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Manihiki has banned the transportation of reef fish to Rarotonga for sale.The ban has angered a fish merchant at Punanga Nui market who is threatening to challenge the decision in court...Manihiki mayor Ngamata Tangi Napara, with the support of the island’s council, set in place the ban last week

The Pacific Ocean Alliance has met over the last week in Fiji to discuss ways in which they can collectively and actively engage on the region’s ocean policy towards ensuring a healthy, productive and resilience Blue Pacific.

Only 170 million years ago, new plankton evolved. Their demand for carbon and calcium permanently transformed the seas as homes for life...Complex organisms had been evolving since at least the beginning of the Cambrian period. “That’s, what, 300 million years of evolution in the Paleozoic?

SPREP would like to call for tenders from qualified and experienced consultants who can offer their services to SPREP in reviewing the Solomon Islands Nationally Determined Contribution 2015 and the National Climate Change Policy 2012-2017.

The United Nations Special Envoy for the Ocean wants the Pacific to use its 'unique moral authority and obligation' to lead global discussions on climate and ocean change.

Pacific forestry leaders have agreed to set reforestation and native forest protection targets in a bid to help slow climate change. The agreement came as part of the Pacific Week of Agriculture in Samoa.

The Trump administration is disbanding two federal advisory boards focused on protecting marine life and battling invasive species.

In 2020 during the 10th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas, an announcement of the 2nd Pacific Islands Environmental Leadership Awards (PIELA) will recognise and honour Pacific Islanders with a strong commitment to environmental sustainability.

The PALRC scholarship program supports emerging leaders from Australia, Asia and the Pacific to build knowledge and skills in natural and cultural heritage protection, stewardship and conservation management.

Contaminated water has been discovered spilling from a luxury Gold Coast estate development into a Ramsar-listed wetland site, amid a broader investigation into an unfolding “environmental catastrophe” at the once-pristine waterway.