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...a group of researchers spent five weeks looking for five species of rare bats and flying foxes in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Mary Bainimarama, the wife of Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe, has used the Fukushima tsunami of 2011 to call for global action and policy on ocean conservation.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The nonprofit group The Nature Conservancy and famed environmentalist and actor Leonardo DiCaprio bought $22 million in debt owed to various countries in exchange for the creation of two reserves around two critical ecosystems, TNC announced.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Vatu-i-Ra Conservation Park has been dubbed as Fiji"s biggest conservation park covering an area of 110 square kilo­metres. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Sea cucumbers play an important role in the recycling and remineralization of organic matter (OM) in reef sands through feeding, excretion, and bioturbation processes.

The Volvo Ocean Race Science Programme has found levels of plastic in areas of the Southern Ocean " the world's remotest ocean - that have never before been tested.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Islands are biodiversity hotspots, yet the decline of island species is more rapid than anywhere else in the world. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

In an era of massive biodiversity loss, the greatest conservation success story has been the growth of protected land globally.

Almost a third of the world's protected lands face intense pressure from humans with even rich nations such as Australia failing to conserve key biodiversity, a new study by Australian scientists has found.Click on the link to read the full article. 

One third of the world's protected lands are being degraded by human activities and are not fit for purpose, according to a new study.Click on the link below to read the full article.