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The Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) is for the first time providing funding for the management of the Kuk World Heritage Site in Western Highlands.

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An all-female Pacific-crewed expedition is to set sail from New Zealand’s North Island for scientific research on whale populations.  The Hinemoana II is set to leave the Bay of Plenty in mid-July and arrive in Tongatapu by the 20th, and co-led by Tongan Captain Aunofo Havea.

On a bright spring day, the sun dances over the water of Havannah Bay on the island of Efate in Vanuatu. Below the surface, pockets of seagrass that can just about be seen from the shoreline, sway in the current.

The fisheries director in Niue is optimistic the sustainable management guidelines of the Niue Ocean Wide Trust (NOW) will greatly benefit the fishing sector.

The tropical islands of Palau, about 2,000 miles south of Japan in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, are known for surreal jellyfish lakes and world-class scuba diving. The forests of this archipelagic nation are less well known—but no less noteworthy.

"Ocean Rights is the recognition of the ocean as a living entity with inherent rights and intrinsic value."  Every time you breathe, half of the oxygen you inhale comes from the ocean.

The National Environment Service (NES) is looking at boosting the protection for the coastal areas of Rarotonga and Autitaki in a bid to address current and future risks and concerns.

It’s Mass Day in Fenua Aihere. There are no roads to this part of the island of Tahiti — it’s only reachable by boat. It’s Monday, not the typical day for Mass in a Catholic community in French Polynesia. But here, everyone is a fisher or the wife, daughter or son of one.

Rennell Island in the Solomon Archipelago is a unique place.  The East Rennell World Heritage Site (ERWHS), the first UNESCO natural property inscribed with customary ownership and management, is situated on the southernmost part of the island.

The training was organized by the Sustainable Financing of Papua New Guinea’s Protected Area Network Project, which is jointly implemented by UNDP and the Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) with funding provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF).