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The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Programme (BIOPAMA) is conducting a global review of the impacts of COVID-19 on area based conservation measures. This has been requested by the European Commission (EC) to guide policy development and prioritise support activities.

More and more of the world’s forests are becoming “empty” or “silent,” as wildlife populations decline. This has many ecological consequences, but notably hinders a forests’ ability to regenerate and hence its ability to absorb and store carbon.

Tropical forests face an uncertain future under climate change, but new research published in Science suggests they can continue to store large amounts of carbon in a warmer world, if countries limit greenhouse gas emissions.

Earlier this month, for the first time in recent memory, pronghorn antelope ventured into the sun-scorched lowlands of Death Valley national park.

The COVID-19 global lockdown has had an "extreme" effect on daily carbon emissions, but it is unlikely to last—according to a new analysis by an international team of scientists.

‘Our Solutions are in Nature’ is the theme for this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity observed annually on 22 May.

The District Court in Samoa has released on bail a Chinese man facing one charge of bribing a custom's officer with intent to export a container worth over three million US dollars in sea cucumbers.  The defendant, Suikei Mayang, was released as the prosecution did not oppose his application

Fiji's government says the seasonal ban on the harvest, sale and consumption of Grouper and Coral Trout fish, (Kawakawa and Donu), will resume next month. Minister for Fisheries, Semi Koroilavesau, said the ban - from June to September - aimed to protect the two species during their peak bre

The Government of China is handing over its annual contribution of US$200,000 (T$549,878) to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (S.P.R.E.P.) operations budget on Thursday.

One of the biggest impacts of climate change will be on islands and coastal regions. That includes Rose Atoll Marine National Monument, an uninhabited island and protected sanctuary for dozens of wildlife species in the equatorial Pacific’s U.S. territory of American Samoa.