The ocean is home to some of the richest biodiversity on Earth. From coral reefs and mangrove forests to the deep sea, marine ...

In 2022, numerous countries signed the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) with the goal of halting and reversing biodiversity loss. Among other things, the framework sets out various ...

The Philippines surpassed several of its key marine conservation targets ahead of schedule and unveiled a new agenda for the ...

Marine biodiversity faces unprecedented pressures from overfishing, habitat degradation, pollution, invasive species and climate change. Conservation strategies have evolved from isolated reserves to ...

Balancing biodiversity conservation with fisheries sustainability is a challenge in marine spatial planning. We identified marine areas supporting commercially important fish species in European seas ...

The open ocean, which, for the most part, lies outside of national jurisdictions is just as severely impacted by climate change as are Nationally regulated coastal waters. With the new international ...

In 2022, the world agreed at a U.N. biodiversity summit to protect 30% of Earth’s land and water by 2030. While protected areas already account for almost 15% of the planet’s land, protection for the ...

A new analysis of the world's largest 100 marine protected areas (MPAs) published in Conservation Letters suggests that governments are falling short on delivering the promise of effective ...

By Mongabay.com World Oceans Day is celebrated every June 8 to raise awareness about the conservation of Earth’s oceans. In ...

A marine protection method described this week proposes spreading marine protection from areas where wildlife tourism already discourages activities that damage or degrade ecosystems, like fishing or ...

On that fateful morning of June 8, scared townspeople witnessed the crushing down of buildings and destruction of other structures brought by the magnitude 7.8 offshore earthquake off the municipality ...

There should be stronger conservation awareness programmes at dive centres, resorts and tourism operators throughout Sabah, says a diving association.