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From UN headquarters in New York, what did IUCN see from the UN's 5th session of the Intergovernmental Conference on conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (also known as the High Seas Treaty)? The negotiations got very close to

Amaltal Fishing Co Limited, along with the master of its fishing vessel, the Amaltal Apollo, have been a total of $71,500 for trawling in a protected area.

Small conservation areas are disproportionately important to maintaining biodiversity, according to a recent study. Many small patches, with the same total area as a few large areas, are less likely to see a complete local loss of a species.

With only a few short months until Cop15 in Montreal, governments are gearing up to create targets on biodiversity for the next decade. The world has so far failed to meet any UN targets on halting the loss of nature, yet awareness of the challenge is greater than ever.

News headlines on extreme weather, melting ice caps, and threatened species are daily reminders of our changing environment.

Plans to diversify Kiribati’s economy away from a reliance on licenses for fishing access are some way off being realized, and the island needs to keep its focus on fisheries, according to a local tuna fisherman.  Mike Tallarida, a Kiribati captain operating purse seine vessels in the Wester

UN member states ended two weeks of negotiations Friday without a treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, an agreement that would have addressed growing environmental and economic challenges.

Vice President and Minister of Justice J.

A team of scientists is undertaking coastal marine surveys in Tongan waters to evaluate impacts to coral reefs and fisheries following the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai eruption in January 2022.

The Foirobo Tribe Biodiversity Conservation Association (FTBCA) in the Baegu region of North East Malaita launched its conservation project supported by the GEF Small Grants Programme.