With marine biodiversity declining globally at accelerating rates, maximising the effectiveness of conservation has become a key goal for local, national and international regulators. Marine protected areas (MPAs) have been widely advocated for conserving and managing marine biodiversity yet, despite extensive research, their benefits for conserving non-target species and wider ecosystem functions remain unclear.
From a Green – Blue Economy perspective, when we speak of resilience, we do not simply imply resilience to climate change although this is an important factor, particularly in the Pacific.Click on the link below to read the full article.
The Fiji Ridge to Reef (R2R) project was developed with the intention to maintain and enhance Fiji’s ecosystem goods and services. Click on the link below to read the full article.
The joint initiative, worth €21 million, was launched during yesterday's One Planet Summit in New York...the EU, France, Australia and New Zealand have joined forces to make it a reality. Click on the link below to read the full article.
SPREP Invites Applications From Interested And Suitable Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, PACRES. Click on the link below for further details.
The International Partnership for Blue Carbon (IPBC) – together with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat-Office of the Pacific Ocean Commissioner (PIFS-OPOC) – is hosting two blue carbon events at the PIFS campus in Suva, Fiji, this September: the IPBC’s third annual meeting and a Pacific blue
The theory behind networks of marine reserves is that they allow protected pathways for species to grow and maintain populations through their lifecycle - from where individuals begin their lives (typically as planktonic larvae) to where they disperse and live later as adults.Click on the link be
The "Marine Biological Survey of Coral Reefs in the northern Lau Group" report revealed that Severe Tropical Cyclone Winston affected half of the 33 reef sites surveyed.Click on the link below to read the full story.
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