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Marine Resources provides a variety of documents and links to information on marine species, deep sea mining, coral reefs, fisheries, seamounts, wetlands and more.  It is not exhaustive and other marine related resources can be found under Partnerships and Planning.

WHY THE RUSH? - Seabed Mining in the Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the scene of a new wild west. Companies and their investors, hungry for profits, are driving a speculative rush for seabed minerals. They are aided in this by donor government supported programs that promote the development of ‘responsible’ sea bed mining regulations.

World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Oceania Newsletter No.3, 2018

The third edition of the Newsletter of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Oceania (2018). IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is the world's premier network of protected area expertise.