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Australian maritime operatives intercepted 19 Indonesian vessels in a two-week period in May through “Operation Jawline,” an operation coordinated by the Maritime Border Command (MBC) – a joint agency task force within the Australian Border Force (ABF) – with close involvement from the

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If trend of declining coral growth continues at the current rate, the world’s coral reefs may cease calcifying around 2054.

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G7 countries took major steps to address the resilience of the planet as leaders met in the coastal Cornwall region of England where a new Blue Planet Fund was launched to help protect the ocean.

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Environmental damage and lawlessness is obvious in parts of Small Malaita where logging operation is currently active as witnessed by this paper in visit to a logging operation site, Tuesday this week.

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Introduced insects have landed on Rarotonga making it their new home in a combined effort to control an invasive tree.

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On January 1st, 2020 the Palau National Marine Sanctuary became one  of the largest protected body of water on planet earth.  It took years of planning from a team of visionaries, and sacrifices from the entire Palau community to bring this concept to life.   The hopes and dre

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While most Pacific islands have escaped the worst of COVID-19, a cornerstone of their economies, tourism, has taken a big hit. By June 2020, visitor arrivals in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu had completely ceased, as borders were closed and even internal travel restricted.

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Plastic items from takeaway food and drink dominate the litter in the world’s oceans, according to the most comprehensive study to date.

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In a lush swath of tropical forest on the eastern coast of Mindanao, the second-largest island in the Philippines, you can glimpse the brilliant plumage of the rare rufous-lored kingfisher or — if you’re lucky — hear the shrill cry of the large Philippine eagle, a critically endangered species.

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Raising huge new sums of "nature" finance to better protect the planet's ailing biodiversity will have no significant impact unless the underlying economic rules now driving environmental losses are shifted, economists warned on Tuesday.

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