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A wide-reaching new partnership between the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the European Union (EU) was announced on Saturday at the 16th Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), offering targeted support for the imple

For thousands of years, the people of Ulithi atoll have managed their reef atoll ecosystem using traditional knowledge.

Solomon Islands Government (SIG), in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), successfully launched the Solomon Islands Carbon Trading Policy Project in Honiara last week. 

Specimens of giant sensitive plant, an invasive plant pest, have just been observed for the first time in Nuku Hiva.

This is a partnership research-conservation project on the coastal biodiversity of the islands of the Society of French Polynesia.

Representatives from Pacific Island countries with the mandate for the management of ocean resources met in Nadi for the Regional Integrated Ocean Management (IOM) workshop.

The Apia Ocean Declaration endorsing the critical role of the ocean in the lives and economies of its member states was agreed upon on Saturday evening by the 56 Commonwealth nations.

The Government of PNG, through the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA), has been actively engaged in launching its aligned National Biodiversity Targets with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

In days gone by, they would watch the heavily pregnant females drag themselves onto the beach and then plunder the eggs from their carefully excavated nests. They would take adults from the sea, and sell them for their shells and meat, but not anymore.

As the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) on Biological Diversity is soon approaching, the Tara Ocean Foundation presents its recommendations to ensure a just and effective protection of 30% of the ocean by 2030, in line with global targets.