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UNDP, UN Environment, and the CBD Secretariat launch a free, open-source platform to provide policy makers with access to world-class data for national action. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Pacific experts press for sustainable deep-sea mining management mechanisms. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Protected Areas are important because of the following reasons: “They safeguard many of the world’s outstanding areas of biodiversity, natural beauty and cultural significance. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

 

The coral reefs of a Samoan island in the remote southwest Pacific are in a surprisingly poor condition, highlighting the far-reaching impacts of climate change.

This framework can be applied along the global mid-ocean ridge system as a precautionary measure to protect biodiversity and ecosystem function from impacts of SMS mining. Click on the link below to access the full article.

The new round for the 2019 Future For Nature Awards is open now! Are you a young (under 35 years old), talented and inspiring conservationist, committed to protecting species of wild animals and plants by combining passion with action to create concrete results in nature conservation?

A new report adds to the growing body of evidence that indigenous peoples are the best protectors of the forests they call home. Click on the link below to read the full article. 

Earlier this month, a number of Pacific Island protected area managers gathered in Samoa for the Inception Workshop of the BIOPAMA (Biodiversity And Protected Area Management Programme) Phase Two. Click on the link below to read the full article.

The incredible story of how four women set up to stop the force of tourism on Micronesian Island, Palau...Click on the link to read the full article.

Way back in 1890, Suwarrow was described as the “most romantic island in the world” by Robert Louis Stevenson’s wife Fanny after the Stevenson family visited the island. Click on the link to read the full article.