Palau divided over government proposal to ease restrictions on fishing

The debate over the plan is one key issue dividing voters in this year’s general elections, which take place next month on November 5. Read more here.

Promoting the integration of ocean conservation education in educational programs in Vietnam

The workshop was attended by more than 100 delegates in person and online, including leaders of a number of units under the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and other relevant ministries and agencies. Read more here.

COP16 to address ocean conservation amidst rising biodiversity loss

Absorbing 93 per cent of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases and 30 per cent of human CO2 emissions, oceans play a vital role in climate regulation. Read more here.

‘Everything needed to be cleaned’: Sea Turtle Recovery reopens

The turtles spent two months at the Atlantic Marine Conservation Society on Long Island, before being brought back to the zoo last week. Read more here.

Marine conservationist ‘trepidation’ over role of blue carbon credits in protecting ocean

Prominent aquanaut Fabien Cousteau urges caution in putting a price on marine ecosystems, arguing that too many actors in the blue carbon economy are focused on short-term gain and are out of sync with the way nature works. Read more here.