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Barbados has made two major foreign policy moves on clean oceans, joining with New Zealand in the fight against acidified oceans and climate change.

The foundation of Kona’s underwater universe is its coral reef.

While Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been proven to protect certain spawning habitats and nurseries, their effectiveness for migratory species has been hard to gauge.

Save the whales, sure. But save the dung beetles?

Scientists have explored less than one per cent of the deep sea. We know neither the extent of the habitats targeted by mining nor how the ecosystems will respond to it.

A series of full page advertisements in the Dominion Post by Seafood NZ is suggestive of an industry throwing its weight and money behind a ‘lip service’ campaign to reassure the public of a sustainable industry.

Almost 790 meters below the surface, the Ocean Exploration Trust expedition recorded the unusual discovery on YouTube  and other social networks on  video.

The Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management, Trevor Evans MP, was today in Samoa to meet with representatives from 21 Pacific Island Nations, New Zealand, the United States, France and the United Kingdom to discuss the key environmental issues facing the region.

The largest addition to the New South Wales national parks network in almost a decade has been welcomed by traditional owners of the land, who say it is a monumental cultural milestone.

The government is under pressure to find a new, environmentally safe way to deal with the truckloads of waste created around the island every day – and there is additional pressure due to the absence of sufficient investment into the area of waste management.