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The Marshall Islands has told the United Nations General Assembly it opposes any plans to mine the seabed, a stance 180 degrees opposite Nauru's, which has called to "accelerate efforts without delay" to deep sea mining.

During a Climate Week event hosted by Patagonia on Monday evening, Indigenous elders, young ocean leaders, Pacific Island educators, and ocean-climate policy experts called on the Biden Administration to act on the President’s commitment to the Pacific Remote Islands, honoring Pacific Islan

“My people are called the whale riders,” says Māori conservationist Mere Takoko.

Parties to the Noumea Convention met in Nadi Fiji from 17-20 September to chart a course for concrete actions to enhance the convention’s ability to protect the Pacific's environment, uphold its cultural significance, and strengthen the collective resolve to tackle environmental threats through r

The importance of effectively harnessing the power of nature to help solve sustainable development challenges, such as climate change, food security and disaster risk reduction, was explored at the Aligning Ecosystem-based Adaptation and Nature-based Solutions in Vanuatu workshop held in Port Vil

Members of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (Wespac) participating in the 154th annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society in Honolulu from Sept. 15-19 are calling for greater balance in conservation and fisheries management in marine national monuments.

With over 50% of global tourism relying on nature, the sector has the potential to play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation.

Vast swathes of our ocean exist beyond the boundaries of any one country — and that area is home to huge amounts of biodiversity and even never-before-encountered species. It must be protected and used sustainably.

The Oceania Regional Conservation Forum is one of the most important regional conservation events in the region.

The tiny nation of Kiribati controls more of the ocean than the country with the largest population in the world - India - despite having 1.4 billion fewer citizens.