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Dave Butler was a quiet achiever who had an extraordinary love for natural history and the environment. After a battle with prostate cancer, Butler passed away at his home in Nelson on December 20 at the age of 67.

Malaitan communities have already benefited from the provincial government’s initiative to provide coastal communities with fish-aggregating devices (FADs). The initiative was launched in May 2020, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Aichi Biodiversity Targets are an ambitious set of global goals aimed at protecting and conserving global biodiversity.

The Rainforest Trust invites applications through their Safeguarding Areas Vital to Endangered Species (SAVES) challenge. Their next intake of partnership applications is June 1, 2021.

About four years ago, Colin Simpfendorfer was diving on reefs in Indonesia’s picture-perfect Raja Ampat region when he noticed the distinct absence of something. “It’s a beautiful place to dive. We would have expected to see grey reef sharks and white tips,” says the veteran scientist.

Lord Howe Island’s natural environment is booming following the successful completion of one of the world’s largest rodent eradication programs.

Australia’s tropical marine research agency, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) are working together to accelerate global efforts to protect coral reefs.

Humanity's unbridled growth in recent decades has come at a "devastating cost to nature" according a wide-ranging international review on the vital economic role played by our living planet.

While national and regional observer vessel placements remain suspended until at least 15 February, Pacific fisheries organisations are focused on ensuring that working conditions on fishing vessels are made safer for both observers and crew before the observer program resumes.

The virtual conferencing that has replaced large, in-person gatherings in the age of COVID-19 represents a drastic reduction in carbon emissions, but those online meetings still come with their own environmental costs, new research from the University of Michigan shows.