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Protecting and restoring forests would reduce 18% of emissions by 2030 and help to avoid global temperature rise beyond 1.5C. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

In this paper, we explore the required functionality of a generic model of the effects of climate and land-use changes on wetlands ecosystem services worldwide. Click on the link below to access the full paper.

Now that the trials are complete, we can only look forward to the coming months, when we’ll receive news on how the system is performing. Click on the link to read the full article.

SPREP is seeking applications from interested experts for the above-mentioned tender. Click on the link below for further details.  

SPREP is seeking the interest of suitably qualified persons for the following Vacancy Re-Advertisement:

ISLAND & OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS

Dr Kathy MacKinnon, a British zoologist, has won the Midori Prize for Biodiversity, a prestigious conservation award. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The Pacific's environmental agency says it's clear any warming above 1.5 degrees threatens the very fabric of Pacific islands and communities. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

After months of preparations, the campaign – more passionately known as ‘Guardians: Tausi Lou Fa’asinomaga”– will be based at Manono-Uta Primary School throughout this week...Click on the link below to the read the full article.   

...earlier this month, The Ocean Cleanup — a group of engineers, researchers and ocean lovers — kicked off an ambitious and potentially risky plan to directly scoop abandoned plastic out of the ocean. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The management of Raja Ampat conservation area in Papua was recently lauded by countries joined in the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security (CTI-CFF). Click on the link below to read the full article.