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Despite its tiny land mass, the Cook Islands is responsible for a huge swathe of ocean and is home to many unique – and uniquely threatened – species of flora and fauna...With its extensive rainforests and coral reefs, the archipelago has been hailed for centuries as one of the most idyllic place

The GEF is the only multilateral fund dedicated to biodiversity conservation and is one of the largest and most trusted sources of financing for environmental initiatives in developing countries...To date, the GEF has set up and sustained protected areas on the land larger than the size of Brazil

New Guinea is home to 12 of 14 species of the elusive, charismatic tree kangaroo. Conservationists in Papua New Guinea have been fighting for decades to establish protected areas using these species as a flagship species for these conservation efforts.

Sirebe Tribal Association in Sasamuga, south Choiseul has become the first conservation site in the country to receive carbon credit from carbon trading.

The conflict between using land for renewable energy and protecting land essential for biodiversity isn’t as severe as it sometimes seems, according to new research that recommends policy and regulatory controls as a solution.

Over the last decade, the area protected for nature in Australia has shot up by almost half. Our national reserve system now covers 20% of the country. That’s a positive step for the thousands of species teetering on the edge of extinction. But it’s only a step.

Nineteen rangers are ready to strengthen the Kokoda Track management after completing five months of training. Track Authority chief executive officer Julius Wargirai said the ranger capacity development project included basic training in conservation and ecosystem management skills.