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Nearly 9 in 10 People Globally Want a More Sustainable and Equitable World Post COVID-19
September 25, 2020

In a new World Economic Forum-Ipsos survey of more than 21,000 adults from 28 countries nearly nine in ten say they are ready for their life and the world to change.

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Impact Investing in the Pacific Blue Economy
September 25, 2020

As COVID-19 continues to send shockwaves through the global economy, IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, in collaboration with Inspire Impact, is hosting a landmark discussion on investment opportunities in the Pacific Blue Economy, including why the sustainable use of oceans must be cent

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Some marine mammals are susceptible to the SARS-CoV-2 virus—perhaps even more so than people. Photo by Toshio Minami/e-Photo/Blue Planet Archive
Could Marine Mammals Contract COVID-19?
September 24, 2020

Some marine mammals carry gene mutations that could make them more susceptible than humans to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus at the heart of the ongoing pandemic.

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Spawning Kawaka (grouper) in Fiji. Photo: Paul McKenzie - 4FJ
Experts call for stronger management of marine resources
September 18, 2020

With reports of increased pressure on Fiji’s inshore fisheries due to the COVID-19-induced economic fallout, experts have renewed calls for stronger management of the resource, which was already vulnerable due to overfishing, outdated regulations and pollution.

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The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) and an Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules airplane conduct joint operations in the Pacific August 14, 2020. The crews were participating in the multi-country maritime Operation Nasse designed to prevent Illegal, unregulated or unreported (IUU) fishing in Oceania. Credit - U.S. Coast Guard
Cutter Completes Multi-Country Patrol for Illegal Fishing in the South Pacific
September 18, 2020

The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to Honolulu Sunday following its nearly two-month patrol supporting the multi-country maritime Operation Nasse throughout Oceania, the Coast Guard 14th District said in a Sept.

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Thousands of undiscovered viral species of mammals and birds have the capacity to transmit diseases to humans. Photo credit: F. Ricciardi.
Conserving Biodiversity to Mitigate Pandemic Risks
September 17, 2020

Zoonoses or diseases that are transmissible from animals to humans are not a new threat. In fact, many of the recent pandemic diseases originated from a spillover of pathogenic organisms such as bacteria or viruses from wildlife.

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Islands in the Maldives are among those that could be affected by a global rise in sea levels. Credit: Gerd Masselink/University of Plymouth
Hit by COVID and climate change, island states battle debt crisis
September 16, 2020

As the coronavirus pandemic compounds worsening economic pressures from climate change impacts, small island developing nations on Monday appealed for international financial support to help them avert a looming debt crisis...One major barrier, however, is that many island states in the Caribbean

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Cloud Forest, Cook Islands. Credit - SPREP
Debt swaps could free funds to tame climate, biodiversity and virus threats
September 15, 2020

In Kenya, the coronavirus pandemic has dried up eco-tourism, cutting off sources of funding that help protect wildlife and pay an income to communities working to preserve nature.

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'We made the ocean our home': The islands fighting climate change. Credit - Jawahir al-Naimi/Al Jazeera]
'We made the ocean our home': The islands fighting climate change
September 15, 2020

There is nothing like certainty in uncertain times. Every September, the northern summer folds into autumn, the southern winter blooms into spring. The leaves fall, the buds blossom, and all is well with the world. Except it is not.

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FFA Director General, Dr Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen and staff of FFA with the RSIPF officials. credit - https://www.solomonstarnews.com/
Commitment to enhanced cooperation between FFA and RSIPF
September 11, 2020

A visit by Executive Officers of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) Headquarters Tuesday this week has highlighted the commitment to continuous cooperation between the two organisations, especially during this period of the COVID-19

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