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 A Call for Expression of Interest for Technical Specialists (VA # 170290) for Asia and the Pacific region was recently advertised on FAO"s new recruitment portal called Taleo.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) invites applications from interested and suitably qualified persons for the following positions:1) CLIMATE CHANGE RESILLIANCE - Oceanography Officer (Previously known as Pacific Islands Global Ocean Observing System Office

Harry Rabin has been chasing great white sharks in the Pacific Ocean lately, and he"s using the information he"s gathered to help with ocean conservation in Hawaii.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Over the summer holiday season tens of thousands of visitors and locals will enjoy the natural magic of national parks caressing the Coffs Coast.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended changes to marine national monuments including Pacific Remote Islands.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Managalas Plateau has been declared the biggest conservation area in the country to date...It had taken 32 years of hard work for the conservation area to be officially declared.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The head of the UN Environment's Pacific Office says protecting the oceans from plastic pollution is a high priority at the current global meeting in Kenya.Click on the link below to read the full article.

A five-day series of meetings kicked off in Manila Sunday at which representatives from over 30 countries are eyeing to craft new tuna conservation measures in the western and central parts of the Pacific Ocean.Click on the link below to read the full article.

National continues push for ocean sanctuary. National MP Nick Smith has lodged a Member"s Bill to establish the 620,000km2 ocean sanctuary around the Kermadec Islands in New Zealand"s most northern islands.Click on the link below to read the full article.

The Department of Conservation is working in partnership with New Zealand"s national carrier Air New Zealand, to restore biodiversity and birdlife, and enhance the visitor experiences on New Zealand"s Great Walks.The long-term partnership has so far enabled more than 23,000 hectares of native bus