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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are central to the efforts to protect Earth’s seas and the wildlife that call them home. In recent years, there has been a surge in their creation. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

This study describes in detail an efficient search method designed to identify optimal configurations of MPA networks in cases where two or more conflicting objectives must be considered. Click on the link below to access the full article. 

This atlas provides the most comprehensive biodiversity datasets that have been assembled for the region. The datasets were retrieved and generated systematically from various open-access sources.

Despite great expectations, the benefits that drones could bring to foster effectiveness remain fundamentally unexplored. To address this gap, we performed a literature review about the use of drones in conservation.

The Forum will build on the success of the first OESF held in Brisbane, Australia in 2017, which raised the profile of the value of ecosystems in decision-making in the Oceania region.

The Solomon Islands government has slammed the companies at the heart of the Rennell Island oil spill disaster. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Here is the Third Edition of the Australia and New Caledonia Coral Sea Newsletter, February 2019. Click on the link below to access the full newsletter. 

New Zealand's government is sending two salvage experts from Maritime New Zealand to help with the Australian-led salvage operation, and they're on their way to the country now. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

2019 is Wan Smolbag Theatre’s 30thAnniversary. Several of the current actors were not even born when the group started. ‘Maybe it’s because of the anniversary but I find myself sitting in the theatre,’ says director Peter Walker...Click on the link below to read the full article.