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A trash collection device deployed three months ago to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii is not collecting any trash. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Our region also has a total of 346 marine protected areas.

Island Conservation talks with Jonathan Franzen about writing, birding, and effective conservation. Click on the link below to read the full article.

The ‘protected and conserved areas’ paradigm offers the global community an important means through which to respect human rights and appropriately recognize and support millions of square kilometers of lands and waters that are important for biodiversity, ecosystem processes, and connectivity.

There have been calls for biodiversity and ecosystem assessments to count non-native species as well as their native counterparts as positively contributing to biological diversity. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Information stored in the national portal is used to facilitate data management and enhance PNG’s reporting capacity to the various multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) including key national, regional and international commitments.

Earth's smallest countries issued a list of demands today as U.N. climate talks move into the final stage in this historical coal town. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

When the Guatemalan government designated the Río Sarstún Multiple Use Area in 2005, the local people said it never properly contacted or consulted the indigenous Q’eqchi’ living in the area. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The sixth World Ocean Summit will strive to build greater collaboration across regions and connect the world to new ideas and perspectives.

Pacific island nations have vowed to oppose US efforts to increase its catch limit in the world's largest tuna fishery, saying the proposal does nothing to improve sustainable fishing. Click on the link below to read the full article.