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To find out if terrestrial protected areas are effective in achieving their environmental and socioeconomic goals, we read 56 scientific studies...Overall, protected areas do appear to reduce forest cover loss.

A Hawaii-based fishing council has lobbied for years to block or scale back marine monuments. It may soon get its wish.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Three years ago, Chris Cvitanovic and a team of researchers published a study that found that only 14% of the information cited in MPA management plans was from primary scientific sources " from journals, in other words.

Shrinking a national marine protected area near Hawaii and allowing fishing are not in the nation"s best interests.Click on the link below to read the full article.

The latest IUCN World Heritage Outlook provides an independent assessment of the state of conservation of our natural heritage and its potential to be maintained in the future. It shows World Heritage sites have a role in demonstrating excellence and becoming leaders in nature conservation.

The Pacific environmental agency SPREP says it's happy with the progress made on conservation issues at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting in The Philippines last week.Click on the link below to read the full article.

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted two resolutions that aim to advance implementation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.Click on the link below to read the full article.

According to the recently launched IUCN World Heritage Outlook 2, The only site with a critical outlook in the Pacific region is East Rennell, Solomon Islands which was inscribed in 1998 and has long been celebrated as the first natural WH site under customary ownership and stewardship... Ac

Avitourism is one of the faster growing subsectors of ecotourism, recognized for its economic value.

The Source-to-Sea Sustainability - Integrated Cycles in Wastewater and Nutrient Management MOOC developed in joint collaboration between the Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM) and the Global Wastewater Initiative (GW2I), commences on 15 January 2018.