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Growing food in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way—while also producing enough of it—is among the most important challenges facing the U.S. and the world today. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that food security can't be taken for granted.

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The climate crisis is pushing the planet’s tropical regions towards the limits of human livability, with rising heat and humidity threatening to plunge much of the world’s population into potentially lethal conditions, new research has found.

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A study conducted by a team of researchers fromNanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that Singaporeans who score high levels of empathy choose to prioritize the environment over the convenience and comfort of both themselves and their families or co-workers.

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The concept of MPA governance refers to the mix of approaches used at each MPA to steer user behavior. This steering is done through some combination of state control (‘top-down’), community-based approaches (‘bottom-up’), and market forces.

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Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) hosted a meeting with Palau Conservation Society (PCS) in hopes to establish stronger collaborative efforts for the future...After years of collaborative partnership to promote conservation efforts, PICRC, PCS, and TNC, are excited and are planning to

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Nelson-based fishing company Amaltal has been fined $27,600 for illegal fishing in a marine reserve off the coast of Kaikōura. In November, the company...was found guilty of illegal fishing in the reserve, some months after the skipper was fined in May 2020 for his part in the fishing.

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United States Sens. Mazie K. Hirono and Brian Schatz and U.S. Reps. Ed Case and Kai Kahele have introduced legislation that directs the U.S.

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Why is oceans work important for me? If one looks at my country’s (Palau) flag, that says it all. There are 193 flags at the United Nations for its members, and the only flag in the world that has a backdrop of an ocean with a full moon is Palau.

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Small island states in the Pacific are opening a new front in the fight against rising seas, to secure rights to an ocean area bigger than the moon that is home to billion-dollar fish stocks.

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Women are largely being excluded from decisions about conservation and natural resources, with potentially detrimental effects on conservation efforts globally, according to research.

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