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University of Papua New Guinea renews its long standing rela...

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Reducing Ocean Threats, a global challenge

An analysis of data collected by fisheries observers between 2003 and 2015 from purse-seine fishing vessels and analysed by SPREP has indicated over 10,000 pollution incidents that happened at sea dur... More detail

Tonga 9th Pacific island member to sign on to Convention for...

Our ocean impacts all of us—what we eat, drink, and breathe is all connected to this water that washes over more than 70 percent of our blue planet.

Formulating Smart Commitments on Biodiversity: Lessons from the Aichi Targets
Stuart H. M. Butchart1,2, Moreno Di Marco3,4, & James E. M. Watson4,5

Participants at the third Our Ocean Conference announced over 136 initiatives on protecting ocean areas, promoting sustainable fisheries, reducing marine pollution, addressing climate and the ocean, building capacity, supporting coastal communities, and mapping and further understanding the ocean