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The Conservation and Environment Protection Authority (CEPA) has signed papers for the implementation of a Global Environment Facility (GEF) initiative under its funding replenishment cycle (GEF 8) to protect forest areas in the country.

NGERULMUD, Palau – The House of Delegates’ Health, Social and Cultural Affairs Committee has backed the Belau National Museum’s urgent call for the protection of Belualasmau and the Northern Peleliu Lkes Important Bird Area (IBA), warning that failure to act now could lead to the extinction of ke

The Solomon Islands Rangers Association (SIRA) has successfully delivered a tow-day training workshop in Kiu, West Are'Are, focused on tackling nature crime.  The workshop empowered more than 30 community tribal leaders, conservationists, and church representatives.

Samoa, an archipelagic country composed of nine islands in the South Pacific Ocean, is on the frontline of climate change. Rising sea levels, ocean warming and acidification all pose significant threats to the country’s coastal communities.

Church and community leaders around Kiu, Mlaita, were brough to tears after listening to a powerful presentation by two young advocates from Isabel Province detailing the devastating effects of mining on their environment and communities.

Earthjustice filed a lawsuit this month to block President Trump from allowing commercial fishing in the Pacific Island Heritage Marine Reserve.

We heard the take from the Western Pacific Fisheries Council and their concern for the future of the last remaining cannery in American Samoa.

A deep-sea expedition around Tuvalu has revealed promising signs of biodiversity.

The ocean is our lifeblood. It is our provider, the foundation of our cultures, and our home. But it is changing before our eyes.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, Palau, and Panama today announced their joining of the Tuna Transparency Pledge, a global initiative led by international environmental NGO The Nature Conservancy that addresses unsustainable and illegal tuna fishing practices at sea.

The Ensuring Resilient Ecosystems and Representative Protected Areas (EREPA) Project in the Solomon Islands aims to promote biodiversity protection, build capacity for the creation and management of protected areas, and strengthen the policy framework for creating, managing and maintaining Protec