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The workshop aims to serve as a familiarisation exercise for national agencies, ensuring that all relevant stakeholders are aware of their respective roles and responsibilities under the BBNJ Agreement.

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners and huge numbers of strange and rare animals almost entirely unknown to science.  Researchers are scrambling to name thousands of these newly discovered species.

Working together, Tonga and partners took meaningful steps toward a sustainable future through protecting and leveraging nature as a key solution to environmental and economic challenges.

Iguanas have often been spotted rafting around the Caribbean on vegetation and, ages ago, evidently caught a 600-mile ride from Central America to colonize the Galapagos Islands. But for long-distance travel, the Fiji iguanas can't be touched.

With climate change threatening Pacific Island communities, collaboration is more crucial than ever.

Vanuatu, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, leads by example for managing marine resources in a way that doesn't harm the environment. Vanuatu is a nation where the ocean is significantly larger than the land, comprising 98% of the country's territory.

Over the past two years, the research team at the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) have been sampling melangmud (longnose emperor) as part of a larger project, which looks at the reproductive activity of this species.

The Coral Futures Academy (CFA) recently marked the official launch of the project Scaling up Identification, Protection, and Local Management of Climate-Resistant Coral Reefs, a new initiative to strengthen coral reef resilience in the face of climate change.

RMI has been actively working on managing invasive species, including birds, through various initiatives.

Today, at the World Ocean Summit, the Republic of Palau and Conservation International renewed their partnership to support Palau’s efforts in building a resilient island economy based on marine conservation and sustainable fisheries.