• Taiwan plans to save Pacific ally Kiribati from rising sea
• Kiribati: Pacific island nation creates world's largest marine reserve
• UN environmental conference: Pacific nation Kiribati creates protected marine area

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Taiwan plans to save Pacific ally Kiribati from rising sea
24 March 2010 - Following Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's pledge to help rescue Kiribati the foreign ministry said it would look into offering the chain of atolls expertise accumulated from post-typhoon relief work. Taiwan will show Kiribati, population 96,500, how to plant mangrove forests along the coast to stop seawater intrusion and put farms inside giant water-resistant containers. (more)

Kiribati: Pacific island nation creates world's largest marine reserve
14 February 2008 - The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has created the world's largest protected marine reserve, a California-sized wilderness brimming with reefs, fish, and birds, conservation groups said. It lies near the equator about half way between Fiji and Hawaii. (more)

UN environmental conference: Pacific nation Kiribati creates protected marine area
29 March 2006 - The Pacific island nation of Kiribati announced the creation of a vast protected area Tuesday at a UN-sponsored environmental conference in Brazil. At the same conference, the European Union called for a global moratorium on deep-sea trawling, labelling the random fishing practice harmful to the biodiversity of oceans. (more)