A Map showing vessel traffic within and through Solomon Islands EEZ. The map was developed by MACBIO as resource for the bioregions workshop in Feb 2018.
Data is based on data collected by SPREP using Automatic Identification System (AIS). AIS was designed primarily as a collision avoidance system for large class vessels.
Map showing the different uses that put pressure on the marine environment. This includes among others vessel tracts, fisheries data, protected and restricted areas. Data sources are:
UNEP/CBD/EBSA/WSPAC/1/2. 2011. Compilation of Scientific Information to Describe EBSAs in the Western South Pacific Region.
KBAs: CEPF
DSM Tenements: Ministry of Lands and Survey, Solomon Islands
Shipping Routes: Solomon Islands Maritime and Ports Authority (SIPA)
Marine Managed Areas: CTAtlas
Vessel Tracks: Exact AIS
Indication of location for the establishment of the Barana and Queen Elizabeth Park to improve the upper Mataniko and Lungga catchment area’s provision of fresh water supply and other ecosystem services.
*refer to Honiara Ecosystem Based Adaptation Option Assessment report for more detailed information*
This is a template that can be used when creating a State of Environment report, and sections can be added or adapted to fit a country’s needs.
he 33 deepwater bioregions for the Solomon Islands were condensed into 26 bioregions. The major changes were made to the northwestern side of the Solomon Islands EEZ; there was general agreement about the deepwater bioregions in the southeastern half of the country. Bioregions 120, 164, 167, 192, 244, and 304 were merged with Bioregion 222. Bioregion 226 was split into two halves, and one part of the non-contiguous Bioregion 240 (the part closer to the islands) was merged with 222.
The Institute for Marine Remote Sensing (IMaRS) at the University of South Florida (USF) was funded by the Oceanography Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide an exhaustive worldwide inventory of coral reefs using high-resolution satellite imagery. By using a consistent dataset of high-resolution (30 meter) multispectral Landsat 7 images acquired between 1999 and 2002, USF characterized, mapped and estimated the extent of shallow coral reef ecosystems in the main coral reef provinces (Caribbean-Atlantic, Pacific, Indo-Pacific, Red Sea).
