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Papua New Guinea's prime minister James Marape is to raise climate change and the threat to his country's biodiversity at the UN...Marape said he hoped industrialised countries will help PNG to conserve its great biodiversity by mitigating the threat climate change poses.

The Tongan Pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020, a multi-million dollar facility built with assistance from the government of UAE, was officially handed over to Tonga's Ambassador, ahead of the official opening of the world expo next week.

Jeff Bezos has pledged $1 billion towards conservation projects with an emphasis on the Congo Basin, tropical Andes, and the tropical Pacific Ocean. The 57-year-old former Amazon CEO announced his plan on Monday to give $1 billion in donations beginning now through the year 20

Ecosystems on Earth's land surface support multiple functions and services that are critical for society...Climate and environmental changes, as well as anthropogenic impacts, are continuously threatening the provision of these functions.

New research led by scientists at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa reveals that the species which dominate experimental coral reef communities shift due to climate change, but the total biodiversity does not decline under future ocean conditions of warming and acidification

The aphotic deep sea of the Earth's oceans constitutes a unique environment. Although this habitat is of immense importance for ocean health and vital for the planet's important biogeochemical cycles, its biodiversity is, to a large extent, undocumented and poorly understood.

A crucial event for the protection of biodiversity, the World Conservation Congress in Marseille received many ambassadors from island territories, including Polynesia.

The National Forest Inventory (NFI) has two remaining areas to survey as part of its field component.

Native to the Cook Islands and across the Pacific, the Rupe is found on most southern group islands as well as Palmerston, Pukapuka and Manihiki.

Chiefs and traditional authorities of Western Santo have successfully concluded a Custom and Conservation Festival this month...With custom stories, dancing, music, cooking, slow food, agriculture, hunting, handicraft, and tabu histories, the Festival, hosted by Elia community, was the first ever