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The Tu’anga Taporoporo National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) that was endorsed in 2002 has many gaps, is out of date and has not been reviewed or updated for 22 years.

In Kiribati, the official endorsement of community-based fisheries management (CBFM) plans has faced significant challenges during the programme’s inception in 2014.

Japan’s Minister of Environment, Shintaro Ito, yesterday visited the Ministry of Climate Change and Adaptation (MOCCA), and Mangaliliu Maricultural Hatchery, as part of his three days’ visit to Vanuatu after arriving on the 8th of this month.

After six years of no reported mynas on Ātiu, the Natural Heritage Trust is declaring its Eradication Project a success. The removal of a population of about 6000 mynas made it the world’s largest myna eradication on an island.

A new study by the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment (MAFE) has found a significant decline in the number of trochus, known locally as Semum, in Palau.

A winged creature with “enlarged” earlobes flew across the landscape of Papua New Guinea — or tried to at least. But the hairy animal collided with a net and fell to the ground. When scientists looked closely at their “opportunistic” catch, it turned out to be a new species.

An endorsement meeting finalising the micro-qualification (MQ) in Nature-Based Solutions (NbS), brought together participants and NbS experts from around the Pacific.

Seagrasses are marine flowering plants that form meadows along the coastlines of every continent except Antarctica, and inhabit mostly sandy and muddy substrates. Globally, it is estimated that 7% of seagrass meadows decline annually.

During their days on Tahiti's turquoise ocean some years ago, fishers noticed their catches — and the fish inside — were getting smaller.

Navakacoa village is located on the northeastern coastline of Taveuni island, and its community is dependent on fish and marine resources for subsistence and livelihoods. However, over the years, the people of Navakacoa have been experiencing a decline in availability and abundance of fish.