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Feral Pigs in Hawaii. Credit - https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/
This is Invasive Species Awareness Month
February 19, 2021

According to National Tropical Botanical Garden and the state, February is Hawai‘i Invasive Species Awareness Month, and the Kaua‘i Invasive Species Committee is hosting virtual meetings for a week this month to discuss invasive species found on Kaua‘i and how residents can identify and report th

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NMFS extends comment period for setting critical habitat for Pacific corals. Credit - https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/
NMFS extends comment period for setting critical habitat for Pacific corals
February 18, 2021

The National Marine Fisheries Service has extended the comment period for its proposal to designate critical habitat for seven Indo-Pacific corals listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and found within U.S. waters. The end of the public comment period has been extended from Feb.

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Guam could lose more control over land, waters with proposed critical habitat designation. Credit - https://www.kuam.com/
Guam could lose more control over land, waters with proposed critical habitat designation
February 10, 2021

The question of how much control we really have when it comes to our land and our waters is one we've been asking ourselves for decades.

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PM, Biden could visit climate 'frontline'
PM, Biden could visit climate 'frontline'
February 10, 2021

Scott Morrison and Joe Biden could jointly get a first-hand view of how climate change is impacting on Pacific nations at a meeting later this year. Mr Morrison joined 17 other leaders for a Pacific Islands Forum online meeting on Wednesday, ahead of a face-to-face meeting scheduled for August.

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The endangered Hawaiian yellow-faced bee, (Hylaeus anthracinus), is being threatened by invasive ants, researchers with the state Division of Forestry and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pacific Islands Coastal Program have discovered. Credit - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service/Special to West Hawaii Today
Endangered Hawaiian yellow-faced bees threatened by invasive ants
February 5, 2021

The endangered Hawaiian yellow-faced bee is being threatened by invasive ants, researchers with the state Division of Forestry and Wildlife and the U.S.

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Hundreds of coral reefs planted as part of Super Bowl restoration effort. Credit - https://www.wtsp.com/
Hundreds of coral reefs planted as part of Super Bowl restoration effort
February 5, 2021

Protecting Florida's natural environment is a team effort. No one city can do it alone. That's why the NFL on Thursday continued an environmental initiative that began last year, just a couple of hours east of Tampa Bay.

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Record-sized coral colony has been found in American Samoa. Credit - NOAA
Record-Sized Coral Colony Found in American Samoa
January 29, 2021

A record-sized coral colony has been found in American Samoa. Researchers with NOAA and several other agencies found the massive oval-shaped colony during a monitoring survey in the waters around Ta'u Island, known for large coral colonies...The colony measures more than 26 feet tall.

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Massive Coral Colony Found in American Samoa. Credit - NOAA
More publicity on American Samoa's giant coral — this time from NOAA and Amata
January 28, 2021

NOAA-funded researchers, and partners have identified a new record size coral colony at Ta’u Island in American Samoa, even larger than the island’s Big Momma colony, one of the largest in the world.

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US President Joe Biden. Credit - AFP
Biden's "30 by 30" order could close-off 30 percent of US ocean to fishing
January 28, 2021

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden announced on 27 January that the president plans to sign an executive order that commits to a “30 by 30” goal first envisioned in the Ocean-Based Climate Solutions Act that was introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020.

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Forum chair welcomes US re-entry to Paris Agreement. Credit - AFP
Forum chair welcomes US re-entry to Paris Agreement
January 22, 2021

The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum has welcomed the re-entry of the United States to the Paris climate agreement.  With hours of his taking the oath as the 46th US President, Joe Biden issued an executive order for the US to return to the Paris Agreement.

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