The Waterfront Plan will be used by the Government of Samoa as a cohesive and strategic plan with clear economic and social benefits to leverage investments from potential investors and development partners.
This dataset hosts the published NEMs of Tuvalu;
The zip-file contains 2 shapefiles (points and polygons), displaying the protected areas in Palau.
GIS file (geojson format) displaying protected areas. This file complements the polygon file.
Historical rainfall data Palau (1901-2015). Climate Change Knowledge Portal, World Bank Group.
In accordance with decisions 1/CP.19 and 1/CP.20, the Republic of Palau submitted this Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) highlighting their commitment towards achieving the objective of the UNFCCC.
This policy provides guidance for a unified and integrated energy sector management and set forth the foundation for Palau’s energy future. The vision is for a reliable and resilient energy sector delivering Palau sustainable, low emissions energy services.
Palau’s coral reefs show differential habitat recovery following the 1998-bleaching event
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Gouezo M, Golbuu Y, van Woesik R, Rehm L, Koshiba S, Doropoulos C. 2015. Impact of two sequential super typhoons on coral reef communities in Palau. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 540:73-85
Barkley HC, Cohen AL, Golbuu Y, Starczak VR, DeCarlo TM, Shamberger KEF. 2015. Changes in coral reef communities across a natural gradient in seawater pH. Sci Adv 1:e1500328–e1500328
Polloi K, Golbuu Y, Mereb G, Koshiba S, Friedlander A, Koike H. 2014. An Assessment of Maml and Kemedukl in Palau and Management Recommendations: A Report to The Nature Conservancy Micronesia Program. PICRC Technical Report 14-07. Palau International Coral Reef Center. Koror, Palau.
TNC ERA (The Nature Conservancy Ecoregional Assessment): David Hinchley, Geoff Lipsett-Moore, Stuart Sheppard, Umiich Sengebau, Eric Verheij and Sean Austin). 2007. Biodiversity Planning for Palau’s Protected Areas Network: An Ecoregional Assessment (ERA). TNC Pacific Island Countries Report No. 1/07
Friedlander AM, Golbuu Y, Caselle JE, Ballesteros E, Letessier TB, Meeuwig JJ, Gouezo M, Olsudong D, Turchik A, Sala E. 2014. Marine biodiversity and protected areas in Palau: Scientific report to the government of the Republic of Palau. National Geographic Pristine Seas and Palau International Coral Reef Center. Koror, Palau
Harbourne, Alastair. 2016. The Nature Conservancy’s Mapping Ocean Wealth Project: Modelling and mapping fishing pressure the curent and potential standing stock of coral-reef fishes in five jurisdictions of Micronesia. The Nature Conservancy and University of Queensland.
McClanahan, Tim, Nicholas Graham, Jacqulyn Calnan, and M. Aaron MacNeil. 2007. Toward Pristine Biomass: Reef fish recovery in coral reef Marine Protected Areas in Kenya. Ecological Applications, 17(4), 2007, pp. 1055–1067