Today, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Indigenous landowners of the Inaugl tribe have joined their neighbours in the Bismarck Forest Corridor to commit to legally protecting 12,241 hectares (46.3 square miles) of forest under a conservation deed.
Lowering the total allowable catch and raising the price cost are some of the measures being discussed to ensure there is adequate supply of coconut crabs now and for future generations of Torres Islands.
United Nations help is being sought as part of Fiji's plan to develop the country's northern "paradise" of Savusavu into a Blue Town.
The Equator Prize, organized by the Equator Initiative within the United Nations Development Programme, is awarded biennially to recognize outstanding community efforts to reduce poverty through the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
The island of Mangaia was blessed with a warm and sunny day for the start of its first official fishing competition.There were special categories for the mamas, papas and pepes, and excited kids took part in reef-fishing with their bamboo rods.
...as population growth in the region reaches 70 percent and cities and towns expand along island coastlines, waste, especially untreated sewage, has become a dire threat to coastal waters and their fisheries. Click on the link below to read the full article.
Despite ongoing social and environmental crises driven by human population increase, public concern has instead focused on demographic aging as the greater challenge, even suggesting that population growth should be rekindled to combat it.
The MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity honors Individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
What exactly does "doing conservation" or "incorporating conservation" into ocean science mean" Although today it is often coupled with the sustainable use of natural resources, by definition, conservation traditionally involves the preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environm
We bet you're thinking that keeping stock out of water, along with grass filters or native plantings along waterways are the equivalent of plastering over the nation's water quality cracks.