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Nauru’s intention to mine the seabed prompts alarm among conservationists

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 2 Jul 2021

New land snail species discovered in Hawaii offers ‘gem of hope’

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 5 Aug 2020

Deep-sea mining: An environmental solution or impending catastrophe?

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 16 Jun 2020

Gender-based violence shakes communities in the wake of forest loss

John Cannon 14 May 2020

Conservation nation: How Palau protects its reefs and waters (commentary)

Ed Warner 6 Mar 2020

Companies leave communities to grapple with mining’s persistent legacy

John Cannon 28 Feb 2020
Jacqueline Evans. Image courtesy of Goldman Environmental Prize.

Goldman Prize winner launches new environmental foundation in the Cook Islands

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2020
Acropora branching coral in French Polynesia. Image © Michele Westmorland iLCP.

Largest coral reef survey in French Polynesia offers hope

Shreya Dasgupta 23 Dec 2019

Deforestation for potential rubber plantation raises concerns in Papua New Guinea

John Cannon 19 Dec 2019

‘Fantastic grandmothers’ snorkel, help uncover large sea snake population

Mongabay.com 4 Nov 2019

Give it back to the gods: Reviving Māori tradition to protect marine life

Monica Evans 27 Sep 2019

Paradise, polluted: Cook Islands tries to clean up its tourism sector

Monica Evans 23 Sep 2019

Will a massive marine protected area safeguard Cook Islands’ ocean?

Monica Evans 19 Sep 2019

Hawaii braces for potential mass-coral bleaching event

Liz Kimbrough 23 Aug 2019

Tests show multi-rotor UAVs can improve cetacean behavioral studies

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Aug 2019
Coral garden on the bow of the Saratoga. Photo by Greg Asner.

Guns, Corals and Steel: Are Nuclear Shipwrecks a Biodiversity Hotspot?

Greg Asner 28 Apr 2019
Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands, where the oil spill occurred. Image courtesy of Google Earth. 

Solomon Islands: Oil stops spilling but environmental toll still being calculated

Catherine Wilson 2 Apr 2019

PNG politicians push coal as Pacific islanders rail against climate change

Catherine Wilson 12 Mar 2019
Puke Tīmoti helps local rangatahi (young people) make connections between cultural knowledge and science through the Te Whare o Rehua forest academy program. Image courtesy of Tūhoe Tuawhenua Trust.

Māori community reconnects youth with their ancestral forests

Monica Evans 26 Dec 2018

PNG farmers use agroforestry to fight crop diseases and reduce labor

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 19 Dec 2018

Guam’s invasive bird-destroying snake less unique than thought

Helen Santoro 3 Dec 2018

Women in small-island states exposed to high levels of mercury: study

Basten Gokkon 27 Nov 2018

Agroforestry supports food security and conservation in Papua New Guinea

Camilo Mejia Giraldo 26 Nov 2018

New picture of coral reef health opens avenues for saving them

Mongabay.com 21 Nov 2018

Chinese demand wiping out forests in the Solomon Islands: New report

John Cannon 22 Oct 2018

New species of blood-red coral found off Panama coast

Mongabay.com 21 Sep 2018
Patrolling sharks on a post-nuclear reef. Image by Greg Asner.

The search for survivors in a post-nuclear reefscape

Greg Asner, Clare LeDuff 10 Sep 2018

Plant communities roar back after rat removal from Pacific islands

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2018
Planet satellite image of coral off Belize's Lighthouse Reef. Taken March 28, 2018.

A global coral reef monitoring system is coming soon

Rhett Ayers Butler 4 Jun 2018

Seabird secrets revealed by bioacoustics in New Zealand

Mike Gaworecki 1 May 2018

Can the Solomon Islands’ Gold Ridge Mine serve as a new model for resource extraction in the South Pacific?

Catherine Wilson 15 Nov 2017

Papua New Guinea moves to launch new coal mining industry

Catherine Wilson 16 May 2017

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