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Academics, activists and officials from countries in the region last week gathered in Malaysia"s capital to explore ways to boost the socio-economic advantages of road projects without severely impacting the environment...The conference, "Infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific: Promoting Benefits &am

Palau President Tommy E. Remengesau Jr. and his delegation traveled to Malta to attend the "Our Oceans" conference hosted by the European Union and held from October 5 to 6, 2017.Click on the link below to read the full story.

A joint media release issued yesterday by the EU, Sweden Sverige and the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFs), said a number of EU projects were launched yesterday to support International Ocean governance, with a special emphasis being put on the Pacific.

The Ministry of Fisheries is looking to ratify its newest campaign that regulates the size of crabs that are caught.Click on the link below to read the full story.

Conservation groups have hailed a move by Niue to set nearly half of its marine estate aside as a vast new reserve.Click on the link below to read the full story.

After half a century of conservation efforts, scientists are seeing long-term growth in some populations of the globe"s seven species of sea turtlesClick on the link below to read the full story.

Thirteen thousand feet deep, on the cold, dark desert of the Pacific Ocean seafloor, scientists have discovered new sponges living on rock nodules targeted for deep-sea mining.Click on the link below to read the full story.

The International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) is a collaborative platform for policy makers, practitioners, national academies, and academics to share experience, build capacity and develop theoretical and practical approaches to the use of scientific evidence in informing polic

At the ongoing EU-hosted Our Ocean conference in Malta (5-6 October), the European Union has committed to 36 tangible actions to foster healthier, cleaner, safer and more secure seas.

Samoa"s O le P"p" Pu" (O.L.P.P.) National Park has been officially added to the List of the Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.Click on the link below to read the full story.