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The CNMI Ocean Planning Team recently kicked off a two-day meeting as part of the Pacific Islands Regional Planning Body mission toward developing a comprehensive plan for the CNMI"s coastal and marine areas. Click on the link below to read the full article.

Inspired by early successes in marine conservation, locally controlled fisheries projects have expanded quickly along Madagascar"s 3,000-mile-long coastline over the past 15 years.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Environmentalists sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Thursday seeking to pry loose details of plans to shrink national monuments and marine areas and open protected areas to commercial fishing, energy extraction, logging and other industries.Click on the link below to read the f

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Marine protected areas on the high seas could be on the horizon because of an in-progress United Nations treaty for marine life outside national waters. But are MPAs actually effective"Click on the link below to read the full article.

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) is now accepting applications for the University of Eastern Finland"s two-year Master"s Degree Programme in Environmental Policy and Law.Click on the link below for details on how to apply. 

With 33% of national waters protected the EU Overseas spearhead efforts in global marine conservation. Click on the link below to read the full article.

Small island countries score highest in new survey; large countries including U.S. do not mention oceans in plans.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Fisheries officials call the marine national monuments unnecessary, and their boundaries are said to be under review by the Trump administration.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Tropical deforestation is responsible for around one tenth of total anthropogenic carbon emissions, and tropical protected areas (PAs) that reduce deforestation can therefore play an important role in mitigating climate change and protecting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Click on the