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Home » coral reef

Tag: coral reef

Restoring reefs vital due to warming ocean: expert

By Fuimaono Lumepa Hald June 16, 2022June 16, 2022

Coral reef restoration expert in Samoa says restoration of coral reefs is essential as the rise in ocean temperature is causing a lot of coral bleaching

Wipeout: plan to dig up Fiji reef abandoned

By May 30, 2022

A proposed project to excavate coral reef at a Fijian island group to improve surf waves has been called off after outspoken opposition from locals

Earth Day: How Fiji’s Surfer Laws could save their islands

By Thomas Bywater April 25, 2022April 25, 2022

Fiji’s Surfer Laws have been helping surfers and other watersports look after the country’s rich coral breaks and beaches since a decade

WWF-Pacific launches Great Sea Reef report

By Sanjeshni Kumar April 22, 2022April 22, 2022

Fiji is strategically working towards becoming the best sustainably managed fisheries in the Pacific region, as “80 percent of fish feeding the urban population is currently sourced from the Great Sea Reef.”

Climate Change is killing her Country. Who will decide if it lives?

By Sanjeshni Kumar March 16, 2022March 16, 2022

Marshall Islands climate envoy urges international financial support to be at scale and speed as her country is facing an imminent existential threat from climate change

Newly discovered reef in Tahiti is not so new for locals

By Sanjeshni Kumar February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

French Polynesian fisherman fears the Champ de rose coral reef site that has been opened to the eyes of the world will close due to attention brought to it

Rare coral reef discovered near Tahiti is ‘like a work of art’, says diver

By Sanjeshni Kumar January 25, 2022January 25, 2022

Scientific research supported by UNESCO discovered one of the largest rose-shaped coral reefs in the world off the coast of Tahiti.

Papua New Guinea women harness indigenous knowledge and science to protect coral reefs

By Sanjeshni Kumar December 22, 2021December 22, 2021

In some parts of the country, women are not allowed to dive, but Sea Women of Melanesia is out to change that by educating women to conserve their local coral reefs

Fiji government addresses plan to rip up reef

By Sanjeshni Kumar December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

‘Take my word, the Ministry of Environment will not give any approval to any investor who will do any damage to our environment,’ say Fijian authorities following Newsroom’s investigation into a plan to excavate coral reef in Fiji

Darwin in a lab: Coral evolution gets some tweaking for global warming

By Sanjeshni Kumar December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

With coral reefs threatened by rising ocean temperatures, scientists are working to breed “super corals” that can better withstand climate change. They’re trying to help corals adapt to survive global warming faster than they could in Nature.

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