• Four LMMA Network members win Equator Initiative Prize 2008:  Conservation Society of Pohnpei - Federated States of Micronesia, The Indonesian LMMA Network, Arnavon Community Marine Conservation Area Management Committee -Solomon Islands, and Nguna-Pele Marine Protected Area - Vanuatu.  October 2008.   Link to Equator Initiative page or read PDF  

• Two articles in the Fiji Times about dwindling marine resources.  May 2008.   Dwindling Catches and Non-Compliance

• Fiji sites featured in TNC study on how MPAs alleviate poverty.  Link to TNC page or Read Report

• PNG members work to save Coral Triangle, December 7, 2007.  PDF
  

• Fiji sites win World Summit Award, October 2007.  See project details 
  See award announcement (PDF)

• Pacnews reports on the 8th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas in Papua New Guinea, October 2007.  Read more

• Fiji Fish Wardens Face Challenges, July 23, 2007.  HTML or PDF
  
  
• Philippine LMMA partner CERD is selected as a UNDP Equator Prize finalist for their work in Hinatuan, May 2007.  Read more at UNDP and CERD

• Follow-up to Participatory, Learning and Action Workshop in American Samoa by FLMMA members, June 2006.  PDF
  
  
• The LMMA Network releases our 2005 Annual Report, May 2006.  PDF
  
  
• Fiji members are featured in MacArthur Foundation's Winter 2006 Newsletter.  HTML or PDF
  
  
• The LMMA Network is proud to present “A Community Biological Marine Monitoring Training Video.”  click here for more information
  

Awards

• Fiji Leaders win Global Ocean Conservation Award, June 2006.  HTML or PDF
  
  
• Francis Wadui and Paul Led, two active Papua New Guinea LMMA members, were awarded the WWF Leaders for a Living Planet Award for their leadership in establishing community-based protected areas in PNG. This award was presented by Jim Leape, Director General for World Wildlife Fund International, at the Pacific Islands Forum meeting in Port Moresby, October 2005.
  
  
• Bill Aalbersberg of the Fiji LMMA Network wins the 2005 Walter B. Jones Memorial and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Excellence Awards for Coastal and Ocean Resource Management. read more
  
  
• Alifereti Tawake of the Fiji LMMA Network wins the 2004 Whitley Award for People and the Environment, 2004. click here for story
  
  
• Indonesia LMMA representative Samuel Mansmor receives prestigious Kalpataru Environmental Award from the Government of Indonesia, June 2004. click here for story
  
  
• The Fiji LMMA Network receives the 2002 Equator Initiative Award from the UNDP at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 2002. click here for story
  

 Archives

• Fiji LMMA Network appears in Environment News Service article, November 2005. read more [PDF]
  
  
• LMMA Network partners present at the First International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC1), October 2005. read more
  

• The Fiji LMMA Network appears in the recently-released World Resources Report, September 2005. read more [PDF]

• MPA News announces the LMMA Network's Annual Report, June 2005.  read more

• The LMMA Network is pleased to present our first-ever Annual Report, May 2005.  click here for report [PDF]
  The LMMA Network appears in the MacArthur Foundation’s website.  click here
  

• Fiji LMMA Network member Alifereti Tawake is profiled in the UN Works for Small Island Nations campaign. December 2004. click here for story

• The Fiji LMMA Network is featured on National Geographic Online, November 2004. click here for story

• The LMMA Network is featured in the MPA News article Building "Learning Networks" Among MPAs: Projects Aim To Help Managers Learn From Each Other, March 2004.  PDF or HTML

• Network-wide Meeting of Projects Held in Fiji, August 2003. click here for story

Newsletters

• Click here to see the LMMA Network Newsletter No. 7, October 2006
  
  
• Click here to see the LMMA Network Newsletter No. 6, November 2004