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.
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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.
Since 1972, the joint NASA/ U.S. Geological Survey Landsat series of Earth Observation satellites have continuously acquired images of the Earth’s land surface, providing uninterrupted data to help land managers and policymakers make informed decisions about natural resources and the environment.
SENTINEL-2 is a wide-swath, high-resolution, multi-spectral imaging mission, supporting Copernicus Land Monitoring studies, including the monitoring of vegetation, soil and water cover, as well as observation of inland waterways and coastal areas.
The SENTINEL-2 Multispectral Instrument (MSI) samples 13 spectral bands: four bands at 10 metres, six bands at 20 metres and three bands at 60 metres spatial resolution.
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
Various training and reference materials from the ACPMEA and Inform Joint Regional Meeting held at SPREP 17-21 September 2018.
Video and instructions on how to use pivot tables in Excel for data analysis.
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.
Direct internet link to the Pacific Climate Change portal
Pictures of the outreach
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.
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).
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.
Treaty between the United States of America and the Cook Islands on friendship and delimitation of the maritime boundary between the United States of America and the Cook Islands, 11 June 1980 (entry into force: 8 September 1983; registration #: 28971; date of registration: 1 June 1992
https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/TREATIES/U…
Agreement between the Government of the Cook Islands and the Government of the Republic of Kiribati concerning the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries between the Cook Islands and the Republic of Kiribati, 29 August 2012 (entry into force:17 January 2014; registration #: 51976; registration date: 13 June 2014
https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/DEPOSIT/co…
Agreement between the Government of the Cook Islands and the Government of Niue concerning the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries between the Cook Islands and Niue, 29 August 2012 (entry into force: 6 May 2013; registration #: 1370; registration date: 26 July 2013
https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/DEPOSIT/co…
Agreement on Maritime Delimitation between the Government of the Cook Islands and the Government of the French Republic, 3 August 1990 (entry into force: 3 August 1990; registration #: 27947; registration date: 26 February 1991
https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/TREATIES/C…
Agreement between the Government of the Cook Islands and the Government of New Zealand concerning the Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries between the Cook Islands and Tokelau, 4 August 2010 (entry into force: 12 November 2012; registration #: 50545 ; date of registration: 21 March 2013
https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/DEPOSIT/co…
Codicil modifying the Agreement of 19 January 1983 between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of Fiji relating to the delimitation of their economic zone, 8 November 1990 (entry into force: 8 November 1990; registration #: 27963; registration date: 7 March 1991
Codicil modifying the Agreement of 19 January 1983 between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of Fiji relating to the delimitation of their economic zone, 8 November 1990 (entry into force: 8 November 1990; registration #: 27963; registration date: 7 March 1991
Maritime boundary treaty delimitation signed but not yet entered into force.