Next week the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC) will be celebrating the Vanuatu National Environment Week (VNEW) in Port Vila to coincide with World Environment Day (WED) which falls on June 5th every year.
Satellites can help monitor industry and highlight environmental harm.
Increasing evidence—synthesized in this paper—shows that economic growth contributes to biodiversity loss via greater resource consumption and higher emissions. Nonetheless, a review of international biodiversity and sustainability policies shows that the majority advocate economic growth. Since improvements in resource use efficiency have so far not allowed for absolute global reductions in resource use and pollution, we question the support for economic growth in these policies, where inadequate attention is paid to the question of how growth can be decoupled from biodiversity loss.
Sixteen farming, conservation and Indigenous groups are together lobbying the Queensland government for extra money to protect Queensland's network of privately owned nature refuges. Many of these refuges offer protection to species facing extinction.
Humanity’s ongoing destruction of nature threatens the survival of our species, a group of former foreign ministers has warned, calling on leaders to step back from “the precipice” of irreversible ecological ruin and protect the planet.
Prominent Cook Islands environmentalist, Jacqui Evans, has set up the Moana Foundation to help support non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country. Ms Evans last year won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her work in establishing the country's huge marine res
Provides principles to support nature conservation in pacific islands
Guidelines, brochures, Indicators and published work on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity which is an international treaty governing the movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology from one country to another.
Regional framework to assess the regional monitoring indicators that measure the status of managed conservation areas set aside under the Micronesia Challenge. The tool allows you to see the monitoring progress and learn more about the monitoring data collected across the region.
Dataset with Pacific related resources and direct internet link to the Birdlife Online data portal. 'Birdlife' is a global partnership of conservation organizations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity. Its priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding important sites for birds, maintaining and restoring key bird habitats, and empowering conservationists worldwide.