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 report uses an analysis of 16 indicators chosen in consultation with SPREP and based on the Global Biodiversity Indicator project (http://www.bipindicators.net).
Green Turtle Nesting Sites and Sea Turtle Legislation throughout Oceania
Cyclone damage - Oceania
2020. Pacific Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose 2020. Noumea, New Caledonia: Pacific Community. 195 p.
Anon. 2013. Pacific Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose 2012. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 69 p.
Pacific Strong: Strategic Roadmap for Emergency Management 2021-2025: summary document. Suva, Fiji: Pacific Community (SPC). 11 p.
Regional Strategic Roadmap for Emergency Management 2021-2025. Suva, Fiji: Pacific Community (SPC). 25 p.
Fertility trends in Pacific island countries and territories. Noumea, New Caledonia: Pacific Community. 105 p.
Anon. 2015. Mortality trends in Pacific island states. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 90 p.
I. Lal, Nilima II. Title III. Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 2014. Pacific Standard Industrial Classification of all economic activities 2014. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 250 p.
Anon. 2018. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Pacific Booklet 2018. Noumea, New Caledonia: Pacific Community (SPC). 44 p.
This chapter provides a brief description of Papua New Guinea, its past and present climate as well as projections for the future. The climate observation network and the availability of atmospheric and oceanic data records are outlined. The annual mean climate, seasonal cycles and the influences of large-scale climate features such as the West Pacific Monsoon and patterns of climate variability (e.g. the El Niño‑Southern Oscillation) are analysed and discussed.
Conservation Status of Marine Biodiversity in Oceania.
Climate change and migration
The Pacific Islands Climate Change Assistance Programme (PICCAP) is a three-year climate change enabling activity involving 10 Pacific Island Countries (PICs): Cook Islands, Federated States
of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. PICCAP is designed to assist PICs in meeting their reporting requirements under
Articles 4 and 12 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The project is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), implemented by the United Nations
The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the
expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the World Meteorological
Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or
concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
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This report was commissioned by the South Pacific Regional Environment Programmme (SPREP) in early 2000, and forms part of SPREPs initiative to: identify the requirements of the National Meteorological Services (NMSs) of twenty Pacific island SPREP member countries and territories, package the requirements for aid consideration, and further, to coordinate and administer any consequential aid projects.
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The idea for tills manual has roots in more than 25 years of work interpreting and transferring scientific and technical information for
use by policy and decisionmakers. I was privileged to take part in the formulation of the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
while Chief of the Environmental Policy Division of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress. This law called for the
preparation of an environmental impact statementan action-forcing provision aimed at American government officials. But the concept of
Samoa is party to a number of international and regional treaties and conventions, including several with energy implications, particularly the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. Environmental issues related to energy use include air pollution from incineration of rubbish and cooking in outside kitchens. About 70% of Samoa's population and infrastructure are located in the environmentally vulnerable coastal zone. Only four of the coastline is resilient to coastal hazards.
The Environment can be considered tropical marine. Atolls are especially vulnerable to environmental damage. The water supply is easily damaged by pollutants. Land biodiversity is low. The primary dangers to the environment are tropical storms, oil spills and waste disposal from the settlements. Direct hits by cyclones are not common though near passages have caused serious damage due to high waves.
Available online|This report is based on data gathered by a PIREP team consisting of Tomas Tafia and Herbert Wade
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