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As the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) on Biological Diversity is soon approaching, the Tara Ocean Foundation presents its recommendations to ensure a just and effective protection of 30% of the ocean by 2030, in line with global targets.

As an important milestone in Samoa’s Ocean Strategy, today, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) released a plan to protect, conserve, and manage marine resources for the benefit of the Samoan people.

The Solomon Islands lack sufficient data for effective ocean management, despite possessing a vast 1.5 million square kilometers of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), according to Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Peter Shanel Agovaka.

The fauna and flora will talk back to people thanks to the Nature Trail Project where QR codes are being put up to make the Mt Vaea trail more interactive.

The Rarotongan Fly-Catcher, locally known as the Kākerōri, has had quite the history. It was once recognised as one of the 10 rarest birds in the world with 29 individuals recorded in 1989. Rats feasting on Kārerōri nests were the number one threat to the Kākerōri.

The handful of rangers who protect one of Earth’s most remote and biologically diverse reefs have only each other for company for months at a time.

Flying across the hundreds of islands that make up Solomon Islands, it's almost impossible not to see them.  Patches of muddy and desolate ground in an otherwise lush and pristine green forest. They are logging zones, and in Solomon Islands they are everywhere.

The Pacific islands contain rich and vast biodiversity, and they hold responsibility over large proportions of global ecosystems, including about a third of all oceans and seas within national jurisdictions.

SPC's Stock Assessment and Modelling team’s scientists have been working on a regional database recording stranded drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) in Pacific coastal areas.

The inaugural Muri Environment Care Expo, concluding tonight, showcases the group’s efforts to preserve and protect their lagoon through ecological restoration activities.