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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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Pacific Islands Framework for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas 2021- 2025
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This Pacific Islands Framework for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas2021-2025 is the principal regional strategy document for environmental conservation in the Pacific. Its purpose...
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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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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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The state of plant conservation on Pacific islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This study examines the status of plant conservation in Oceania, where most islands have experienced two waves of anthropogenic habitat alteration and extinction, following Austronesian...
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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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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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Island Life in the 21st Century
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This paper attempts to present a “quick snapshot” of the status of biodiversity in the Pacific Islands and the prospects and challenges for the mainstreaming of its conservation and...
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State of Conservation in Oceania - Regional Report
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This report assesses the overall state of conservation in the Pacific Islands region of Oceania, that is, the 21 countries and territories covered by SPREP plus Pitcairn Island. The...
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Convention on Biological Diversity Cartagena Documents
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Guidelines, brochures, Indicators and published work on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity which is an international treaty governing the...
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Action Strategy 2008-2012 For Nature Conservation
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Provides principles to support nature conservation in pacific islands