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The One Pacific journey to the Sixteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP16) is now underway in Apia, Samoa.

The Digital Earth Pacific training held in Majuro in early August involved a subregional group in learning how to use technology to map land and marine areas for a range of government programs and services.

Kia orana from the (normally) uninhabited island of Takutea, a small sand cay motu about 21 kilometres from Atiu. It is 1.25 square km, or 125 hectares, in area and approximately 4.5km around.

Macuata Province in the north of Fiji is home to the Cakaulevu – the Great Sea Reef — with its thriving diversity of marine life. But faced with a variety of threats including climate change and overfishing, fish stock in this area has dwindled over the past decade.

The lack of explanation from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment (MAFE) regarding a significant decline in the semum (trochus) population is causing concern.

Exciting news, my friends, especially for those of us who have been eagerly following the progress of the extinct-in-the-wild Guam kingfisher! Nine of these handsome sapphire-and-cinnamon-plumaged birds just arrived on their forever home on a remote Pacific island, Palmyra Atoll.

Surangel S. Whipps Jr., president of the tiny Pacific island nation of Palau, wants more countries to join him in calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining.

This week marked an exciting milestone for the Ī’oi project led by Te Ipukarea Society, as researchers successfully captured and tagged the first ī’oi in the Takitumu Conservation Area.  This achievement kicks off a critical phase in understanding and protecting these elusive forest birds.

Vunidogoloa holds the unenviable title as the first community in the Pacific forced to relocate due to climate change. Situated on Vanua Levu, Fiji’s second-largest island, Vunidogoloa had been struggling with rising sea levels for years.

Mangroves are special trees that grow along coastlines, where land meets the sea. They play a big role in keeping our environment healthy and balanced. But, like many other natural resources, mangroves are under threat.