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Large Marine Ecosystems Status and Trends - Summary for Policy Makers
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The water systems of the world — aquifers, lakes, rivers, large marine ecosystems, and open ocean — sustain the biosphere and underpin the health and socioeconomic well-being of the...
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Catchment Management and Coral Reef Conservation
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
A practical guide for coastal resource managers to reduce damage from catchment areas based on best practice case studies.
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Monitoring and Management of the humphead wrasse
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus is a small but important part of the international trade in live reef food fish, being one of the highest species in unit value. The main threats...
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Cost-Benefit Analysis for Natural Resource Management in the Pacific : A Guide
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
In light of the many existing guidebooks already available to support CBA (cost benefit analysis), this document is intended only as an introductory guide with a focus on the practical...
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Marine Invasive Alien Species
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Marine invasive species are currently recognized as one of the major direct causes of biodiversity loss and changes in ecosystem provisioning and supporting services. This dataset...
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Natural resources management and the environment in small island developing states
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This paper focuses on the environmental challenges of sustainable development issues with particular attention to natural resource management, environment and climate change in the food...
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Marine Opportunity Costs: A method for calculating opportunity costs to multiple stakeholder groups
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This study seek to address the following 5 main questions: (1) Where are the preferred target species located and what spatial models serve as the best predictors of species abundance;...
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The Science of Marine Reserves
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The Science of Marine Reserves Project is an international collaboration to study, synthesize, and share the scientific information about marine reserves and other types of marine...
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Status of Coral Reefs of the World
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
A series of publication on the status of coral reefs of the world
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Degradable Plastics
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This paper provides information on degradable plastics and is intended to provide guidance on potential mechanisms for achieving reductions in plastic bag consumption. It is anticipated...
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Establishing Resilient Marine Protected Area Networks — Making It Happen
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This document represents a synthesis of the expertise, knowledge and views of leading experts in marine protected area (MPA) network design and implementation. It is intended to be useful...
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Coastal shark fisheries in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This study first presents the general knowledge on shark exploitation and vulnerability. Then, the status of coastal shark fisheries in the Pacific Islands is addressed from the angle of...
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Pacific Marine and Coastal Tourism
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Fact Sheet - Pacific tourism depends on healthy marine ecosystems for aesthetic appeal and for the ecosystem services that support human occupation. This fact sheet links it to SDGs and...
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Ocean Acidification in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Pacific Factsheet on ocean acidification, briefly covering how it links to SDGs
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Pacific Ocean 2020 Challenge
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The Pacific Ocean 2020 Challenge seeks to focus global attention, to build new partnerships, and generate the necessary commitments, to address threats to the world’s largest natural...
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Strategic Plan for the Conservation and Management of Marine Resources in the Pacific region
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This Strategic Plan provides an integrated overview of a science based to living marine resource conservation and management in the Pacific Islands Region. The goals and objectives...
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Lime Juice and Vinegar Injections as an Alternative to Control COTS Outbreaks
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Outbreaks of the corallivorous crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci (COTS) represent one of the greatest disturbances to coral reef ecosystems in the Indo-Pacific, affecting not...
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Size limits and other coastal fisheries regulations used in the Pacific Islands region
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This booklet is a vehicle for sharing knowledge between the islands of the Pacific Community about the basic fishery management measures that have been used in different places for...
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Capacity building in the Marine sector in the Pacific Islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This paper stresses out that human resources development in the marine sector is a priority. The University of the South Pacific is a key player in tertiary training and education, and it...
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Managing the Use of the Ocean
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This volume is the third of a four-volume report entitled 'Cities, Seas and Storms: Managing Change in the Pacific Island Economies' produced by the World Bank. The key outcome of the...