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Ocean cleanup designs giant pac-man system to gobble up world's plastic waste problem. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Oil derived from shark livers is a common ingredient in cosmetics, and the demand for it could be putting deep-sea sharks in peril. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Columnist Jim Hilton says attitudes need to change. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Tourism can be a double-edged sword for many island nations around the world...The Palau Pledge is the commitment we ask guests to our country to take to help us protect our pristine assets. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Plant numbers have surged in a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean following the eradication of invasive rats. Click on the link below to read the full article.  

Vanuatu is leading the Pacific, in terms of ocean management...and is the first country in the region to have an integrated, holistic Ocean Policy. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Apply today for the 2019 World Forest Institute International Fellowship Program! Click on the link below for further information. 

SPREP would like to call for tenders from qualified and experienced consultants who can offer their services to implement the Pacific Biodiversity Blue Belt activities project in French Polynesia.

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SPREP Invites Applications From Interested And Suitable Qualified Persons For The Following Vacancies:

ISLAND AND OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS

Scientists discovered giant sea cucumbers, sponges and other life on the seafloor during a 34-day expedition in the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean...Click on the link below to read the full article.