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With the culmination of a five-year effort to gather a breadth of geospatial data and display it on an interactive digital atlas, the four main islands of the Federated States of Micronesia are now more easily researched than any other island in the Pacific, including Hawaii, Guam and Fiji. The D

Mangrove forests along the coastlines in the Asia-Pacific region provide building materials for traditional homes, shelter fish and wildlife, protect communities from tsunamis and typhoons, and store more carbon than any other forested ecosystem in the world.

Researchers at the University of Turku have discovered 40 new species so far this year, including 17 spiders, 23 insects, one millipede, and one lizard. In addition, the experts have described four genera that were previously unknown.

They contribute only 0.03% of global carbon emissions, but small island developing states, particularly in the Pacific, are at extreme risk to the threats of climate change. Our study, published today in the journal Nature Climate Change, provides the first mega-assessment on the progress of comm

US Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs Douglas W.

This Year's internship program supports five interns, each representing one of the five MC island jurisdictions of Republic of Palau, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.

This week, the Micronesia Conservation Trust or MCT through a grant from the Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies awarded subgrants to 15 organizations and communities in all five jurisdictions of the Micronesia Challenge or MC.

Tucson, Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity on Tuesday filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for its alleged failure to protect critical habitat for 23 endangered species on Guam, in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau and the Feder