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Now 1,000 nautical miles from Japan, Lecomte's swimming campaign across the Pacific for ocean health and conservation is kicking into high gear.

...the much-anticipated Ocean Cleanup initiative that was created by a Dutch teenager has successfully set sail and is now undergoing its final round of tests before it begins tidying up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Click on the link below to read the full article.

Existing MPAs in the equatorial eastern Pacific region form a relatively well-connected network for corals: at least 40% of coral larvae released per year from these MPAs should stay within the network. But more coastal MPAs are needed to improve the connectivity.

We conclude that there is a strong priority case for surface to seabed protection within MPAs, and that this should be the default, precautionary approach to safeguard intact ecosystems with as near to natural function as possible. Click on the link to access the full paper

 ...King Tupou VI of Tonga was joined by a host of other Pacific Island leaders calling for action on what they saw as “the defining issue of our time”. Click on the link to read the full article

Approximately 35 per cent of the world’s wetlands were lost between 1970-2015 with annual rates of loss accelerating from 2000, according to the first-ever Global Wetland Outlook. Click on the link to read the full article

The joint initiative, worth €21 million, was launched during yesterday's One Planet Summit in New York...the EU, France, Australia and New Zealand have joined forces to make it a reality. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The government is likely to introduce a ban on single-use plastic bags in the Cook Islands. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

SPREP-Tok is SPREP's monthly e-newsletter. Here is Issue 48 covering the month of September 2018.

Good news from the Solomon Islands – It is now against the law to fish, retain, be in possession of, buy, sell or export dugong. Click on  the link below to read the full article.