Several GIS file types illustrating Tongan Coral reef geomorphic structure
Data originally produced by Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project validated maps provided by the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing, University of South Florida (IMaRS/USF) and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, Centre de Nouméa), with support from NASA.
Documentation on getting started with the Inform Data Portal
The ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) Version 3 (ASTGTM) provides a global digital elevation model (DEM) of land areas on Earth at a spatial resolution of 1 arc second (approximately 30 meter horizontal posting at the equator).
The development of the ASTER GDEM data products is a collaborative effort between National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI). The ASTER GDEM data products are created by the Sensor Information Laboratory Corporation (SILC) in Tokyo.
Resource contains raster files for a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and derived hillshade for Tonga.
The ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) Version 3 (ASTGTM) provides a global digital elevation model (DEM) of land areas on Earth at a spatial resolution of 1 arc second (approximately 30 meter horizontal posting at the equator).
The folder contains GIS data for Atata Island acquired from UNOSTAT. Shapefiles are derived from Pleiades Sensor with data available on Structures impacted Points) and Analysis Extent (Polygon).
The folder contains GIS data for Fonoifua Island acquired from UNOSTAT. Shapefiles are derived from Pleiades Sensor with data available on Structures impacted (Points) and Analysis Extent (Polygon).
The folder contains GIS data for Mango Island acquired from UNOSTAT. Shapefiles are derived from Kompsat3 Sensor, World View 2 Sensor and Pleiades Sensor with data available on Structures impacted (Points), Analysis Extent (Polygon) and Shoreline (Line).
The folder contains GIS data for Nomuka Island acquired from UNOSTAT. Shapefiles are derived from Pleiades Sensor and World View2 sensor with data available on Structures impacted for 17/01, 18/01 (Points), Analysis Extent for 17/01, 18/01 (Polygon), Flood extent, Lake extent (13/11/21 and 18/01/22), Cloud obstruction and SW Shoreline for 13/11/21, 18/01/22.
Buffer distances of 100, 150 and 250km created from the volcanic eruption boundary to identify the level of impacts from the eruption to the resources within the three impact zones.
Map showing reefs with in the different Impact Zones.
This is the Geojson format of the same data in shapefile.
The folder contains GIS data for Eua Island acquired from UNOSTAT. Shapefiles are derived from Pleiades Sensor and World View 3 sensor with data available on Structures impacted (Points), Analysis Extent (Polygon), Cloud obstruction (Polygon) and Shoreline (Lines).
The folder contains spatial data in Geojson format for Tonga Volcanic Eruption Damage Assessment Analysis - Atata Island, Fonifua Island, Mango Island and Nomuka Island acquired from UNOSTAT. Datasets available are Structures impacted (Points), Analysis Extent (Polygon), Cloud obstruction (Polygon) and Shoreline (Lines) which are derived from the Pleiades , Kompsat 3 and World View 3 Sensors.
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).
PNG's forest cover loss 2000-2017 downloaded from [www.globalforestwatch.org](https://www.globalforestwatch.org/)
From 2001 to 2017, Papua New Guinea lost 1.28Mha of tree cover, equivalent to a 3.0% decrease since 2000, and 158Mt of CO₂ of emissions.
Adaptation activities in the Pacific. Lessons learned and best practices identified. Costs of extreme events to Small. Emerging risks and trends identified by climate change scientists
Islands
Kept in vertical file collection|Powerpoint presentation
Call Number: VF 6744 ,[EL]
Physical Description: 24 p. ; 29 cm
Development and climate change project: concept paper on scope and criteria for case study selection
This document outlines the analytical framework for an OECD project on Development and Climate Change. A three-tier framework is also described for the project case studies that will provide a country-level overview of principal climate change impacts and vulnerabilities, followed by an in-depth analysis at a sectoral or regional/local level on how climate responses could be mainstreamed into particular development policies and projects.
The biodiversity of the Pacific region is recognised as being globally significant. The Solomon Islands was recently included into the famous "Coral Triangle", the area of ocean considered to have the highest marine biodiversity in the world. This includes the waters of the Philippines, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The Solomon Islands Rainforest Ecoregion is recognised as "one of the world's great Centres of Plant Diversity"
To date, few quantitative assessments of the marine resources of Palau have been conducted. For the off-shore tuna fishery, reasonable data time-series are available for the foreign access tuna fishery, but data for domestically based tuna operations are incomplete. For the near-shore fishery, reef resources are exploited by subsistence, commercial and recreational fishermen. Very few data are available that document trends in production for most reef-resident and reef-associated fisheries resources in Palau, except for the trochus fishery.