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CONSERVATION NEWS

News, views and features from the front lines of conservation

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Tags: Asia-Pacific forests indigenous peoples Lau Seascape New Caledonia overfishing

Notes from the field: Indigenous peoples protecting nature through tradition

By Kiley Price

April 29, 2020
Right now, around the world, the work of protecting nature and the climate is happening in the field — and achieving small triumphs that don’t make the news. Here are three recent conservation success stories you should know about.
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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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Fiji Department of Fisheries Scientist Volau Tiko lays a transect tape while surveying for sea cucumbers and giant clams
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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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