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A lobster diver at night watches a sleeping unicornfish (ume) swim past. PHOTO: KIRBY MOREJOHN.

March 25, 2021 by sprep-pa

A recent confrontation between a Government MP and a Rarotonga market stall operator over the harvesting of Avake (sea urchin) has revived calls to give traditional conservation practices greater authority by incorporating them into law.

Areas of wetlands around the globe are under threat due to sea level rises caused by climate change. Credit: Shutterstock

Recreating the perfect tide to protect coastal wetlands from rising sea levels

March 25, 2021 by sprep-pa

Engineers from UNSW Sydney have designed and built a system that biomimics tides to help restore vital coastal wetlands.

Volunteers conduct an opihi survey in Kipahulu Moku by Kipahulu Valley. The group Kipahulu ‘Ohana is proposing the creation of a community-based subsistence fishing area to regulate traditional harvesting and fishing. Photo courtesy of Scott Crawford

Nonprofit seeks protected fishing area for Kipahulu

March 25, 2021 by sprep-pa

East Maui residents are proposing the creation of a protected fishing area for Kipahulu to help regulate harvesting practices and increased foot traffic and to protect depleting resources that once fully sustained nearby communities.

Through disturbing the sediment on the sea floor - the world's largest carbon sink - bottom trawling is thought to release a similar amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as the aviation industryg. Credit - https://thefishsite.com/

Could funding MPAs offer a new system of blue carbon credits?

March 25, 2021 by sprep-pa

Funding the establishment of Marine Protection Areas (MPAs) – thus protecting them from activity by bottom-trawling vessels – could form an innovative new type of carbon credit scheme.

Authorised offier, Mr. John Laket, with some of the fishes landed on Chiefs day. Credit - Glenda Wille, https://dailypost.vu/

Maskelyn benefits from Community-Based Fisheries Management

March 25, 2021 by sprep-pa

The people of the Maskelyns, Southeast Malekula, are once again benefiting from the results of respecting to their own Community-Based management rules developed by the communities themselves.

Ground-dwelling animals including echidnas have drowned in their burrows amid the NSW floods. Photograph: Lisa Mckelvie/Getty Images

Fears for echidnas and wombats trapped underground by NSW floods

March 24, 2021 by sprep-pa

Days of sustained rain has led to concerns for ground-dwelling animals, such as wombats and echidnas, which can become trapped in their habitat by flood waters.

U.N Resident Representative Jorn Sorensen (Photo: Anetone Sagaga)

World Water and Forest Day commemorated

March 24, 2021 by sprep-pa

The theme of World Water and Forest Day this year was: “Valuing our Water and Forest resources: a path to recovery and well-being” The theme looks at promoting the social, environmental, and economic values of forests and water, especially in raising the resilience of communities and national eco

White-faced storm petrel chicks, from very downy to adult plumage. Photo: RNZ / Alison Ballance

More seabirds for Mana Island

March 19, 2021 by sprep-pa

‘Bringing back the seabirds’ is the rallying call for conservationists working to restore Wellington’s Mana Island. The latest seabird to be brought back to Mana Island is one of New Zealand’s smallest – the white-faced storm petrel.

World Forest Day 2021 celebrated in Fiji. credit - Josaia Nanuqa/www.fbcnews.com

Fiji grappling with deforestation

March 19, 2021 by sprep-pa

Deforestation is still prominent in Fiji and urgent action is needed. President, Major General (ret’d) Jioji Konrote, stressed this, during the World Forest Day celebration at State House this morning.

A TNC diver surveys characteristics of Maui reefs. Credit - Ryan Carr/TNC

‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Coral Reef Atlas Published for West Maui

March 19, 2021 by sprep-pa

The Nature Conservancy released the “Atlas of the Reefs of West Maui,” a comprehensive report compiling 20 years of data detailing changes in the abundance and diversity of marine life in West Maui.

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