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The agreement provides for the joint management and joint vesting of the existing Ningaloo Marine Park (260,000 hectares) and Cape Range National Park (50,000 hectares), as well as the creation of about 78,000 hectares of new conservation areas extending over approximately 215 kilometres of the N

Nature refuge landholders representing over two million hectares of private protected land are calling on Queensland MPs to increase investment in the underfunded Nature Refuges Program by $24 million per year.

Governments around the globe are recognizing that ocean health is critical to all life on this planet and that safeguarding marine plants, animals, and habitats can provide multiple benefits to the people whose lives and traditions are linked to these waters.

To protect people’s health, Kiribati and other Pacific countries are likely to extend the current strict rule that suspends all purse-seine fishing boats carry an independent observer.

Artificial reefs are vital for protecting offshore wind farms from tidal erosion. But the plastic-based reefs can also be detrimental to the ocean. One company is working to reduce the amount of plastic present in the ocean with its innovative plastic-free blocks—called Reef Cubes.

A check by predator-seeking dogs last week confirmed rats have been removed from the 300-hectare, off the coast of Great Barrier Island, Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage said. "This is a major milestone because Rakitū is the last DOC administered island in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park to be mad

More than 500 dams are planned or under construction within protected areas, according to a new study published in Conservation Letters.

The Pacific region is no stranger to sudden shocks. Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, for instance, are respectively ranked one and three as nations most at risk from natural hazards and societal vulnerability.

The Department of Forestry (DoF), in collaboration with the World Bank and other key government agencies including the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MoFEM) have been granted a no cost extension of the REDD+ Project for Vanuatu up to December 2021.

Ten years ago Thursday, the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii was designated a world heritage site.