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Protecting the world’s oceans and its resources could be coming closer to reality as countries gather this week in China for the United Nations Conference on Biological Diversity.

Leading environment groups have welcomed the Morrison Government’s draft plans for two new marine parks off Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, saying the proposed parks will be a major step forward for global marine conservation and for the local communities.

Creating large-scale marine protected areas (MPAs) can be a powerful way for governments to safeguard entire ecosystems. But the success of those MPAs in delivering conservation benefits depends on effective management.

A crucial event for the protection of biodiversity, the World Conservation Congress in Marseille received many ambassadors from island territories, including Polynesia.

An international team, which includes researchers from IRD and CNRS, published a novel Marine Protected Areas (MPA) guide in the journal Science on 9 September 2021.

In many protected areas, the distribution of funds for conservation seldom considers the Indigenous population’s views on how the money should be spent. In Fiji, the Indigenous iTaukei people co-manage Vatu-i-Ra Conservation Park, a marine protected area, under traditional rules and values.

Scientists and divers from NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center are teaming up with divers from the Papahānaumokuākea Marine Debris Project.

Scientists that recently returned to Oahu from a 20-day research expedition to Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument now have some valuable images and data — and a new sense of hope. The group of scientists headed out on a rare trip from Aug.

A new UBC study on the impact of climate change on coral reefs is raising sticky questions about conservation. It found coral in more polluted and high traffic water handled extreme heat events better than a more remote, untouched reef.

In his welcome speech by the President Emmanuel Macron, the mayor of Hiva Oa, Joëlle Frébault mentioned the objective of protecting the marine area of ​​the archipelago. “During the One Planet Summit which was held on January 11, 2021 at the Elysée Palace, you set as an obje