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Key areas of the Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and the Pacific should be designated protected areas in order to safeguard vulnerable coastal communities' livelihoods, new research published this week reveals. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

 

Groups opposed to sea bed mining in Papua New Guinea want the government to cancel licences given to embattled miner Nautilus. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Israel is offering to send five experts to the Rennell Islands in Solomon Islands who are trained to respond to pollution at sea and shore. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Ministry of Agriculture’s director for crop research William Wigmore launched the State of the World’s Biodiversity for Food and Agriculture Report at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters recently. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Deep seabed mining has the potential to provide us with long-term socio-economic benefits. The question is, how can we use this resource in a way that is sustainable and minimises the impact on the marine environment? Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A new report has found that crocodile attacks on people in Solomon Islands has increased significantly over the past decade and will continue to rise if nothing is done to prevent them. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

In this study, we have re-estimated the 2011 global monetary values of natural wetland ecosystem services using new information on the areas of different coastal and inland wetland classes, and included estimates for forested wetlands. Click on the link below to access the full article

Pacific Island countries are aiming to improve and expand the management of tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean under the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA). Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The largest ocean on Earth is filled with mysteries, but also subject to great pressures like climate change, plastic pollution, and overfishing. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

This survey is designed to better understand the knowledge and capacity development needs of the broad conservation community with regards to protected area finance.