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.
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 1 p.
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.
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 1 p.
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.
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 1 p.
The Pacific BioScapes Programme aims to assist implementation of the Protected Areas Network Policy Framework in the Federated States of Micronesia through supporting the operations of the Protected Areas Network at national and state levels. This will include management, community protected areas support, capacity building, human resources, planning and meetings of the technical committee and management team.
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 1 p.
The Pacific BioScapes Programme aims to provide enhanced local fisheries management capacity and national harvest strategies for key grouper species in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The Nature Conservancy will work alongside Marshall Islands Conservation Society, Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority and other key stakeholders and partners to enhance management of coral reef fisheries and resilience of coral reef ecosystems by building local capacity to develop robust evidence-based harvest strategies that contribute to economic prosperity, food security and healthy reefs.
The Pacific BioScapes Programme is providing support to produce best practice guidelines and a code of conduct for tourism operators to guide how they can interact appropriately and safely with turtles in Vanuatu.
Through BioScapes, the Vanuatu Environmental Science Society is consulting with stakeholders and the government, and reviewing other global and national criterias to produce the new guidelines.
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 1 p.
Project Wild ABC visits Tonga where three young men attempt to restore the native bush called Toloa rainforest that is home to their endangered birds. Weeding out the invasive weeds, conserving and managing the native plants as an act of Climate Resilience.
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 3 minutes, 46 seconds
ABC, Project Wild visits Tonga to witness the efforts by three ladies, from the Vava'u Environmental Protection Association (VEPA) to save the Tongan Whistler (an endemic bird to Tonga), by eradicating rats with bait stations and removing other food sources such as the Invasive weed - Lopa.
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 5 minutes, 3 seconds
This guideline provides practical, science-based information for tourism operators and tourism regulators who want to offer the best possible experience to their customers, while conserving species and habitats and making a positive contribution to local communities.
Join Mareva and her community as they learn about marine spatial planning in the Pacific. In this comic book, they witness a ship running aground and damaging their local reef. Then they become motivated to speak up about protecting their island and the ocean around it!
ISBN/ISSN: 978-982-04-1379-5,978-982-04-1380-1
Physical Description: 40 p. : ill. 29 cm
This document has been prepared by SPREP with input from Pacific Islands Roundtable for Nature Conservation (PIRT) and CROP partners. The document provides broad guidance for Pacific representatives participating at the Global Nature Positive Summit. Pacific representatives include Ministers, CROP and members of the Pacific Islands Roundtable for
Nature Conservation (PIRT) and other partners.
Physical Description: 16 p.
One of the main objectives of the biodiversity COP16 was agreement on financial means for the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), the landmark “Paris Agreement for nature” deal made at COP15 in Montreal in 2022.
This desktop study is focused on presenting known and available baseline data on alien and invasive species and key biodiversity of Pitcairn which will inform stakeholders during the development of the Territorial Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan (TISSAP).
Marine litter is a growing global problem that impacts biodiversity and human societies alike. South-east Asis suffers significant impacts due to high biodiversity, dense human populations, and larger volumes of plastics entering the marine environment, primarily through rivers.
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 20 p.
Gain an understanding of key concepts around GEDSI-sensitive facilitation and community engagement
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 22 p.
A quantitative assessment of Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary in American Samoa was conducted to establish a biological baseline for future comparisons. Surveys of algae, corals, macroinvertebrates, and fish were performed along transects at varying depths. Despite damage from a 1979 Acanthaster planci outbreak, coral species were recovering by 1985, with new recruits showing potential for full recovery, and a total of 215 fish species and 87% of known gastropod species were observed in the bay.
A survey of coral communities in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary found an increase in coral abundance and surface cover since 1985, though benthic algae still dominated. Coral recovery was more rapid in deeper waters, and while smaller coral recruits are abundant, it is predicted that noticeable increases in surface cover will occur by 1992-1994.
A report from the Department of Maine and Wildlife Resources written in 1996, covers the state of the corals and concerns they are facing. Presents valauble information on the state of coral reefs at the time using figures and previous research.
The long-term monitoring of fish and coral communities in Fagatele Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which began in the late 1970s, reveals significant trends in ecosystem health. While coral communities show signs of recovery and improvement since 2001, fish populations have declined, possibly due to seasonal variation and ongoing fishing pressures, with the exception of parrotfish populations, which have benefited from recent fishing restrictions.