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Dataset
Strandings of Oceania Database
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
The Strandings of Oceania database is a collaborative project between SPREP, WildMe and the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium to record stranding and beachcast data for whales,...
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Publications
Environmental indicators for Pacific Island countries
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This guide introduces environmental indicators and provides an overview of SPREP’S core indicators for Pacific island countries. In 2012, the SPREP members approved the development of a...
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Publications
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): guidelines for Pacific island countries and territories
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This publication ‘Strategic Environmental Assessment – Guidelines for Pacific Island Countries and Territories’ has been prepared to provide guidance on the application of SEA as a tool...
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Publications
State of Environment and Conservation in the Pacific Islands - 2020 Regional Report
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This first state of the environment report for the Pacific region uses regional environment indicators to assess the status, trends, and data quality and availability for the endorsed...
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Regional Environmental Indicator Assessments : 2020 Report
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This dataset hosts 31 individual environmental indicator assessments that are in the State of Environment and Conservation in the Pacific Islands : 2020 Regional report. Regional...
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Dataset
Global Distribution of Hydrothermal Vent Fields (2020) - InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields 3.4
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
The InterRidge Vents Database is a global database of submarine hydrothermal vent fields. The InterRidge Vents Database is supported by the InterRidge program for international...
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Dataset
Coral Reef Threats - Reefs at Risk
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
Reefs at Risk Revisited is a high-resolution update of the original global analysis, Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World’s Coral Reefs. Reefs at Risk Revisited...
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Global Mangrove Distribution - Global Mangrove Watch
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) is a collaboration between Aberystwyth University (U.K.), solo Earth Observation (soloEO; Japan), Wetlands International the World Conservation Monitoring...
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Global Distribution of Seamounts and Knolls
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This dataset shows the global distribution of seamounts and knolls identified using global bathymetric data at 30 arc-sec resolution. A total of 33,452 seamounts and 138,412 knolls were...
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Publications
General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
GEBCO's aim is to provide the most authoritative publicly-available bathymetry of the world's oceans. It operates under the joint auspices of the International Hydrographic...
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International Seabed Authority Annual Report 2020
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Minerals are non-renewable resources (at least within human timeframes) but mining them is now apparently a sustainable enterprise, not a one-way street of exploitation. ISA provides an...
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Publications
Global Reef Expedition - Pacific Ocean
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation completed field research for one of the largest coral reef studies in history: the Global Reef Expedition. The Expedition travelled around...
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Dataset
World Database on Protected Areas
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the most comprehensive global database of marine and terrestrial protected areas, updated on a monthly basis, and is one of the key global...
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Publications
CSIRO Bioregions of the South West Pacific Ocean
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This project has developed sub-regional bioregionalisations for the western-south Pacific Ocean, through expert workshops and novel statistical analysis of physical and biological data....
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Publications
An assessment of the risks and impacts of seabed mining on marine ecosystems
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Comprehensive assessment of the risks and impacts of seabed mining on marine ecosystems by Fauna and Flora International.
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Publications
Coastal Ecosystem-based Rehabilitation Guide
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This guide helps communities understand the pressures people may place on beaches and suggests how natural processes or ecosystem based approaches can be used can encourage sand to come...
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Dataset
Coastal proximity of populations in 22 Pacific Island Countries and Territories
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
A recently published paper, titled “Coastal proximity of populations in 22 Pacific Island Countries and Territories” details the methodology used to undertake the analysis and presents...
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Publications
Noumea Convention
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The Convention for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (1986) is also known as the SPREP Convention or Noumea Convention. The Convention has...
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Publications
Mapping Ocean Wealth Explorer
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The Mapping Ocean Wealth data viewer is a live online resource for sharing understanding of the value of marine and coastal ecosystems to people. It includes global maps, regionally-...
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Publications
Framework for Pacific Regionalism
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Forum Leaders embrace Pacific regionalism as: The expression of a common sense of identity and purpose, leading progressively to the sharing of institutions, resources, and markets, with...