The Great Barrier Reef Foundation and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority are supporting a project to breed bleaching-resistant corals.
There is growing concern that the world"s oceans are in crisis because of climate change, overfishing, pollution and other stresses.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $1.75 million in grants to address rapid declines in coral health globally. Click on the link to read the full story.
While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association and many others use "marine national monument" to refer to the four large Pacific protected areas created in 2006 and 2009, U.S.
If we don"t dramatically reduce carbon emissions, we could lose every one of the 29 coral reefs on the World Heritage List, devastating the vibrant ecosystems they support, and the human communities that rely on them for food, jobs and flood protection.Click on the link below to read the full sto
Last week I had the privilege to be a Fiji Council of Churches representative at the Climate Action Pacific Partnership (CAPP) meeting in Suva.The meeting was part of the preparation for Fiji's presidency of the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference, which will take place from November 6-17 in Bonn,
Global coral reef related tourism is one of the most significant examples of nature-based tourism from a single ecosystem. Coral reefs attract foreign and domestic visitors and generate revenues, including foreign exchange earnings, in over 100 countries and territories.
The islands that make up the Lau Group have largely been unexplored.
Lagoons have always fascinated me. The size, shape, and length of a lagoon " and the number of channels that connect inner lagoonal waters with the open ocean " influence the types of coral communities that form within.Click on the link below to read the full blog.