By Amy Gunia KOROR (TIMES) — Palau’s waters contain some of the world’s richest marine biodiversity. Critically endangered hawksbill turtles and endangered Napoleon wrasse, which can grow up to six feet long and are known for the distinctive bulge on their foreheads, cruise through reefs home to hundreds of species of coral. The country, an […]
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PNMS, casualty of COVId-19 pandemic
The economic devastation left behind by the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic that impacted tourism could claim an unlikely victim, an environmental policy that seeks to protect 80% of Palau’s Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ) from extractive and exploitive fishery. Seeking other sources of revenue to cover government fiscal shortfall after the country lost over 35% of its […]