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One hundred canoes by Christmas...That's the aim of one of the Pacific's most ambitious traditional boat building projects. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Figures from the United States National Park Service show that visitors to the National Park of American Samoa created $US2.2 million in economic benefits last year. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

New research finds that, to the contrary, large MPAs can confer benefits on migratory marine species — but only when they are carefully designed, strictly enforced, and integrated with sustainable fisheries management. Click on the link below to read the full article

A remediation programme to protect island ecosystems from damage caused by oil pollution from World War II wrecks sunk in the Pacific Ocean was launched in Newcastle Harbour today. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

There is no denying, the authors write, that the destructive extinction trends, so visible across the planet, “have been less severe or avoided in areas held or managed by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities….

A recent landmark United Nations report delivered an alarming assessment of the fate of animal life and biodiversity on Earth. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Ecological collapse and species loss threaten humanity as much as climate change. Conservationists say we're not listening.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

While IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee grabs the headlines, shipping has yet to play any role in drafting a new international treaty that could redefine how we use the oceans.

This week, the Foundation, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) and the University of Newcastle launched a project to tackle the issue of shipwreck pollution. Click on the link below to read the full article.

Naturally occurring super corals in Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, are surviving under ocean conditions that many predicted would decimate all coral reefs on the planet,...Click on the link to read the full article.