Global Ocean Legacy - Pitcairn

Pew's Heather Bradner featured in Pitcairn News

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:25:00 GMT

On November 28th, the Pew Environment Group’s Global Ocean Legacy project, the National Geographic Society, and the Pitcairn Island Council co-sponsored an event titled “Protect Pitcairn, An Underwater Bounty” in London at the prestigious Royal Society, the worlds’ oldest scientific academy.

Pitcairn The Real Bounty - Ministerial Statement

Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:15:00 GMT

On November 28th, the Pew Environment Group, in collaboration with National Geographic and the Pitcairn Island Council, launched a call to the British government to name a highly protected marine reserve around the Pitcairn Islands, a UK overseas territory.

Group Embarks on 'Politically Impossible' Push for Marine Reserves

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:50:00 GMT

The Pew Environment Group is on a mission to create 15 massive marine sanctuaries by 2020. Four down. Eleven to go.

Descendants of HMS Bounty Mutineers See New Treasure in their Extreme Isolation

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:45:00 GMT

An expedition to Pitcairn by the National Geographic Society and the Pew Environment Group in March this year surveyed the full extent of these pristine waters for the first time. During 450 hours spent underwater, scientists found a thriving, well-developed coral reef at a depth of 75 metres – the deepest ever discovered.

Infographic: A Pitcairn Marine Reserve

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:45:00 GMT

Would encompass over 99% of Pitcairn's 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone and allow low impact traditional sustenance fishing by Pitcairners.

Pitcairn Islands Expedition

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:45:00 GMT

In the last 3 weeks National Geographic visited the four islands and atolls in the Pitcairn Archipelago (Pitcairn, Ducie, Henderson, and Oeno). They conducted 384 individual dives, spending a total of over 450 person-hours underwater. They counted and measured underwater 40,210 fishes, 5000 sea urchins, 6300 coral co

Global Ocean Legacy Return to Pitcairn Island

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:45:00 GMT

Following our first trip to Pitcairn Island in February March 2011, and our return visit in March April of this year with the National Geographic Pristine Seas expedition team, Global Ocean Legacy staff members Jay Nelson, Heather Bradner

Pitcairn in Support of a Marine Reserve!

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:45:00 GMT

We are delighted to report that this weekend, at a packed meeting in the town hall, the Pitcairn community gave a unanimous vote of support in favour of establishing a large highly protected marine reserve within Pitcairn’s waters.

The Marine Environment of the Pitcairn Islands

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:40:00 GMT

This book compiles, for the first time, all of the previous scientific information about the Pitcairn Islands’ marine environment, from shoreline out to the edge of its 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone. The report characterises and quantifies the key biological, geological and natural history features in these waters that are of regional or global importance.

International Conservation Group Says Strong Support for Pitcairn Islands Marine Reserve

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 05:20:00 GMT

(Radio New Zealand International) The international conservation organisation, Pew Environment Group, says it has strong support from the Pitcairn Island community to establish a large, iconic, world class marine reserve.

Pitcairn Islands Community Believe Marine Reserve Could Boost Tourism

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:15:00 GMT

(Radio New Zealand International) Residents of Pitcairn Island believe the establishment of what could be the world’s largest marine reserve in their waters could boost ecotourism.

Pitcairn Islands Expedition: What We Found

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:30:00 GMT

National Geographic explorer-in-residence Enric Sala looks back at the science expedition to the Pitcairn Islands.

Arrival at Pitcairn Island: Hiking to Christian's Cave

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:35:00 GMT

National Geographic Explorer in Residence Mike Fay provides an update on the science expedition to the Pitcairn Islands.

Latest National Geographic Expedition Announced: Voyage to Pitcairn

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:05:00 GMT

Pew's Global Ocean Legacy campaign is partnering with National Geographic’s Pristine Seas project to assess the health of the marine ecosystems around the Pitcairn Islands. National Geographic and Global Ocean Legacy will conduct a scientific expedition to the Pitcairn Islands in March and April 2012.

Map: Location of the Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:50:00 GMT

View a map of the location of the Pitcairn Islands in the South Pacific.

Photo Gallery: Pitcairn Islands

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:30:00 GMT

The Pitcairn Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean may be small and remote, but their surrounding waters are massive and home to an incredibly diverse and healthy marine ecosystem. View photos of this spectacular area.

The Revival of Pitcairn Island Tapa Making

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:55:00 GMT

In Pitcairn, the art of tapa making — an indigenous handicraft using the inner bark of the mulberry tree — has been dormant for the past 60 years.

RSPB to Destroy Rats on Henderson Island

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:45:00 GMT

(The Telegraph) The RSPB will be destroying rodents introduced by humans on to Henderson Island, an uninhabited part of the UK’s Pitcairn overseas territory, in a bid to save the endangered Henderson petrel which nests only on the island.

Global Ocean Legacy Visits Pitcairn

Sun, 01 May 2011 18:45:00 GMT

Heather Bradner and Elisabeth Whitebread, with the Pew Environment Group, write about their recent visit to Pitcairn.

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