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PNG PM Marape thankful as France gives over K400 million for Forest Conservation
December 6, 2023

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has thanked the France government for giving  over K400 million (US$1.5 million) for forest conservation in his country.  “I want to appreciate France President HE I.

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Photo: AFP / Photononstop
Largest Marine Sanctuary In The World Has Plans To Get Even Bigger — Here’s Where It’s Located
October 28, 2022

French Polynesia (also known as the Islands of Tahiti) has served as home to the world’s largest marine sanctuary for 2 decades.

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Rapa Island Mayor Tuanainai Narii. Credit - SPCPF/Manu’a Vecker-Sue
French Polynesian Mayors Support Safeguarding South Pacific Ocean and Traditions
April 29, 2022

French Polynesian President Édouard Fritch recently committed to conserving 1 million square kilometers (386,000 square miles) of the ocean by creating a new large-scale marine protected area and establishing artisanal fishing zones around each of its 118 islands in the South Pacific Ocean. 

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Credit - Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP
World leaders at France summit mull ways to protect oceans
February 18, 2022

World leaders met on France’s Atlantic coast Friday to discuss protecting the planet’s oceans from threats such as overfishing and plastic pollution, and finding fairer ways to manage the seas...French President Emmanuel Macron initiated the three-day summit in the port city of Brest with the sup

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French Polynesia announces huge marine sanctuary. Photo: AFP / Photononstop
French Polynesia announces huge marine sanctuary
February 17, 2022

The French Polynesian government says by 2030 it plans to create a marine sanctuary covering half a million square kilometres in the south-east of the territory. President Edouard Fritch announced the marine sanctuary at the One Ocean Summit in France.

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A coral reef site in pristine condition has been opened to the eyes of the world in French Polynesia Photo: Alexis Rosenfeld #1Ocean
Newly discovered reef in Tahiti is not so new for locals
February 2, 2022

A coral reef site in pristine condition has been opened to the eyes of the world in French Polynesia by a series of photos for UNESCO taken by Alexis Rosenfeld.

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A researcher takes a small sample from the newly discovered coral reef. Credit - Alexis Rosenfeld
Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti
January 21, 2022

Marine explorers have discovered a "pristine" 3km (2-mile) coral reef at depths of 30m (100ft) off the coast of Tahiti, French Polynesia. It is one of the largest discovered at that depth, says the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which led the mission.

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Credit - Birdlife Pacific
It worked! Rare birds recovering thanks to ambitious island restoration
November 26, 2021

It was the most ambitious and logistically challenging island restoration project to date. The aim in 2015: to turn some of the world’s rarest birds back from a path to extinction by removing introduced predators from remote French Polynesian islands.

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The red marker shows where Matthew and Hunter are in relation to Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Photo: Google maps
French vessels caught fishing illegally by Vanuatu
November 11, 2021

The Vanuatu government is unhappy with France after French fishing vessels were spotted fishing illegally near Aneityum, and the Matthew and Hunter islands.

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Shen Gang Shun 1 stuck on reef of Arutua. Credit - https://www.rnz.co.nz/
Spanish ship in Tahiti accused of carrying protected species
November 10, 2021

Environmental groups in French Polynesia say they have lodged a complaint about a Spanish-flagged ship, which they say carried sharks in defiance of a ban on such transport.

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