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A new study finds that living near a protected area in the developing world decreases poverty and increases childhood health. Parks with tourism or multi-use were the best at delivering benefits to local populations. Click on the link to read the full article. 

A group set up by Pacific countries to improve the management of their coastal fisheries is being disbanded after upsetting Pacific fisheries ministers. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The Pacific Islands Development Forum has said it will promote towns in the region becoming environmentally-friendly. The forum's Mark Borg said the so-called green towns need to reflect principles of the green economy.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Samoa is investing heavily to avoid the use of single-use plastics at the Pacific Games which starts this weekend.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

SPREP Is Seeking Applications From Interested And Suitably Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancy - Environmental Monitoring And Governance Programme Assistant. Click on the link below for further details. 

Lecomte, from France, will set off from Hawaii on Thursday, local time, to swim 555 kilometres through an area known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to California. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

This isolated, sub-tropical region in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii is quite literally a cool water, hang out spot for one of the most impressive predators of the open ocean; White Sharks. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

This research found that coastal regions of some least-developed countries (LDCs) are connected to areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) through larval dispersal and the potential dispersal of pollutants. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

This scientist couple created an airborne observatory to map tropical forests. Now they’re using it to identify threatened reefs. Click on the link below to read the full article.