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Because of global warming, most newborn sea turtles are female, which could put their long-term survival at risk. New research reveals that in addition to more widely used techniques such as shading and irrigation, the splitting of the turtle nests, which has not been tried before, coul

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Over 50 nations want to put 30% of the world’s land and waters into protected status by 2030. Advocacy groups for indigenous people say the move would force 300 million people off their land.

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Wetlands, forests, national parks and wildlife reserves in 16 countries are part of a campaign that is raising standards for nature conservation.

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The peoples of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) can celebrate having the healthiest stocks of tuna in the world. It doesn’t happen by chance.

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Amplifying the voices of young Pacific people and addressing their questions and concerns is at the heart of the Teen Tuna Tok campaign, launched this week to mark World Tuna Day (Sunday 2nd May 2021).

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The Territory Labor Government is delivering on another election commitment today, announcing it will invest almost $12 million to continue its Aboriginal Ranger Grants program...This funding will ensure around 1,000 Rangers from 47 Ranger groups are further supported with jobs on country, and co

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A report released by officials from the Biden administration on Thursday, 6 May calls on NOAA to expand the National Marine Sanctuaries System and National Estuarine Research Reserve System.

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When an international team of scientists announced in 2019 the potential of restoring forests to slow climate change, the world grabbed shovels. Tree-planting initiatives sprang up from Ethiopia to Nepal, spurred by corporations eager to sponsor them.

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The Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea said its Marine Stewardship Council-certified tuna catches have not been interrupted – and have even gained momentum – even in the face of COVID-19 and its effects on the industry and market.

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More than 20 million native trees and other plants will be planted around New Zealand's biggest harbour in the ground-breaking $200 million Kaipara Moana Remediation project. Kaipara Moana Remediation (KMR) interim manager Alan Wilcox said it was the foundation of a new intergenerational app

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