The National Seas Act 1977 states that the territorial sea of PNG comprises all the waters, being waters forming part of the offshore seas, contained between the baselines and the outer-limit lines except for any such waters proclaimed under this section by the Head of State, acting on advice, not to form part of the territorial sea.
Title 27 of the Palau National Code as amended by the Act (SIXTH OLBIIL ERA KELULAU) to Amend Chapter 1 of Title 27 of the Palau National Code defines the exclusive economic zone of Palau as adjacent to the contiguous zone. The inner boundary of the exclusive economic zone of each island or atoll is the seaward boundary of the contiguous zone, and the outer boundary is a line, every point of which is 200 nautical miles seaward of the nearest point on the baseline as defined unless otherwise limited by international law or agreement.
The Proclamation of 12 August 1997 provides the geographical coordinates for Nauru’s contiguous zone as declared under Sea Boundaries Act 1997. The geographical coordinates are expressed in terms of the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84), which is a geocentric reference ellipsoid having a major (equatorial) radius of 6,378.137 metres and a flattening of 1/298.257 223 563.
The Proclamation of 12 August 1997 provides the geographical coordinates for Nauru’s Exclusive Economic Zone as declared under Sea Boundaries Act 1997. The geographical coordinates are expressed in terms of the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84), which is a geocentric reference ellipsoid having a major (equatorial) radius of 6,378.137 metres and a flattening of 1/298.257 223 563.
Map of the protected areas for Tuvalu with country-level summary statistics on the amount of area under protection, count for each type of protected area (terrestrial or marine), and the count of their designation.
Resource contains raster files for a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and derived hillshade for Tuvalu.
The ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) Version 3 (ASTGTM) provides a global digital elevation model (DEM) of land areas on Earth at a spatial resolution of 1 arc second (approximately 30 meter horizontal posting at the equator).
This resource contains satellite imagery for Tuvalu. The imagery was collected on July 20, 2020, September 21, 2020, and October 11, 2020.
More specially, this resource contains a raster file of RGB imagery at 10-meter resolution, using Level-2A products when available. Level-2A products include atmospheric correction and represent bottom of atmosphere reflectance values in the images. When Level-2A products were not available, Level-1C (top of atmosphere) products were used.
This was as part of the BRCC, Building Resilience to
Climate Change in PNG, ADB funded program on
Food Security. This work took us to the rarely
visited preselected islands of the Luzancays; Kawa
and Konia, the villages of Keileuna Island and Lalela
village of Kitava Island. As getting to these places is
a full days dinghy travel from Alotau on an open 23’
fibreglass banana boat with a 40HP engine hanging
off the back, the calmer the weather the better.
The 2020 State of Environment Report is the first for Papua
New Guinea. It uses the Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact
and Response (DPSIR) model of reporting, and aims to:
• Identify the key drivers and pressures behind the
changing environment in PNG;
• Identify and document PNG’s environmental conditions
through the best available information for eight key
thematic areas: Atmosphere and Climate, Inland Waters,
Land, Marine, Biodiversity, Culture and Heritage, and
Built Environment;
• Document the social, economic and environmental
The articles in this Newsletter are a mix of gwala customary closure and fishing, whilst raising the issue of fishing rights and the area of this jurisdiction based on custom and formal governance.
The strategy will guide the MECDM to address environment issues and promote better livelihoods for the country.
As an environmental policy framework with strategic directions, the NEMS has the potential to strengthen partnerships within sectors and provide opportunities for funding support from donor partners. The NEMS is a sign of commitment by MECDM to ensure national development targets and sector planning activities are carried out coherently, and promote environmental sustainability
This document was prepared by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology (MECDM) and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) with technical support from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) through the By-catch and Integrated Ecosystem Management (BIEM) Initiative of the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) Programme, funded by the European Union and the Government of Sweden.
A one page information brief about the Solomon Islands Salwater Crocodile Conservation and Management Plan 2023-2027