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As part of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) Awards Programme, The Society for Conservation Biology Oceania Section (SCBO) is thrilled to announce that the recipient of our 2024 Regional Distinguished Service Award is Nunia Thomas-Moko, Director of NatureFiji-MareqetiViti.

Åga enthusiasts can rejoice as the species reached an important milestone recently. The Mariana crow (corvus kubaryi), known in Chamorro as “åga,” has been listed as an endangered species in the Marianas since 1984.

Te Tu’anga Taporoporo (National Environment Service) and the University of Newcastle, Australia, will conduct “voluntary” interviews this Friday with households on the island to better understand local perspectives on biodiversity conservation and development.

On July 5, 2024, PICRC research and aquarium staff met with the Palau-based staff of The Nature Conservancy, Micronesia and Polynesia at the Kedarm Conference Room in efforts to strengthen their partnership and support each other’s work.

An extended agreement has been signed by PCS’s Executive Director Elbuchel Sadang and Kayangel Governor Richard Ngiraked to sustain the restoration efforts for the distinctive atoll forests of Kayangel.

A new report by the Reef Resilience Organization highlights the encouraging progress of Palau’s coral reefs towards recovery, a decade after a major bleaching event. This positive trend is credited, in part, to the nation’s forward-thinking Protected Areas Network (PAN).

The Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) is for the first time providing funding for the management of the Kuk World Heritage Site in Western Highlands.

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An all-female Pacific-crewed expedition is to set sail from New Zealand’s North Island for scientific research on whale populations.  The Hinemoana II is set to leave the Bay of Plenty in mid-July and arrive in Tongatapu by the 20th, and co-led by Tongan Captain Aunofo Havea.

On a bright spring day, the sun dances over the water of Havannah Bay on the island of Efate in Vanuatu. Below the surface, pockets of seagrass that can just about be seen from the shoreline, sway in the current.

The fisheries director in Niue is optimistic the sustainable management guidelines of the Niue Ocean Wide Trust (NOW) will greatly benefit the fishing sector.