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The peak sugar cane industry group, Canegrowers, is using a $1.4m grant from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to “set the record straight” about its environmental practices, while campaigning against Queensland government proposals for new pollution regulations. Link to full article below.

The Protected Area Network along withg several agencies teamed up to help PAN site managers gain the necessary knowledge and skills, to be able to effectively manage their states' protected areas, which was the main goal of the three-day workshop facilitated by the Palau Conservation Society (PCS

Pacific civil society organisations have asked Pacific Islands Forum leaders for a 10-year moratorium on seabed mining  from 2021 to 2030, to give time for more scientific data to be generated to better inform the governance and conservation of our Ocean. Link to full article below. 

A coalition in the Philippines is pushing for legislation of a “right of nature” bill, which would confer legal personhood on nature.The bill, should it pass into law, will create a paradigm shift in existing human-centered environmental laws and make individuals, governments and corporations mor

The Sea Women of Melanesia Program – The Coral Sea Foundation, in collaboration with the Conflict Island Conservation Initiative, is running a program to help not only the marine environment but empowering local Papua New Guinea women, to be custodians of their local reefs.

The China Coast Guard dispatched a fleet to conduct a patrol mission in the North Pacific Ocean from July 20 to Aug. 15, the authority said Saturday.The mission aims to strengthen fisheries regulation on the high seas, the authority said.

On the occasion of the 50th Pacific Islands Forum, the United States is increasing contributions to the partnerships with the Pacific Islands with a pledge of $36.5 million in new foreign assistance.

After six weeks of testing, the nonprofit Ocean Cleanup group has decided to use a parachute anchor system to slow down its plastic pipe-and-skirt contraption designed to collect marine litter from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.The new plan will allow System 001/B to achieve a consistent speed

For years, Japan has killed about a hundred sei whales annually, claiming the hunts are for scientific research. Earlier this year, Japan announced that it had abandoned its sei whale hunts on the high seas. Link to full article below.

Minister for Asia and the Pacific Heather Wheeler spoke at the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Partners' Dialogue on the UK's work to address global climate change. Link to full article below.