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24 July 2020
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Solomon Islands - Protecting the Arnavons
Arnavon Islands, located between Isabel and Choiseul provinces, is today the country’s first community marine park following a government gazette on Wednesday 10th May 2017 declaring it as an official designated protected area.
NATIONAL NEWS
Australia - Australia’s environment in unsustainable state of decline, major review finds
Australia’s environment is in an unsustainable state of decline and laws set up to protect unique species and habitats are ineffective, a major…
New Zealand - Fiords’ biodiversity under threat
Fiordland is home to a unique marine environment…Department of Conservation operations director southern South Island…
REGIONAL NEWS
10th Pacific Islands Conference Nature Conservation and Protected Areas
SPREP, PIRT and New Caledonia, event organizers for the 10th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas…
Storm warning: a new long-range tropical cyclone outlook is set to reduce disaster risk for Pacific Island communities
Tropical cyclones are among the most destructive weather systems on Earth, and the Southwest Pacific region is very exposed and vulnerable to…
Report indicates Pacific tuna fisheries weathering COVID-19 well
The fishing effort in the tuna-rich waters of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) does not appear to have been significantly impeded by…
Pacific To Push For Ambitious Biodiversity Targets
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) held a virtual meeting on Thursday July 16, 2020 to support Pacific…
COVID-19 related Challenges for Protected Areas and Biodiversity in the Pacific Region
The Biodiversity and Protected Areas Programme (BIOPAMA) is conducting a global review of the impacts of COVID-19 on area based…