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The first session of the Intergovernmental Conference on an international legally binding instrument under the UNCLOS on BBNJ discussed marine genetic resources; environmental impact assessments; area-based management tools, including marine protected areas; and capacity building and marine techn

An unlikely group—including a National Geographic explorer and a former shark smuggler—team up to protect the Cook Islands' sharks. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A Chapter On Kiribati's Atolls And Marine Ecosystems Recently Published In World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation (Second Edition). Click On The Link To Access The Kiribati Chapter. 

A Chapter on Fiji's Coastal and Marine Ecosystems recently published in World Seas: an Environmental Evaluation (Second Edition). Click on the link to access the Fiji chapter. 

The group believes that with their cleaning vessels, or "systems" as they call them, they can halve the notorious Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just five years. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

 ...this report clearly demonstrates that Pacific reefs without much doubt contain the best coral reefs systems in the world and should remain in that position for the immediate decades to come

SPPREP is seeking applications from interested and suitably qualified persons for the following Re-Advertised Vacancy: ISLAND & OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS • Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Adviser (PREVIOUS APPLICANTS DO NOT NEED TO RE-APPLY).

UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre's (UNEP-WCMC) list of Protected Area Management Effectiveness Assessment is now available. Click on the link below to access the list

Who would ever want to hand their beloved island and planet to their kids in a worse condition than what they inherited. We are merely custodians and guardians and need to think more in these ways, think more as a conservationist. It only takes a little common sense.

The collapse of turtle populations on a global scale has greatly diminished their ecological roles. Click on the link below to access the full paper