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June 30, 2021 by sprep-pa

A seabed mining startup, DeepGreen Metals Inc., has successfully sold itself to investors as a game-changing source of minerals to make electric car batteries that can be obtained in abundance—and at great profit—while minimizing the environmental destruction of mining on land.

June 30, 2021 by sprep-pa

Deep sea mining has got a green light to begin in the Pacific by 2023 after Nauru triggered a rule at the International Seabed Authority. The UN-mandated Authority, tasked with regulating the seabed, has confirmed that today Nauru triggered a rule that would allow mining to commence within two ye

June 30, 2021 by sprep-pa

A new paper published by an East Carolina University researcher in the Department of Coastal Studies shines light on the effect human-made infrastructure and natural topography has on coastal wetlands after major storm events...The study focused on the effects of Hurricane Irma, which struck Flor

June 29, 2021 by sprep-pa

Community leaders and people from west Santo have united in a protest to protect their forests against a logging and road construction proposal by the Vanuatu Forest Industry Limited, a Chinese-funded company.

June 29, 2021 by sprep-pa

The Samoa Conservation Society held an open-day at the O Le Pupu-Pue National Park on Saturday where they had planted over 200 trees as part of a carbon offset project...The carbon offset project is funded by the U.S.

June 25, 2021 by sprep-pa

The University of the South Pacific (USP) and the Department of Lands, Survey and Records (DLSR) within the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for knowledge exchange and collaborative research activities.

June 25, 2021 by sprep-pa

An invasive species known as the yellow crazy ant has been eradicated from a remote U.S. atoll in the Pacific. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that the ants have been successfully removed from Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.

June 25, 2021 by sprep-pa

The numbers of drifting fish-aggregating devices in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) have been underestimated, an ongoing study by the Pacific Community (SPC) shows.

June 25, 2021 by sprep-pa

The local communities’ desire and interest in conservation is crucial in setting up protected areas in the country, officials say.

June 25, 2021 by sprep-pa

The lives of coastal dwellers and the ocean are intricately linked.

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