This is an economic evaluation of the compensation to which Papua New Guinea’s customary landholders -
wrongly dispossessed through Special Agricultural Business Leases (SABL) - might be entitled if they successfully sued the government. The evaluation involves the calculation of commercial loss but also, and probably moreimport antly, economic equivalent value loss. The framework identifies the relevant heads of value (not just priced transactions) and demonstrates appropriate methods for valuation. It does not pretend to be a price calculator but rather a tool for advocacy.
The current legal and institutional framework of the forest sector in Papua New Guinea
User manuals and quick start guides for using the Republic of Marshall Islands Environment data portal.
Dataset for all published SOEs (State of the Environment) reports for the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Jaluit Atoll Ramsar Information Sheet, 2003.
maps of RMI's protected areas
Reimaanlok Looking to the Future 2008. Reimaanlok: National Conservation Area Plan for the Marshall Islands 2007–2012
Republic of the Marshall Islands. “Millennium Development Goals Progress Report “. 2009.
Biodiversity strategy 2000
This dataset contains the published national environment management strategies of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Survey of mangrove resources of Ailuk Atoll, 2007
A study on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security of the Republic of the Marshall Islands
national strategic plans for the Republic of the Marshall Islands
The approved RMI national sanitation policy in 2014 and its proposed action plan
This document presents RMI's National Plan for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. The Republic of the Marshall Islands became a Party to the Convention on 27 January 2003 and the Convention entered into force globally on 17 May, 2004.
A 1991 report that reviewed the state of the environment and development in RMI, and the constraints and opportunities for sustainable development.
Republic of the Marshall Islands national strategy for coordinated action to achieve nuclear justice. The strategy is comprised of 5 pillars; Compensation, Health, Environment, National Capacity, and Education.
The NNC published a Research Protocol and Media Ethics as a guideline for researchers and journalists who are interested in learning more about the Marshall Islands Nuclear Legacy.
Dataset contains training material on using open source Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to improve protected area planning and management from a workshop that was conducted on August 17-21, 2020. Specifically, the dataset contains lectures on GIS fundamentals, QGIS 3.x, and global positioning system (GPS), as well as country-specific datasets and a workbook containing exercises for viewing data, editing/creating datasets, and creating map products in QGIS.
The sector plan provides policy guidelines and direction for the Agriculture Sector to implement programs that will focus on the needs related to increasing agriculture productivity. The Sector Plan also provides a clear direction to the sector to align its objectives in a well-coordinated and integrated approach. The key guiding principles were that the strategy will contribute to the achievement of food security, economic sustainability, social sustainability, and environmental sustainability while valuing public and private partnerships in the implementation of the plan.