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This book describes how natural or constructed wetlands can be used to reduce pollution of freshwater and coastal ecosystems, while still preserving their biodiversity and ecological functions. Click on the link below for further details. 

The 2018 Utrecht Conference on Earth System Governance, 5-8 November 2018.

Less than 40% of Australia"s nationally-listed threatened species have recovery plans in place to secure their long-term survival.Click on the link below to read the full story. 

Several officials from environment offices of some Southeast Asian countries visited marine-protected areas (MPAs) in Batangas province in the Philippines early this month in order to observe and learn from the experiences of key stakeholders in protected area management.Click on the link below t

The Wildlife Conservation Society will use a renowned fellowship to investigate how global fishery affects small-scale fishers in the western Pacific Ocean.Click on the link below to read the full story.

Growing up, Setareki Ledua held the fascination for sailing boats. Even while residing at Lami, the Fulaga, Lau native would steal off to join his relatives as they carved and sailed the Fijian traditional canoe, the drua.Click on the link below to read the full story.

Through a consultative process with legal experts, environmental assessment practioners, academics, non-governmental organisations and government officials, UNEP-WCMC supported UN Environment in developing a global stocktaking of environmental assessment legislation.Click on the link below for fu

Dr Sangeeta Mangubhai, director of WCS Fiji  has been awarded an international Pew Fellowship Award. Dr.

Fiji has designated its second Ramsar Site: Qoliqoli Cokovata (Ramsar Site no. 2331) covers over 134,000 hectares of fishing grounds on the north coast of Vanua Levu, Fiji"s second largest island. Click on the link below to read the full site description.

Charles Moore, who first sailed the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 1997, has returned five times over 15 years to document the concentrations of plastic in the ocean. His results show microplastics are accumulating at a rapid rate.Click on the link below to read the full story.