February 2023
Pisiwi Island
Pisiwi is an uninhabited island close to Chuuk State’s main island of Weno, and a popular spot for locals and visitors to picnic and swim. Unfortunately, people have overfished, used […]
Chuuk
June 2019
Oneisomw Island
The coral reefs around Oneisomw, a volcanic island in the westernmost part of Chuuk Lagoon, were once full of large fish (including several kinds of sharks and hundreds of species […]
June 2018
Kuop Atoll
Beautiful, uninhabited Kuop Atoll—on maps, just a speck in the western Pacific—is one of the region’s richest marine sites. Some of the coral species found there exist only in Chuuk. […]
February 2014
Parem Island
The island of Parem is located about a mile from the capital island of Weno. It was a Japanese base during World War II, and remnants of aircraft, heavy artillery, […]
January 2010
Onongoch
The Chunuf forest area is a top conservation target for the island state of Chuuk and is part of the West Fefen Area of Biodiversity Significance. It has also been […]
January 2004
Epinup
Chuuk has one of the largest closed lagoons in the world: an expanse of 2,129 square kilometers of high islands, atolls and water, circled by a 225-kilometer long barrier reef. […]