Global climate change initiatives to reduce emissions from avoided deforestation and degradation (REDD) represent both a threat and opportunity for the Malaysian logging corporation ‘Rimbunan Hijau’, the largest forestry operator in Papua New Guinea. Although Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation in developing countries is first and foremost a climate change mitigation option, it also has the potential to generate benefits for indigenous and local communities (UNEP 2010).
Mean, maximum, minimum, monthly, and deity peak or lowest peak for water discharge by rivers and creeks in cubic metres per seconds (m3/s) in PNG between 1952 and 1964. Adapted from Commonwealth of Australia, Department at Works (CADoW) (1967) 0 = insufficient data. Data extracted from PNG SOE Report (page 198). Note: converted from pdf to excel format.
Maximum Flow, minimum flow and discharge (flow) datasets in cubic feet and the latter in acre feet. Data collected by the Department of Works (Commonwealth of Australia) from 1954 to 1964 (10 year period). Data extracted from PNG State of the Environment (SOE) Report 2020 (page 198)
The proposed sites have yet to be endorsed however they were identified through the biorap mission
Protected areas of the Marshall Islands.
Data sourced from: IUCN and UNEP-WCMC (2018), The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) [On-line], [July 2018]. Cambridge, UK: UNEP-WCMC. Available at: www.protectedplanet.net.
The zip-file contains 2 shapefiles (points and polygons), displaying the protected areas in the Marshall Islands.
GIS file (geojson format) displaying protected areas in the Marshall Islands.
GIS file (geojson format) displaying protected areas. This file complements the polygon file.
Pic 1 : Enewetak before the atomic testings
Pic 2 : The crater formed by the Ivy Mike nuclear test can be seen on the northeast cape of the atoll
Images from November 1979 during tropical Storm Alice approached the Marshall Islands
Rural and urban population 1990 - 2017, FAOSTAT (website: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#country/127)
Regional data on marine pollution. Observe pollution events.
images of geographical changes and loss of land
old images from 1979 of waves and erosion on Majuro atoll during Tropical Cyclone Alice
a recorded consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) in the Republic of the Marshall Islands
dataset with data pertaining to livestock (piglet) distribution by R&D for outer islands in the fiscal year 2014 - 2015. This data was analyzed in the current SOE