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The online ocean science community has been vocally skeptical about the Ocean Cleanup, a device that aims to physically remove plastic pollution from the ocean. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The remaining wilderness areas, mostly in the remote Pacific and at the poles, need urgent protection from fishing and pollution, scientists say. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

“Our Pacific Ocean, Our Stories” an Ocean Toolkit for Pacific Media was launched in Suva, Fiji this month recognising the role of the media in empowering informed Pacific conversations and decision making for the better of our environment. Click on the link below to read the full a

...mangroves are disappearing three to five times faster than overall global forest losses, with serious ecological and socio-economic impacts...Click on the link below to read the full article. 

In case after case, the world’s remaining strongholds of biodiversity remain intact thanks to the stewardship of the people living there. Click on the link to read the full article. 

China’s opposition to new Marine Protected Areas in the Antarctic may be softening, as it signed for the first time a partnership with the European Union that aims to enhance international ocean governance. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Ocean cleanup designs giant pac-man system to gobble up world's plastic waste problem. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Oil derived from shark livers is a common ingredient in cosmetics, and the demand for it could be putting deep-sea sharks in peril. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Columnist Jim Hilton says attitudes need to change. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Tourism can be a double-edged sword for many island nations around the world...The Palau Pledge is the commitment we ask guests to our country to take to help us protect our pristine assets. Click on the link below to read the full article.