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Strengthening environmental impact assessment: guidelines for Pacific Island countries and territories

Currently, so-called Marine Protected Areas are almost exclusively located in the territorial waters of coastal nations. But an increasing number of organizations and scientists are working on ways to create and protect marine reserves in international waters.

International wildlife trade conference has Ocean species high on the agenda

Despite increased conservation efforts, biodiversity continues to decline, while international targets to conserve biodiversity remain out of reach.

The seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) opens in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday, 24 September 2016 and will continue through Wednesday, 5 October 2016.

Prime Minister John Key has now effectively confirmed the Kermadec Marine Sanctuary will be put on ice indefinitely if an agreement with the Maori Party over fishing rights cannot be reached.

Intent Declaration of the International Coalition to Reduce Pollution by Plastic Bags

Statement of Intent (presented at the Ocean Conference, Washington, DC, September, 2016)

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Reducing Ocean Threats, a global challenge

An analysis of data collected by fisheries observers between 2003 and 2015 from purse-seine fishing vessels and analysed by SPREP has indicated over 10,000 pollution incidents that happened at sea dur... More detail