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Integrated ocean management unites the Pacific

A Pacific region that is united makes for a strong global voice. How should that voice speak for our ocean?Delegates from across Oceania gathered in Apia, Samoa, this week to discuss new and emerging ... More detail

Integrated ocean management workshop kicks off in Apia

The ocean is the great connector, with species and systems closely linked by water. This connection means that successful and sustainable management of marine resources also requires close connections... More detail

Communities construct 3D map for Taveuni Island, Fiji

The people of Taveuni will be able to view for the first time their island on a tangible 3 dimensional model map after a 9-day community workshop that commences this week on the island.The workshop su... More detail

SPREP and Reef Ecologic support Coral Reef Management for Pa...

The MPhil degree in Conservation Leadership at the University of Cambridge is a full-time, eleven month course aimed at graduates of leadership potential with at least three to five years of relevant experience in biodiversity conservation.

A major new report, Reviving Melanesia’s Ocean Economy: The Case for Action, launched today, has revealed that the ocean is a much larger part of Melanesia’s economy and future prosperity than previously understood.

The Oceania Ecosystem Services Forum (Brisbane, Australia: 27th - 31st March 2017) will celebrate one of the most biologically and culturally diverse regions of the world - Oceania!

When Kiribati established its Phoenix Islands Protected Area in 2006, the central Pacific island nation at first kept 88% of the 408,250-square-kilometer marine reserve open for commercial fishing.

The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) announces the launch of its annual training program ‘16th International Course on Integrated Mangrove Ecosystems Management ’ to be held at the Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology