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CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

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Gerry Allen photographing a secretive hawkfish hidden in a coral head during a marine Rapid Assessment Program.
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Tags: Asia-Pacific discovery Fiji fish Lau Seascape new species photography rap Rapid Assessment Program scuba diving species survey

New to science: Species discovery in the waters of Fiji

By Mark Erdmann, Ph.D.

June 26, 2017
Mark Erdmann and Gerry Allen were part of a team that completed a rapid survey of Fiji’s Lau Seascape. They discovered nine species that might be new to science.
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Tags: Ecuador Fiji gender gender + conservation Samoa workshops

To see conservation success, we need to look through a ‘gender lens’

By Sophie Bertazzo

June 20, 2017
Integrating gender into conservation projects is a key component of success. To help ensure this happens, CI recently piloted field-based gender workshops in Fiji, Samoa and Ecuador.
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Fiji Department of Fisheries Scientist Volau Tiko lays a transect tape while surveying for sea cucumbers and giant clams
© CI/Mark Erdmann
Tags: Asia-Pacific coral reef Fiji Lau Seascape new species special report

Special report: South Pacific survey finds new species, new concerns for coral reefs

By Bruno Vander Velde

June 8, 2017
A new special report outlines discoveries from a recent expedition to survey reefs in a little-explored corner of the Pacific.
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