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PIPAP Weekly Newsletter, Edition 283
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1st August 2025
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Argo leads major marine expedition in Fiji
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A groundbreaking scientific and conservation expedition is currently underway across Fiji’s expansive ocean territory aboard the research vessel Argo. This marks a defining step in the nation’s commitment to ocean protection and sustainable marine management.
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Melvira Kyarii Kazuma is from Palau and currently serves as the Protected Areas Network (PAN) Coordinator within the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and the Environment. In this role, she oversees the operations of the PAN Office and works closely with PAN member states to support the achievement of Palau’s conservation and sustainable development goals.
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| Solomon Islands-Searching for snails across the Pacific, part 2: Tetepare
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| Tetepare Island, an untouched paradise surrounded by vibrant coral reefs, is one of the few places left in the world where natural forests still reign. Thanks to the efforts of the local community and their unwavering dedication to conservation, Tetepare has become a sanctuary for endangered species...
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| Cook Islands-Cook Islands wages war on 'plague' of hungry starfish
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| Divers clutch wooden spears as they plunge beneath the waves, hunting hordes of hungry starfish destroying the coral reefs around the Cook Islands. These makeshift tools are their best weapons in the war against crown-of-thorns starfish, a coral-munching species eating through tropical reefs already...
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| New Caledonia - Restoration of Riparian Forests in Bourail: A Hands-On Training Project wi…
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| A new restoration project was successfully carried out on the banks of the Boghen River in Bourail (New Caledonia), as part of the PERENNE project supported by the Kiwa Initiative.Organised as a training worksite, the project allowed Year 11 STAV students from Lycée Michel Rocard to take an active r...
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| Fiji-Waitt Institute Founder Meets with Minister of Environment and Climate Change to Adva…
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| Today, the Government of Fiji and the Waitt Institute announced the official launch of the Blue Prosperity Fiji Taskforce and the Captain Johnathan Smith Fund, marking significant milestones in the nation's commitment to sustainable ocean management and marine conservation.Ted Waitt, Founder and Cha...
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| Training boosts seagrass monitoring and mapping skills
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| Thirteen representatives from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu are returning home with new skills and deeper insights into seagrass mapping and monitoring after a week-long regional training in Suva, Fiji. Held at the Southern Cross Hotel, the training from 10-16 July, was...
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| Biodiversity key to food security
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| Biodiversity is being recognised as the foundation of food security and economic resilience in the Pacific. This has been highlighted by regional agricultural experts during the Pacific Agricultural Plant Genetic Resources Network meeting.Representatives from across the region, including Papua New G...
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| To protect coral reefs, we must also protect the people who depend on them
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| Coral reefs are vital ecosystems that sustain millions of people, yet they face a growing crisis. Rising ocean temperatures are causing coral bleaching, a process where heat disrupts the relationship between corals and the microalgae living inside them. If the stress continues, the corals may die.Si...
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| Elusive ‘noodlefish’ from uninhabited island found as a pet 3,500 miles away
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| On Tetepare, the largest uninhabited island in the South Pacific, researchers caught a slender, unknown fish while surveying the Hokata River. Accompanying the team were descendants of the original tribes that abandoned Tetepare more than a century ago, now serving as rangers and stewards of the isl...
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| BEYOND CARBON CREDITS: DEMYSTIFYING NON-CARBON MARKET APPROACHES FOR BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEM…
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| The conservation, restoration, and sustainable management of blue carbon ecosystems are critical to addressing the intertwined crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. Actionable blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) are considered mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, and tidal salt marshes, all of wh...
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| Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas
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| There is a widespread perception that illegal fishing is common in marine protected areas (MPAs) due to strong incentives for poaching and the high cost of monitoring and enforcement. Using artificial intelligence and satellite-based Earth observations, we provide estimates of industrial fishing act...
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| GLOBAL WETLAND OUTLOOK 2025: Valuing, conserving, restoring and financing wetlands
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| Understanding the state and value of the world’s wetlands The Global Wetland Outlook 2025 presents a synthesis of scientific information on the value of the world’s wetlands, the costs to society due to wetland loss and degradation and the scale of investment needed to restore wetlands. It is based ...
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| Highlighting the resilience potential of marine protected areas in the face of coral bleac…
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| Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can increase the resilience of reef communities to disturbances, playing a role in sheltering biodiversity from climate-related impacts. To determine if the protection status allows for better resilience after coral bleaching events, we recorded soundscapes of eight ree...
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| Brookfield Zoo Chicago — CBOT Endangered Species Fund
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| The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) Endangered Species Fund was founded in 1988 by Brookfield Zoo Chicago (BZC) Trustee Jerry Manne and his colleagues at CBOT. Since then, the CBOT Fund has awarded approximately $2.4 million to more than 550 projects around the globe focused on protecting species thre...
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| JWH Initiative-Call for Proposals
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| The JWH Initiative grants can only be used by individuals for their personal leadership development. The grant is in no case to be used for any activities which do not directly benefit the leadership and learning of the grantee. The grant money can therefore not be used for: • Implement...
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| Upcoming Webinars: New Guidance on Coral Reef Restoration-Webinar
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| The Coral Restoration Consortium’s Field-based Propagation Working Group has just released A Guide to Coral Reef Restoration: Optimizing Efficiency and Scale for In Situ Nurseries and Outplanting. The guide covers a range of topics including restoration planning, nursery set-up, stocking, maintenanc...
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| International Iguana Foundation — Grants for Iguana Conservation
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| he International Iguana Foundation grant awards were established to promote and enable iguana conservation through partnerships with scientists, educators, and organizations committed to preserving Earth’s biodiversity.The IIF seeks to provide annual project funding to a wide range of species and pr...
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JOB VACANCIES AND TENDERS
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| Pacific Island Fisheries Professional (Legal and Monitoring Control Surveillance… |
| The role – The Pacific Island Fisheries Professional (Legal and Monitoring Control Surveillance) will provide legal support to the Legal and MCS Advisers in adv...
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| GGGI-Papua New Guinea: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer |
| Based in Port Moresby, the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MELO) Officer position for the Papua New Guinea Program at GGGI plays a pivotal role as the cou...
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| Monitoring Control and Surveillance Officer (Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture -… |
| The role – the Monitoring Control and Surveillance Officer (Coastal Fisheries and Aquaculture - Training), will support and lead the development and implementat...
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| Project Officer - Science Summit Resources |
| The role – Project Officer – Science Summit Resources will support the EQAP and National Geographic Society Pristine Seas team in managing the completion, quali...
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