Dolphins and whales of Bismarch sea
The impacts of human-induced environmental change that characterize the Anthropocene are not felt equally across the globe. In the tropics, the potential for the sudden collapse of ecosystems in response to multiple interacting pressures has been of increasing concern in ecological and conservation research. The tropical ecosystems of Papua New Guinea are areas of diverse rainforest flora and fauna, inhabited by human populations that are equally diverse, both culturally and linguistically.
Protected areas data was derived from the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) dataset (source: www.protectedplanet.net). Exclusive Economic Zone data
was derived from Flanders Marine Institute (2019). Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Maritime Boundaries and Exclusive Economic Zones (200NM), version 11. Available online at : http://www.marineregions.org/.
EU-Organisations of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA)
Shipping traffic on marine mammals
UN Sustainable Development Goal
Fire and Sustainable Agricultural and Forestry Development
Crocodile reclassification
MARINE BIODIVERSITY SURVEY FINAL REPORT, 2018
What can be learnt from the past? A history of the forestry sector in Papua New Guinea
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
State of Coral Reef Ecosystems in Indo-pacific, Pacific also including Namdrik Atoll Coral-Reef
Jaluit Atoll Ramsar Information Sheet, 2003.
maps of RMI's protected areas
IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group: invasive alien species information
management supporting practitioners, policy makers and decision takers