Ra is one of four provinces in the Vatu-i-Ra Seascape, which covers over 27,000 km2 of relatively intact coral reefs, seagrass meadows, mangroves, rivers and forests. Local communities in Vanua Nakorotubu depend on coral reef fish for food and income, but degraded catchments and coastal development have resulted in high turbidity in marine waters. This is negatively affecting the marine environment and has also led to an increase in the transmission of waterborne bacterial diseases amongst the local population.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme aims to identify and strengthen the management of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) in the Pacific region. These areas are 'sites contributing significantly to the global persistence of biodiversity’, in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. The KBA identification process requires a highly inclusive, consultative, and bottom-up, approach focused on the national level when proposing sites to communities.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme aims to support the Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation (PIRT), a network of inter-governmental, non-governmental, and donor agencies which are committed to assisting governments and civil society in our Pacific Islands in their efforts to sustainably manage and conserve the region's biodiversity.
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The rapid expansion of kava farms, and the increase in market value for the plant, has resulted in an increased clearing of native forests in key growing zones. Cleared cultivation areas are now penetrating some of the most well preserved native forests of the Pacific region. To what extent this is currently impacting on biodiversity and Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) is not yet fully known, especially in Fiji and Vanuatu.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme is strengthening regional and national decision-making processes for sustainable management and use of coastal and marine biodiversity by improving the use of information and communication technologies for data management and analysis. Under BioScapes, The Nature Conservancy is working directly with governments in the Marshall Islands, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk, Yap and Palau.
The Pacific BioScapes Programme is providing support to produce the Samoa National Marine Sanctuary Management Plan (SNMSMP) which will provide guidance for government and the public to implement existing regulations which established the sanctuary to protect whales, dolphins, sharks, rays and turtles.
The Pacific BioScapes Programme is supporting on-going efforts to address land degradation, desertification and drought in order to reduce land-based sources of pollution that affects the coastal and marine environment.
Under BioScapes, The Nature Conservancy will work with four communities in Micronesia to design and implement ecosystem-based projects through the use of the Local Early Action Planning tool.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme is supporting local community monitoring of coastal ecosystem resilience on the islands of Maninita, Taula, Fangasito, Fonua’one’one, Mu’omu’a and Fua’amotu in the Vava’u group. This aims to assess the benefits for biodiversity that occur following the eradication of invasive species.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme is providing assistance to establish electronic eCITES automated support for trade permitting and reporting systems to support compliance for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in the Pacific. CITES is an international agreement between governments. Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme is providing support to the Inform Environmental Data Portal to strengthen countries’ capacity for environmental reporting and decision‐making and facilitate reporting for the the CBD Post‐2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme aims to strengthen the sustainable use of marine and coastal resources in Kiribati through the use of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) to achieve key ecological, economic, cultural and social objectives. This approach acknowledges the integration of atoll ecosystems with those offshore and will assist the government of Kiribati to develop atoll-level bioregional maps. These maps will support the management of both terrestrial and marine species habitats.
The National Environment Sector Plan (NESP) 2022/2023 – 2026/2027 updates the
NESP 2017-2021. It is based on the most recent State of the Environment (SOE) assess-
ment documented in 2023, and lessons learned from the previous NESP.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme aims to strengthen the sustainable use of marine and coastal biodiversity through effective Invasive Species Management in Kiribati. BirdLife International and EcoOceania will work closely with the WildLife Conservation Unit (WCU) of the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Agriculture Development (MELAD) to manage invasive species on two islets on Kiritimati Atoll. This activity will assist the recovery of two globally endangered seabirds (Phoenix Petrel and Polynesian Storm Petrel) and strengthen ecosystem resilience in Kiritimati.
The Pacific BioScapes Programme aims to strengthen the sustainable use of marine and coastal resources through the use of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) to achieve key ecological, economic, cultural and social objectives. Under the Programme, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will work closely with the Government of the Cook Islands to support marine conservation initiatives and sustainable planning activities.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme is supporting capacity in the Pacific to determine that the presence and populations of key seabird biodiversity is enhanced as envisaged in the Pacific Islands Regional Marine Species Programme 2022-2026 Seabird Action Plan.
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Through BioScapes, turtle extinction risk assessments from the Pacific-European Union Marine Partnership (PEUMP) programme will be utilised to develop regional threat reduction activities for five species of marine turtles. National turtle monitoring coordinators will be established to improved national monitoring and awareness raising for turtle conservation. A network of long-term turtle nesting survey sites will be established in selected Pacific Island countries.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme is supporting public awareness for sea turtle protection in Papua New Guinea. The protection of sea turtles in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is an ongoing issue. The PNG Conservation and Environment Protection Authority will be assisted to raise awareness of the threats to sea turtle species in Papua New Guinea through a major turtle protection public awareness campaign.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme aims to strengthen the protection of key coastal ecosystems that support climate resilience, livelihoods and the human wellbeing of over 30,000 people in the Central Islands Province of the Solomon Islands. The Central Islands Provincial Government, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology and the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources will be supported by the Wildlife Conservation Society to design and implement integrated coastal, marine and island conservation and development plans for the seascape.
The Pacific BioScapes Programme is providing support to the Pacific Islands Protected Area Portal to strengthen access to Pacific biodiversity information and communication for enhanced decision making. In the Pacific, protected areas encompass more than just national parks and other areas established by central governments.
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The Pacific BioScapes Programme aims to increase site level management capacity for the protected areas of Palau. To increase capacity, The Nature Conservancy will provide support to the Protected Area Network Office under the Bureau of Environment of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Environment and Palau Conservation Society and Division of Maritime Security and Fish and Wildlife Protection under the Bureau of Public Safety of the Ministry of Justice of Palau.
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