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On November 29, government officials declared the establishment of the Managalas Conservation Area. It is Papua New Guinea"s largest conservation area, encompassing 3,600 square kilometers of rainforest.Click on the link below to read the full article.

The western and central Pacific Ocean is home to the world"s most productive tuna fisheries, supplying global markets with canned tuna, sashimi and other tuna products...Conservation is increasingly a concern as some tuna and associated species are threatened by overfishing. Click on the lin

If MPAs and the ecosystems and species within them had a legal right to be healthy and managed well, what effect would this have on sites" According to a campaign that proposes such legal rights, one outcome would be the end of the problem of paper parks.Click on the link below to read the full a

Global gathering to tackle coral reef crisis Current and emerging leaders converged in the Great Barrier Reef to learn and share ideas for tackling the crucial challenge of protecting coral reefs as part of the 2017 International Coral Reef Mana... More detail

 A Call for Expression of Interest for Technical Specialists (VA # 170290) for Asia and the Pacific region was recently advertised on FAO"s new recruitment portal called Taleo.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) invites applications from interested and suitably qualified persons for the following positions:1) CLIMATE CHANGE RESILLIANCE - Oceanography Officer (Previously known as Pacific Islands Global Ocean Observing System Office

Harry Rabin has been chasing great white sharks in the Pacific Ocean lately, and he"s using the information he"s gathered to help with ocean conservation in Hawaii.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Over the summer holiday season tens of thousands of visitors and locals will enjoy the natural magic of national parks caressing the Coffs Coast.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has recommended changes to marine national monuments including Pacific Remote Islands.Click on the link below to read the full article.

Managalas Plateau has been declared the biggest conservation area in the country to date...It had taken 32 years of hard work for the conservation area to be officially declared.Click on the link below to read the full article.