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The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the most comprehensive global database of marine and terrestrial protected areas, updated on a monthly basis, and is one of the key global biodiversity data sets being widely used by scientists, businesses, governments, International secretariats and others to inform planning, policy decisions and management.
This is a dataset provided by NES in 2014
The Landuse layer of Rarotonga was produced in 2009/2010 under the Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Project. This project was co-implemented by NES and MOIP.
The layer was produced by digitizing from satellite imagery and carrying out random checks on the field.
Water temperatures collected from lagoons.
This is completely made up data.
Planning resource for integrated action planning for the management of the Cook Islands marine environment
wetland area in hectares, 2014 NES
Data on reef fish, sea urchin, sea urchin density and biomass
Data on reef fisheries including sea cucumber, parrot fish and others.
Figure 113: Total finfish density inside reef, 2007. (PROCFish 2009)
Sea cucumber densities (count per area) from four islands in Cook Islands, 2013. (Rongo et al, 2014)
Sea cucumber densities (count per area) from four islands in Cook Islands, 2013. (Rongo et al, 2014)