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GEF announces raft of new investments for oceans protection

Protecting Our Ocean through Marine Protected Areas

Press Statement

John Kerry
Secretary of State

Washington, DC

September 15, 2016

Ecosystems are vital for growing Pacific cities

Cities in the Pacific are rapidly expanding and dependent on ecosystems more than ever before.This was a key message from the Director of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management of the Secretariat of th... More detail

Pacific to make its mark at world talks on international tra...

Summary of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee on Marine Biodiversity beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction

26 August – 9 September 2016 | UN headquarters, New York​

UK to ban fishing from a million square kilometres of ocean

Government creates marine protected areas around four islands in the Pacific and Atlantic, with commercial fishing banned in some areas

Ecological selectivity of the emerging mass extinction in the oceans

Protecting at Least 30 Percent of the Ocean

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has reached 85 ratifications, in anticipation of the second Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol to be held in D