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A team of Stanford University researchers led by Professor Stephen Palumbi joined the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) last month to complete the final phase of a three-year research project mapping heat tolerant corals in Palau.

Vanuatu's new patrol boat, RVS Takuare, spotted four foreign vessels in Vanuatu's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) between October 25 to November 5, as part of its first ever operation known as 'Kuru Kuru'.

As the United Nations Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow winds down, many world leaders and corporate boards are embracing an increasingly popular idea to solve climate change: trees.

The Pacific Islands Forum states have made a bold claim to be the authentic custodians of the Pacific Ocean’s marine resources and health through the forum’s ‘Blue Pacific’ strategy.

The global climate talks resulted in commitments on protecting rainforests by multilateral development banks and financial institutions in order to align their practices with goals in the Paris Agreement which aim to curb deforestation...It's a step in the right direction, according to the govern

Climate change is altering familiar conditions of the world's oceans and creating new environments that could undermine efforts to protect sea life in the world's largest marine protected areas. The changing conditions also have cultural and economic implications for the people whose traditi

A marine scientist in Hawaii says the Phoenix Islands Protected Area is incredibly strategic in the Pacific, especially in this age of climate change.

Grand global commitments to plant trees to fight climate change are welcome. Healthy landscapes that suck planet-heating carbon out of the atmosphere—locking it into forests and soils—are among the best technologies there are yet to bend the Keeling Curve in a new direction.

Crop and livestock production are among the main drivers of biodiversity loss globally. Due to the ever-increasing demand of land for food production, reverting global biodiversity decline and feeding the world is one of the greatest challenges of our time.

Funding to restore mangrove forests is money well spent, according to a new meta-analysis by ecological economists at the University of Tokyo. For every dollar spent to restore mangroves, the ecosystem will yield $6.83 to $10.50 in returns over the next 20 years.