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Sea level rises in the Pacific Ocean are outstripping the global average, a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report showed on Tuesday, imperiling low-lying island states.

Coral reefs are vital to marine ecosystems, providing habitat, food, and protection for countless species. Unfortunately, these underwater environments are increasingly threatened. One of these threats is coral bleaching, which is triggered by rising sea temperatures.

The government has launched the Safeguarding Marine and Terrestrial Biodiversity (SAMBIO Fiji) Project, a five-year initiative aimed at tackling threats to Fiji’s rich biodiversity.

Jurisdictional initiatives (JIs) – also referred as jurisdictional approaches (JA) – are place-based approaches in commodity-producing geographical areas (Kittinger et al. 2021).

Agroecology is farming sustainably in harmony with nature. As our Pacific Island farmers know, it is a comprehensive approach that harmonises aspects of ecology, economics, and culture or tradition on their farms.

Regional participants attending the sixth Pacific Invasive Learning Network (PILN) meeting reaffirmed the importance of applying Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) and traditional knowledge (TK) principles, to enable invasive species management programmes and activities to

Island nations face daily challenges from various invasive animal and plant species, which significantly threaten biodiversity, climate resilience, and island ecosystems. These invasive species can also severely impact agriculture, food security, and human health.

KUAM was at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas in July 2023, reporting on the Sihek Recovery project.

A little critter hitched a ride through thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean, from California, Hawaii and to Guam where he was finally apprehended by authorities.

Hours of scuba diving and sending cameras thousands of metres down will help the government to preserve biodiversity. Cutting edge tech and local knowledge are helping a group of scientists in Papua New Guinea survey the country’s highly biodiverse ocean ecosystems.