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Government Officials from the Environment and Conservation Division has successfully completed a protected areas verification process at the Barekasi Protected Forest Area in North Vella Lavella, Western Province on 30 April.

The Blue Marine Foundation, a London-based NGO focused on marine conservation, hosted a free online interactive roundtable on “Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in Responsible Tuna Fisheries” on Thursday, 6 May.

The COVID-19 pandemic is still preventing the deployment of fisheries observers on purse vessels as the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission once again extended the suspension of fisheries observer coverage in the region for three months …

Nearly 5,000 trees have been planted through a Samoa Conservation Society (S.C.S) project whose ultimate goal is to restore forest. The project has been implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (M.N.R.E) at the O le Pupu-Pue National Park.

The project, funded through the U.S. Embassy in Apia, consists of the protection and conservation of the mangrove ecosystem and wetlands of Samoa. Caretaker Prime Minister, who is also carrying the portfolio of the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Tuilaepa Sailele Dr.

Projects that manage, protect and restore ecosystems are widely viewed as win–win strategies for addressing two of this century’s biggest global challenges: climate change and biodiversity loss.

The Australian government has moved to create two new marine protected areas that cover an expanse of ocean twice the size of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.

Over $36,000 dollars’ worth of turtle shell jewelry have been seized from various vendors in Koror by Fish & Wildlife law enforcement officers in compliance with RPPL 10-24.

An area of forest the size of France has regrown around the world over the past 20 years, showing that regeneration in some places is paying off, a new analysis has found...The two-year study, conducted via satellite imaging data and on-ground surveys across dozens of countries, identified areas

Like many endangered species, Aotearoa’s flightless and nocturnal kiwi survive only in small, fragmented and isolated populations. This leads to inbreeding and, eventually, inbreeding depression — reduced survival and fertility of offspring.