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The Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management Support Service (PRISMSS) and the New Zealand Department of Conservation (DOC) have launched new ‘Battler’ invasive animal suppression resources and an online training video. 

Researchers from the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) are currently undertaking a pilot study at a fish aggregating device (FAD) to assess whether different moon phases influence the diversity and abundance of fish species.

In a grand celebration of World Mangrove Day, approximately 130 5th and 6th grade students from elementary schools across Palau participated in an immersive field trip to explore and learn about the vital mangrove ecosystems.

The Te mana o te moana association, dedicated to the preservation of green turtles, has published the results of the nesting season in Tetiaroa. A year described as “exceptional”, with nearly 35,000 baby turtles born and 219 nesting's observed during nighttime surveys.

Vanuatu has taken a leading role in a bloc of nations fighting to keep marine environment protection on the main agenda of the U.N. organization responsible for developing global regulations for seabed mining.

Pacific delegates are among the international community at the 2nd Part of the 29th session of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) currently happening in Kingston, Jamaica.

An executive order that American Samoa Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga issued places a moratorium on seabed mining in the waters of American Samoa. The moratorium applies to the mining, extracting, or removal of minerals.

More than thirty students of Ro Delainamako Primary School can hold their heads high with great sense of pride having contributed to Fiji’s goal of planting 30 million trees in 15 years.

An Australian businessman says he wants to ensure Papua New Guineans landowners have the financial tools to save their forests. Rod Holden has been working with landowners' representative, Robert Mukoi, in Middle Ramu in Madang Province, to try and arrive at a sustainable development model.

French Polynesia's Marquesas islands are now part of UNESCO's World Heritage list. The UN endorsement came as a result of the meeting of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee 46th session in New Delhi, India, on Friday.