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Invasive species are a major threat to the global economy and the environment, costing economies billions of dollars to control each year.

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Serious offences are taking place on, in, or across the Pacific maritime domain that put at risk the political stability and economic interests of Pacific island states.

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As one of only two atoll islands in Palau, the atoll forests and strand vegetation of Kayangel are unique to Palau’s forests.

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Previous mangrove restoration projects have proved unsustainable over the long term due to a focus on planting “in the wrong place, the wrong species, the wrong density.” A new approach, called ecological mangrove restoration (EMR), accounts for an area’s altered hydrology and encourages natural

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Future pandemics could be prevented if unsustainable practices like deforestation and the industrial-scale wildlife trade are halted, according to a global biodiversity report.

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In late October, 36 individuals from around the North West and West Coast Santo area councils converged on the village of Penouru to participate in Vanuatu’s first Environmental Ranger training program.

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This Climate & Health Dialogue will reveal the connections between nature, climate change and human health outcomes, and explore emerging challenges to food security, the control of infectious and noncommunicable 

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In 2015, then-New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced his commitment to protect the waters surrounding the Kermadec Islands by creating one of the world’s largest fully protected marine areas...For millennia, this ocean region has been pristine, but it could face threats in the future from

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Tongans are seeking answers from the government over its plans for seabed mining in the country's waters. A national consultation on seabed mining in Tonga was held by video link-up yesterday, including representatives from the five island groups.

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Magistrate Seini Puamau has deferred her ruling on evidentiary hearing in the matter involving Freesoul Real Estate Development (Fiji) PTE Ltd...Freesoul is charged with two separate counts of undertaking unauthorised developments and one count of failure to comply with a prohibition notice under

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