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The Vatu-i-Ra seascape in Fiji, including and surrounding Vatu-i-Ra Island, lies between Fiji’s two main islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. It includes an extraordinary 27,000 km2 of forests, mangroves, seagrass meadows, reefs, deep channels, and seamounts.

A multi-institutional research team used the power of open-access databases to predict the conservation status of more than 150,000 plants. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The Global Mentorship Programme offers young professionals access to the guidance, advice, and support they are searching for while giving seasoned conservationists the opportunity to guide and empower the next generation and gain new insights and energy into their work.Click on thel ink bel

Between 1984 and 2016, about 16 percent of the world’s mudflats disappeared, according to a new data set from Australian researchers. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A new Commonwealth paper examines who should be held responsible if deep-sea mining in international waters causes environmental damage. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

With the threat of the invasive Little Fire Ant (LFA) now at Samoa’s doorstep...Samoa’s biosecurity team is on high alert with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) leading the charge with various awareness campaigns.

Geologists have proposed that the age of humans constitutes a new epoch in Earth’s history, known as the Anthropocene. The explosion in chicken farming and the rapid changes in the form of chickens due to selective breeding make them an ideal sign of our time.

There is now overwhelming evidence that our impact on Earth constitutes its own distinct geological epoch, dating from the middle of the 20th century. Click on the link below to read the full article.