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… enacted comprehensive marine pollution legislation, and in particular the model Marine Pollution Prevention Act … upon the recently revised Act, which now includes ballast water provisions consistent with the Ballast Water Management Convention. Those new provisions are similar to …
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… Resilience underpins the sustainability of both ecological and social systems. Extensive loss of reef corals following … notion that support of system resilience is a viable reef management strategy. Available online Call Number: [EL] … … problem definition-baseline … strategy … Coastal and Marine … Biodiversity … Atmosphere and Climate …
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… responsible for the control (regulation), development and management of the fisheries resources within Vanuatu. … the two agencies in certain areas like assessment work and conservation of species. Available online|Fisheres Dept. …
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… Residents Of UCUNIVANUA VILLAGE, On The Eastern Coast Of Fijis largest island, realized that the marine resources … collect several bags of large kaikoso clamsa food staple and important source of incomein just a few hours. By the … a larger pattern of depletion repeated throughout the Fiji islands. A combination of greater commercial fishing and …
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… Marine Protected Area (MPA) includes any area of the coast and ocean that is under management to control potentially destructive activities and conserve the biodiversity resources. Other terms used in …
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… of Marine Protected Area (MPA) in order to cover more management options. The workshop proposed and adopted a rough typology of MM As that will be useful to … decision makers (land use planners, coastal zone planners and managers, regional planners, protected area planners and …
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… samoa … cook islands … federated states of micronesia … fiji … french polynesia … kiribati … marshall islands … nauru … islands … tokelau … tonga … tuvalu … vanuatu … wallis and futuna … problem definition … problem definition-baseline … Land … Coastal and Marine … Biodiversity …
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… … protected areas … pas … problem definition-research … management action … management action-management … biodiversity … biological diversity … Land … Coastal and Marine … Biodiversity …
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… of conservation has become a key goal for local, national and international regulators Available online. Call Number: … adaptation … eba … climate change … coral reefs … management actions … management actions-management … problem … definition … problem definition-baseline … Land … Coastal and Marine … Biodiversity … Atmosphere and Climate …
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… the deep sea, exploitation of species found in deep waters and the unforeseen effects of wildfires across different … … coastal biodiversity … conservation … Coastal and Marine … Biodiversity …
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… The isolated, small, low-lying resource-poor atolls of Tuvalu are clearly on the frontline … climate change, the escalating impacts natural disasters and declining food, health and energy security. Available online Call Number: [EL] …
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… at all life stages, both on the beaches where they nest and hatch and in the water where they spend most of their life time. Sea turtle …
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… provide coastal populations with a number of goods and services. However, a variety of anthropogenic practices threatens reef health and therefore jeopardizes the benefits flowing from these … in the face of threats. Creating markets for sustainable resource use can highlight the value of these goods and …
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… area (MPA) networks that address social, economic, and biological criteria are well established in the scientific literature. Climate change represents a new and serious threat to marine ecosystems, but, to date, few … the best available information on MPA network design and supplement it with specific recommendations for building …
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… Western Samoa, the larger and more westerly portion of the Samoan Archipelago lies approximately centred on latitude, 13°45 ' south and longitude 1.72° West;. There are two main islands, namely … and Hawaii, 1,800 miles north east of New Zealand, with Fiji lying approximately 800 miles to the west. Eastern or …
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… The purpose of the action is to improve transportation and reduce maintenance cost by upgrading causeway between Foa and Lifuka Islands, to become more resilient and less … on the structure and culverts in the middle to encourage water flows to the western side of the Causeway. The …
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… met on 4 November 2011 as per section 22 subsections (1) and (2) of the Environmental Management and Conservation (Amendment) Act No 28 of 2010 and section 12 …