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According to the Global Shark Conservation, the three island nations are among 67 governments co-sponsoring one or more proposals leading up to this year's conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, also known as CITES.

Seabed Minerals Commissioner, Paul Lynch, has confirmed that there are industries who have shown their interest to explore the Cook Islands seabed and see if it is commercially viable. Click on the link below to read the full article.

Parks Victoria surveys of rock lobsters in Victorian marine protected areas have revealed populations are thriving, indicating that Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park, Merri Marine Sanctuary and Point Addis Marine National Park are serving their purpose in conserving these special marine eco

Provincial governments in the Solomon Islands lack the power to block logging outright, leading Central Island province to take the licensing approach to stop new operations. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Pulau Kukup, the world’s second largest uninhabited mangrove island, located off the coast of Pontian, has been a national park since 1997 and renowned worldwide as one of five Ramsar sites in Malaysia, accorded international importance under the United Nations’ Convention on Wetlands.

Several photos and videos of Ramsey swimming with, and even occasionally touching, the giant shark have since gone viral on social media, leaving many awestruck over the breathtaking images.

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The Pacific Blue Belt Project successfully completed its final activities in November 2018. These activities included implementing ten coral fragmentation restoration structures and providing training for four underwater educational trails in French Polynesia. 

The World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual global risks report found that a year of extreme weather-related events meant environmental issues topped the list of concerns in a survey of around 1,000 experts and decision-makers.

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 We here provide the first assessment of the level of protection of inland open surface waters and their trends (1984–2015) within PAs for all countries, using a globally consistent, high-resolution (30 m) and validated dataset on permanent and seasonal surface waters based on Landsat images

Please join us for a webinar on the Global Wetland Outlook: State of the World's Wetlands, which will be held Monday, 4 February 2019, from 17:00-18:00 (US Eastern Standard Time). Prof. Royal Gardner and Dr.