In the first days of 2020, the Pacific Ocean archipelago nation of Palau took the momentous step of protecting 80 percent — 500,000 square kilometers — of its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) from fishing.
Sarah Dudas is in a race against time.
National Fisheries Sector Policy 2016 - 2031
A policy for the sustainable management, conservation and development of the fisheries sector in the Republic of Vanuatu.
Turtles Tagged and Released from the Malua Theological College Pond
A report on the marine turtles tagged and released from the pond in Malua.
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth will be part of an international project to help protect vulnerable marine ecosystems from climate change and human induced impacts, such as habitat destruction and pollution.
Gaps in Protection of Important Ocean Areas: A Spatial Meta-Analysis of Ten Global Mapping Initiatives
To safeguard biodiversity effectively, marine protected areas (MPAs) should be sited using the best available science. There are numerous ongoing United Nations and nongovernmental initiatives to map globally important marine areas. The criteria used by these initiatives vary, resulting in contradictions in the areas identified as important. Our analysis is the first to overlay these initiatives, quantify consensus, and conduct gap analyses at the global scale.
The winner of the Miss Cook Islands New Zealand pageant hopes to use her title to raise awareness of protecting the delicate marine environment in her island homeland. The winner of the Miss Cook Islands New Zealand pageant hopes to use her title to raise awareness of protecting the delicate
A recent publication “Marine zoning revisiting: How decades of zoning the Great Barrier Reef has evolved an effective spatial planning approach for marine ecosystem-based management” published in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems distills important lessons from Australia’s ev
A team of marine scientists are on a mission to preserve biodiversity in oceans around the world. To do it, they need accurate maps that will help them identify areas in need of protection.
This position is responsible for managing all aspects of ORO’s Marine Programme implementation and supervision, including monitoring of the Marine team’s activities and performance, and the management and reporting on funds granted to IUCN to achieve the Marine Programme outcome and outputs.
