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Scientists now recognize that ecosystems can sometimes undergo abrupt, dramatic changes in response to human use or environmental conditions. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

 ...a regional training course on designing and implementing mutually agreed terms and contracts for access and benefit-sharing (ABS) for Pacific genetic resources was held this week in Nadi, Fiji.Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Just 13% of the world’s oceans are now free from intense human activities such as fishing, according to a new map of ocean wilderness areas. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

A Memorandum of agreement signed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) – Pacific this week will support two major environmental projects for the province of Macuata.

The online ocean science community has been vocally skeptical about the Ocean Cleanup, a device that aims to physically remove plastic pollution from the ocean. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

The remaining wilderness areas, mostly in the remote Pacific and at the poles, need urgent protection from fishing and pollution, scientists say. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

“Our Pacific Ocean, Our Stories” an Ocean Toolkit for Pacific Media was launched in Suva, Fiji this month recognising the role of the media in empowering informed Pacific conversations and decision making for the better of our environment. Click on the link below to read the full a

...mangroves are disappearing three to five times faster than overall global forest losses, with serious ecological and socio-economic impacts...Click on the link below to read the full article. 

In case after case, the world’s remaining strongholds of biodiversity remain intact thanks to the stewardship of the people living there. Click on the link to read the full article. 

China’s opposition to new Marine Protected Areas in the Antarctic may be softening, as it signed for the first time a partnership with the European Union that aims to enhance international ocean governance. Click on the link below to read the full article.