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
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Wipeout: plan to dig up Fiji reef abandoned
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
‘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
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.