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Expanding aquaculture in South-East Asia over the last two decades has been the main driver of mangrove loss in the world, says a study conducted by a team of scientists at Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) and published this month (June). Click on the link below to read the full article

Led by University of Queensland School of Biological Sciences PhD student Jasmine Lee, the study is the first to investigate how ice-free areas in Antarctica may be affected by climate change.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021, far outstripping recycling efforts and jeopardising oceans, coastlines and other environments.Click on thel link below to read the full story.

Raja Ampat " an island chain in Indonesia"s West Papua province " is world-renowned for its beautiful and unique marine biodiversity. But its marine mammals have not received much attention...Click on the link below to read the full story. 

 Sustainable agriculture practices must be widely implemented in order to stem an alarming loss of biodiversity and to protect endangered species.

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A new report has valued the Great Barrier Reef at A$56bn and warns of vast economic consequences for Australia unless more is done to protect it...Deloitte Access Economics report says reef underpins 64,000 jobs and contributes A$6.4bn to economy each year.Click on the link below t

Biodiversity is a resource, and the global community is working to ensure that benefits from the use of that resource are also used to protect the environments and the people who rely on them.This week, a regional Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) project inception and capacity building workshop l

The Indonesian government can"t restore one of the country"s best coral reefs until it strikes a compensation deal with the insurer of the cruise line that wrecked it, the deputy coordinating maritime minister said this week.Click on the link below to read the full article.

The CCMEA R2R will provide advocacy for closer national, sub-regional and regional cooperation and the sharing of lessons learned and knowledge gained to assist in national adoption of R2R strategies and policies in line with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council-approved Regional R2R Pro