In November 2013, French Polynesia’s government committed to protecting at least 20 percent of the French territory’s waters by 2020. More than 50 local organizations voiced support for this goal at a ...

This fact sheet was updated in June 2017 to reflect the designation of additional large marine reserves in 2016. Caring for the environment has long been an important part of Palau’s culture. For ...

Papahānaumokuākea means “a sacred area from which all life springs” and is the Hawaiian name for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument. To Hawaiians, Papahānaumokuākea is a place ...

Over the past half-century, ocean scientists have begun to describe the least-known places on Earth: the deep realms of the international seabed. Aided by new technologies, the pace of the seabed ...

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WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts today commended Governor Bob Ferguson (D) of Washington State for signing into law a bipartisan bill unanimously passed by the state Legislature that allows ...

Over the course of a lifetime, the family provides a foundation for financial security. Children’s economic well-being is closely tied to their immediate families’ financial success, and as kids grow ...

Story: Wildfires have once again made headlines, highlighting the growing intensity and frequency of natural disasters across the United States. And these disasters leave more than destruction in ...

In the nearly two years since the United Nations adopted a historic agreement to protect the high seas, U.N. member countries have been hard at work paving the way to implement the treaty under their ...

Nearly 300,000 people are held in state and federal prisons in the United States for drug-law violations, up from less than 25,000 in 1980. 1 These offenders served more time than in the past: Those ...

This brief is one of 13 that examine state and local policies that have resulted in actions to mitigate flooding. Revolving loan programs provide low- or no-interest loans to state or local entities ...

Sharks need our help. Many of the 509 species swimming in the ocean today are not equipped to withstand the growing number of human-related threats they face. Because sharks grow slowly, are late to ...