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While other nations are using COVID-19 as an excuse to pause, or even roll back, Fiji won’t accept excuses when it comes to the environment.

The human population is growing rapidly and making increasing demands on the planet for food, water and natural resources...

Coral reef islands across the world could naturally adapt to survive the impact of rising sea levels, according to new research.

It's not too late to save the oceans from destruction, says the grandson of famed French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. AFP sat down with Philippe Cousteau, an environmentalist and oceanographer in his own right, on the eve of World Oceans Day, held on June 8.

The Ministry of Climate Change, Meteorology, Geo-Hazards, Energy and Environment in collaboration with the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC) have planted sandalwood and palm seedlings within their compounds yesterday to mark the World Environment Day (WED)...

Australia’s top climate scientist says “we are already deep into the trajectory towards collapse” of civilisation, which may now be inevitable because 9 of the 15 known global climate tipping points that regulate the state of the planet have been activated.

The world’s coral reefs do more for the planet than provide underwater beauty...Despite their importance, warming waters, pollution, ocean acidification, overfishing, and physical destruction are killing coral reefs around the world.

Public consultation on the proposed network of marine protection for the southeast South Island has resumed. The consultation process, originally due to end on April 17, was postponed because of Covid-19.

Oceans cover 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface.

Commonwealth countries are to gain free access to satellite technology that will help them monitor and protect their endangered coral reefs from threats such as climate breakdown, overfishing and pollution.