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Sonsorol state has become the 16th state to join the Protected Areas Network (PAN).

The Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, was awarded with a 326,000 USD grant from Oceans 5 - a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA)- to support Phase 2 of the project titled The First Nationwide Marine Sanctuary in Palau...A

Aquaman star Jason Momoa, who spoke at the United Nations on behalf of Hawaii and other island nations on climate change was invited to the Our Ocean Conference in Palau next year...Momoa joined the Pacific Island leaders at the UN General Assembly...Palau will host Our Oceans Conference in 2020.

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.

The Republic of Palau recently concluded the hosting of the 42nd meeting of the United States Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF), which took place from September 8-13, 2019. The USCRTF was created to guide U.S., efforts to preserve coral reef ecosystems.

The President of Palau says the United Nations Climate Summit in New York shows there is momentum building in the fight against climate change.Tommy Remengesau co-hosted an event at UN headquarters this week, focused on protecting the oceans and combating climate change.

Titled understanding human well being benefits and values of the Palau National Marine Sanctuary, the project aims to understand the impact that nature conservation has on human well being.

Palau's Organizing Committee for the Our Ocean 2020 is partnering with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in the planning for the biggest regional conference the country is going to host...the Organizing Committee along with the UNOPS will also develop an official website

The Protected Area Network [PAN] Fund awarded twelve PAN state employees in a marine ecological monitoring training course through the Palau Community College [PCC] Continuing Education [CE] Program.

The Protected Areas Network (PAN) was able to support three college interns this summer under the Internship component of the PAN Capacity Building Scholarship Program. This opportunity was made possible through partneshgip with the Palau Natrional Scholarship Office.