National and international government agencies protect ocean biodiversity and marine wildlife by creating marine protected areas. So what are marine protected areas? Read on as we highlight this important ocean conservation tool, how Pacific Environment partners with local communities and governments and ways you can help. What are marine protected areas and why do they … Read more
Two years after the last prestigious Para El Mar MPA Awards & Recognition in the Philippines took place, Pacific Environment returns to partner with the Marine Protected Area Support Network to showcase the best practices in MPA management and marine conservation in the Philippines. On Sept. 17-18, the 10th Para El Mar MPA Awards (“for … Read more
Pacific Environment’s Marine team just returned from the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, where we advocated for stronger biodiversity efforts across Southeast Asia — a region we’ve been dedicated to since 2016. This event reaffirmed our commitment to safeguarding the world’s most diverse marine areas and … Read more
On Oct. 21, 2024, delegates from over 190 countries began a two-week long meeting at the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, or COP16, in Cali, Colombia, for the first time, since signing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) at COP15 in 2022. The plan includes measures to halt and … Read more