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Five Simon Fraser University scholars are among international scientists sounding an alarm over the "pervasive social and ecological consequences" of the destruction and suppression of the knowledge systems of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

Tonga is looking to produce a seed collection and storage system to strengthen food security. Seeds may include local fruits and traditional medicinal plants as well as indigenous plants.

In the face of it, efforts to boost the amount of land and sea officially conserved for nature are going well.

An environmental official stressed that climate change is “the single greatest threat” to Pacific peoples’ livelihoods and security as he highlighted the devastating effects of extreme weather events caused by climate change.

The Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) has formally lodged its intention to become a party to the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA) of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

A vast seabird colony on Ascension Island creates a "halo" in which fewer fish live, new research shows.

Kneeling on the seabed a few metres underwater, I pick up a clam and begin gently cleaning its furrowed, porcelain smile with a toothbrush. It’s a giant clam but a young one and still just a handful.

Dr Emma Lee is the first Indigenous Australian to author guidelines for an advisory body to the UN.

Australia is demanding world heritage experts carry out a monitoring mission to the Great Barrier Reef before an international committee decides if it should be placed on a list of global sites in danger.

Hundreds of scientists, and coalitions of churches, environmentalists, and NGOs are calling for a ban on deep sea mining, following a political move that may open the gates for it to begin in the Pacific in two years. This week, the fledgling deep sea mining sector got a green light for future mi