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An expedition team from Palau has been assembled for Lebuu’s Voyage, the name for the upcoming scientific research expedition to the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS), scheduled to start in late October.

The Pacific Islands are facing an unprecedented threat from climate change, which is putting the livelihoods of their people, economies and environments at risk.

Moorea, September 10, 2024 - The signs for the new regulated fishing zone of Moorea were inaugurated Friday in Temae.

A new report from the United Nations found that the southwest Pacific region faced more extreme drought and rainfall than average last year and dozens of disasters, including two cyclones in Vanuatu.

Samoa celebrated a pivotal environmental milestone with the launch of its fourth State of Environment (S.O.E.) report at Taumeasina Island Resort on Friday. The event drew a distinguished crowd, including the Deputy Prime Minister, Cabinet Ministers, the Director General of the

China’s commitment to an environmentally Resilient Pacific continues through its partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), with the handover of its annual contribution of USD 200,000.

The New Britain Goshawk (Accipiter princeps) has been photographed for the first time, confirms internationally-renowned ornithologists. Categorised as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the rare bird of prey is only found on the island of New Britain in Papua New Guinea.

A group of women farmers from Enga Province, supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), recently presented their locally produced goods at the Protected Areas Forum in Port Moresby.

Thousands of extremely rare partula snails bred at Edinburgh Zoo are to be released in French Polynesia - to restore the wild population of the species.

Weeks before Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Harold loomed over the Vanuatu islands in 2020, Indigenous ni-Vanuatu people received nature’s warning call.