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A peculiar phenomenon is occurring in the forests of Palau, particularly in the states of Aimeliik, Airai, Ngchesar, and Ngaptang.

On Tuesday, June 25, 2024, a group of young people from a youth start up, Emplesia Inc, arrived on the stunning Sinub Island in the Madang lagoon.

Japan has strong ties with the people of the Pacific Island Countries (PICs), through our shared history and cultural commonalities. We are all island nations, and our livelihoods are closely interlinked with the Pacific Ocean.

This article by the Ministry of Climate Change (MoCC) is a response to an article published on June 11, 2024 in the Vanuatu Daily Post carrying concerns raised by the Vanuatu Indigenous Land Defense Desk (VILDD).

On a clear morning in December 2020, at the southwestern edge of the Palau archipelago, rangers from the Helen Reef Resource Management Program were starting their day, tidying up around their station and checking spearguns for afternoon fishing, when they heard a motor and soon spotted an unknow

The iTaukei Land Trust Board (TLTB) has a plan to establish conservation areas through landowners units mapping and master land use plans, says TLTB environment officer Josua Waqanivalu.

Protected and Conserved Area leaders from across Eastern and Southern Africa and the Pacific came together to share progress, lessons learnt and best practices towards achieving local and international conservation goals, under the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) initi

A groundbreaking journal article, recently published in Environmental Justice, calls for a significant shift in the approach to conservation in the Pacific Remote Islands Area or PRIA.

The Global Environment Facility has approved the first funding related to the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement, an important milestone for ensuring the health and resilience of more than two-thirds of the world’s ocean ecosystems.

A training on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the Fisheries Division of Samoa’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) marks the beginning of a new era in leveraging the power of geospatial data analysis, mapping, and visualisation tools to assist community fisheries managemen