chapter in their history based upon their cultural values of guardianship, responsibility and accountability for the natural environment.Click on the link below to read the full story.

The seafood industry has largely stayed out of negotiations for a new international treaty that would allow for marine protected areas (MPAs) on the high seas, said the leader of the main industry organization participating in the treaty process.Click on the link below to read the full story

Fiji is introducing a series of tough new ocean conservation measures to preserve fish stocks.