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Aerial view of Lake Rotorua and Mokoia Island. Credit - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/

How climate change has affected Mokoia Island and the grant to combat it

February 11, 2021 by sprep-pa

Native flora, fauna and endangered species on Mokoia Island are set to flourish, thanks to a new grant.

What next for Pacific regionalism?

February 11, 2021 by sprep-pa

It has been a disastrous week for Pacific regionalism.

Low-lying Ontong Java is already severely affected by climate change. Credit - Iggy Pacanowski.

Pandemic, climate threats and economic hardship in illegal sea cucumber harvesting on Ontong Java

February 10, 2021 by sprep-pa

As a result of the growing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the everyday challenges of climate change, some people of the Malaita Outer Islands (MOI) claim to have had no choice but to engage in illegal out-of-season harvesting of sea cucumbers and other marine resources as a means of surviva

Rock Island State Park Rangers under COVID19 restrictions, Tennessee USA. Credit - Holly Ingram

Nature's Future, Our Future - The World Speaks

February 10, 2021 by sprep-pa

The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas has compiled the voices of a range of global organisations and world leaders on the importance of protecting and conserving nature amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the result of a global pandemic, we are witnessing an unprecedent

A Javanese eagle, in the Cibodas Biosphere Reserve, Indonesia, an area of work of the ITTO/CBD Collaborative Initiative for Tropical Forest Biodiversity. Credit - Hardi, Project PD 777/15 Rev.3 (F)

ITTO and biodiversity convention renew collaboration to 2025

February 10, 2021 by sprep-pa

ITTO and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have renewed their longstanding collaboration for another five years, with the aim of supporting CBD Parties and ITTO member countries in the tropics in their efforts to conserve biodiversity, implement sustainable forest management (SFM), res

Professor Mario J. Molina with Dutch Professor Paul J. Crutzen (right). Credit - AP photo/Martina Huber, FILE)

Dutch scientist Paul Crutzen, who coined the term 'Anthropocene', dies at 87

February 10, 2021 by sprep-pa

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Assorted reef fish swim above a staghorn coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019. Credit - REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Noise pollution is harming sea life, needs to be prioritized, scientists say

February 10, 2021 by sprep-pa

Far beneath the ocean surface, a cacophony of industrial noise is disrupting marine animals’ ability to mate, feed and even evade predators, scientists warn. With rumbling ships, hammering oil drills and booming seismic survey blasts, humans have drastically altered the underwater soundscape

Guam could lose more control over land, waters with proposed critical habitat designation

February 10, 2021 by sprep-pa

The question of how much control we really have when it comes to our land and our waters is one we've been asking ourselves for decades.

A marine research officer, working with the National Parks Authority, in mapping coral reefs in the waters around Mahe island in Seychelles. Credit - Ryan Brown / UN Women / CC BY-NC-ND

‘Build back bluer’: Small island developing states pursue new finance mechanisms

February 10, 2021 by sprep-pa

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the economies of many small island developing states, particularly given their heavy reliance on tourism, a sector that has been on pause for almost a year...As they work to recover from the pandemic, they are tapping into new, innovative financing m

Free two-part webinar on the new Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT-4), 4 and 11 March

February 10, 2021 by sprep-pa

The METT is the most widely used protected area management effectiveness assessment system globally. METT-4 (the fourth edition of the METT and the first revision since 2007) draws together the lessons learned from applying the tool around the world, includes new and emerging management

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