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With the COVID-19 pandemic postponing the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD-CoP), there is time to better understand and integrate the concept of ecological civilisation into the global biodiversity framework from 2021-2030.

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Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Fisheries New Zealand are postponing public consultation on the proposed network of marine protection for the southeast South Island...The proposed network includes 6 marine reserves, where marine life would be fully prote

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The far-flung islands of the Pacific Ocean were the last scraps of land on the planet to be settled by humans.

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There is a lot written by many fisheries organisations in the world about the port state measure (PSM),...Yet, operationally, for a country, the whole point of PSMs is to avoid the use of its ports for the unloading of fish caught in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing operations by

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Research led by scientists at the University of Southampton has found settlers arrived in East Polynesia around 200 years earlier than previously thought. Colonisation of the vast eastern Pacific with its few and far-flung island archipelagos was a remarkable achievement in human history.

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The Australian summer just gone will be remembered as the moment when human-caused climate change struck hard. First came drought, then deadly bushfires, and now a bout of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef – the third in just five years.

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Friends and family identified Hawaii’s third coronavirus-related fatality Friday as a well-known scientist and author who traveled the world to teach people about plants. Arthur Whistler, 75, died Thursday in the hospital, weeks after testing positive for COVID-19.

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As global heating makes coral bleaching a regular event, scientists are urgently seeking ways to help the world’s biggest reef survive...When coral scientist Dr Zoe Richards left the Great Barrier Reef’s Lizard Island in late January, she was feeling optimistic. Richards is a taxonomist.

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The largest turtle in the ocean, the leatherback gets its name from its tough, rubbery skin...Migrating long distances a year, the turtle can cross the Pacific Ocean.

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According to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), groundwater supplies half of the world's population with fresh water and makes up 43% of the water used in irrigation.

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