Ridge to Reef Data, Open Land in Nauru, limited metadata, compiled in 2018
Ridge to Reef Data on Sand Bay in Nauru, limited metadata, compiled in 2018
Ridge to Reef Data, Secondary Forest in Nauru, limited metadata, compiled in 2018
Ridge to Reef data on the locations of Traditional and Cultural Heritage Sites on Nauru, limited metadata, compiled in 2018
Ridge to Reef Data on Vegetation Type A located on Nauru, limited metadata, compiled for 1994 and earlier
Ridge to Reef Data, Coconut Vegetation Class, Limited Metadata, Compiled in 2018
Ridge to Reef Data, BIORAP Priority Areas, Limited Metadata, Compiled in 2018
Ridge to Reef Data, BIORAP Survey Site_Buada, limited meta-data, compiled in 2018
Ridge to reef data on the BIORAP Survey Site_ijuw anabar. Limited Metadata, compiled in 2018
Ridge to Reef data, BIORAP Survey Site_Meneng Coast, Limited Meta Data, Compiled in 2018
Data useful for SDG Reporting using DevInfo / PNGInfo.
National Statistics Office (NSO) are the Custodians of the Dataset
Ridge to Reef data on Nauru's settlement, limited metadata, compiled in 2018
Ridge to reef data on Nauru's water sources, limited metadata, compiled in 2018
The natural environment of Pacific Island countries has supported, maintained and improved the social and economic wellbeing of its people and cultures since the arrival of the first inhabitants. The importance of the regions biodiversity cannot be understated; it is present in every facet of the island way of life. Natural resources provide food, shelter, medicine and are used extensively in traditions. In the past, utilization of these resources was allowed under traditional and community management.
New Zealand's geographic isolation and long period without human habitation allowed a unique natural environment to flourish. Our
environment is known for the richness of its biodiversity, with more than 80,000 native animal, plant, and fungus species. As a result of New Zealand's isolation, much of our flora and fauna are not found anywhere else on earth.
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Call Number: 333.7 ENV [EL]
ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-478-30194-6
Physical Description: 74 p. ; 29 cm
The nine Pacific Island countries (PICs)1 covered in this regional strategy face similar development challenges today despite notable differences in history, culture, and endowments.
The lack of economic growth in the face of growing populations has contributed to rising unemployment and hardship in the region. Even those countries that have seen positive growth in
Forests and other wooded land together cover about
one-third of the Asia and the Pacific region.
Excluding the Russian Federation, forest area in 2005
was estimated at 734 million hectares, accounting for
about 19 percent of global forest area. The region as a
whole experienced a net increase in forest area of about
633 000 ha annually during 2000-2005. This
is an important breakthrough, since the region had
experienced a net loss of forest cover during the 1990s. The improvement was largely the result of an increase of more
"The impacts of the 1997-1998 El Nino are
fresh in our minds, and the latest reports from
the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) confirm tvhat all of you
already know changes in climate matter to
individuals, communities, businesses and
governments who call islands home. Your
valuable natural resources, traditional ways of
life, critical economic sectors, community support
infrastructure, atid, to a great extent, your
future, depend on developing an effective
Fisheries in the Solomon Islands comprise two distinct sectors: the industrial sector which is predominantly off-shore and depends on the abundant tuna resources found in the country's
The coral reefs offshore of Saipan and Tinian are most abundant on the islands' western shores. Off Saipan, the combination of fringing and barrier reefs offers the most diverse coral habitats in the Commonwealth. Rota is surrounded by fringing reefs, and newer reefs are located off the northwest and southwest coasts (30). The extent of coral reef habitat surrounding Rota, Saipan, and Tinian is presented.
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Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 6 Pages