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President George W. Bush on Tuesday will designate three remote Pacific island chains as national monuments that together will make up the largest marine conservation area in history.
A report that suggests farm runoff cannot be blamed for recent declines in Great Barrier Reef coral health has been paradoxically seized upon by the Queensland Government to justify tough new...
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed into law a measure that will require the teaching of environmental issues in schools, particularly on the role of preserving natural resources in pursuit...
The largest coral reef system in the world--and the biggest sign of life on Earth, visible from space--is not growing like it used to. A sampling of 328 massive Porites coral (large structures...
One of the CNMI's most precious possessions-the three northernmost islands of Maug, Asuncion and Uracas-divided the CNMI community in 2008, following a proposal to make these specks of land a...
Conservationist Crispen Wilson is helping local Indonesians recover after the tsunami, but in a way that doesn't deplete local fish stocks.
DOHA: A mapping of coral reef habitats in the sea around Qatar reveals that Halul Island has the maximum number of coral reef species. The north-eastern island's waters are dotted with 16 species of...
SINGAPORE: Pulau Semakau may be Singapore’s only remaining landfill. But if an ambitious environmental conservation project pays off, there are hopes the island could someday be upgraded to a marine...
Indonesia's coral reefs damaged by the 2004 tsunami are recovering rapidly, helped by natural colonization and a drop in illegal fishing, scientists said Friday.
( ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies ) Claims that coastal tree barriers can halt the might of a tsunami are false and dangerous, a team of international marine scientists said today....