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Cook islands biodiversity & natural heritage

The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust

This website has been developing since March 2003. The Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust gratefully acknowledges those who have made the website possible, and gives a special meitaki maata to the Bishop Museum for hosting the website.

Available online

Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: various pagings

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KoBoToolbox

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

KoBoToolbox is a tool for mobile data collection in the field. This dataset contains all relevant information to get started.
* KoBoToolbox website: https://www.kobotoolbox.org/
* Create an account: https://kf.kobotoolbox.org/accounts/register/#/
* Support portal: http://help.kobotoolbox.org

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Excel pivot tables

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Video and instructions on how to use pivot tables in Excel for data analysis.

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Micronesia Challenge

RMI Environmental Protection Authority (RMIEPA), Office of Environmental Policy and Planning Coordination, National Disaster Management Office (NDMO), Economic Policy, Planning and Statistics Office (EPPSO)

Biodiversity

Regional framework to assess the regional monitoring indicators that measure the status of managed conservation areas set aside under the Micronesia Challenge. The tool allows you to see the monitoring progress and learn more about the monitoring data collected across the region.

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Pacific Climate Change Portal

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Atmosphere and Climate

Direct internet link to the Pacific Climate Change portal

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Convention on Biological Diversity : Global Coral Portal

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Coastal and Marine

Dataset that provides a direct internet link and resources pertaining to the CBD Global Coral Portal - a window to various sources of information on the status of coral reefs and the range of commitments, initiatives, and actions at different scales to protect and sustainably manage coral reefs and closely associated ecosystems in support of the achievement of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and the Sustainable Development Goals.

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NOAA Coral Reef Watch

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Coastal and Marine

The NOAA Coral Reef Watch program uses satellite data to provide current reef environmental conditions to quickly identify areas at risk for coral bleaching. Bleaching is the process by which corals lose the symbiotic algae that give them their distinctive colors. If a coral is severely bleached, disease and death become likely. Coral Reef Watch also offers a modeled Outlook that predicts the likelihood of coral bleaching heat stress on a week-by-week basis, up to four months in the future (the typical length of a bleaching season).

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Global Distribution of Seafloor Geomorphic Features

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Land Biodiversity

dataset with internet direct links and resources relating to the global seafloor geomorphic features that represents an important contribution towards the understanding of the distribution of blue habitats. Certain geomorphic feature are known to be good surrogates for biodiversity. For example, seamounts support a different suite of species to abyssal plains.

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Vanuatu Maritime Boundary Treaties

Pacific Data Hub

Atmosphere and Climate Coastal and Marine Coastal and Marine Land Biodiversity

Vanuatu shares four Maritime Boundary Treaties with its Pacific neighbouring States. The following describes each treaty and its progress.

Gazetted and Entered into Force

Treaty between Vanuatu and Solomon Islands
Treaty Between the Republic of Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands Concerning their Maritime Boundaries of 7 October 2016

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SPREP Maps

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Land Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Atmosphere and Climate

The dataset contains a range of different Pacific regional maps developed by the SPREP GIS team and is available for use by members and partners.

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Blue Habitats Portal

Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Biodiversity Coastal and Marine

A direct internet link to and resources pertaining the Blue Habitat website which has been established as a portal for information on the global distribution of marine ‘blue’ habitats. Knowledge on the distribution of blue habitats is an important input into ocean management, marine spatial planning and biodiversity conservation.

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