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Few countries boast the unique array of biodiversity and natural beauty as China. China is the fourth largest nation by land area, and is home to various natural ecosystems, including 15% of the world’s vertebrates species and 12% of its plants species.

A multinational effort to create giant marine sanctuaries around Antarctica to counter climate change and protect fragile ocean ecosystems has failed for an eighth straight year, officials said Saturday.

The renewed MoU signed by WWF-Pacific’s Interim Director, Dr. Benjamin Rawson and SPREP’s Acting Director General, Roger Cornforth will cement WWF and SPREP’s partnership for a further five years and support work programmes of common interest to both parties.

In 1964, young Joseph Teia said goodbye to his home in the Gilbertese islands of Kiribati, boarded a vessel and came to Solomon Islands and never returned.

Mars Inc., maker of M&M’s, Milky Way and other stalwarts of the nation’s Halloween candy bag, vowed in 2009 to switch entirely to sustainable cocoa to combat deforestation, a major contributor to climate change.

Last weekend marked 34 years since the land title to Uluru was handed back to the local Yankunytjatjara-Pitjantjatjara peoples.

For biodiversity conservation efforts to have a big impact, they must scale up. But how does that happen? A study published earlier this month in Nature Sustainability offers some insights into what helps and hinders the dissemination of conservation programs, policies and projects.

An online mapping and knowledge platform prototype could soon offer free and easily accessible information on the migratory patterns of endangered species in the ocean. The Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean (MiCO) system has been launched by The University of Queensland's Dr. Daniel Dunn.

Environmental justice NGO Global Witness has released a new report into international financing of deforestation.It said six companies associated with destruction of the world's main forests received US$44 billion in finance over the past six years.

The sixth Our Ocean Conference generated 370 pledges for a clean, healthy and productive ocean...The Government of Norway hosted the 2019 Our Ocean Conference, focused on the theme “the state of the sea and measures to ensure healthy, clean and productive seas.” The Conference convened from 23-24