… Communication (SNC) to the UNFCCC (submitted in 2015), and The Republic of Nauru Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management Framework (RONAdapt). In addition, relevant data …
The Smithsonian Institution
… to estimate the environmental effects of such exploitation and plan a management scheme, numerous studies have been carried out … Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Oceans (CNEXO) and Commissariat a I'Energie Atomique (CEA-LESE). Available …
United Nations (UN)
… regionwide response to the UN operational reform process, and is a product of several partnerships in development, including between two UN Country Teams in Fiji and Samoa covering a total of 15 UN agencies, offices and …
… change-related challenges, including: intensifying drought and heat waves; coastal erosion, ocean acidification; sea level rise; wind-driven waves and king tides. Currently all Nauruans live on the coast very … buildings, police headquarters, the power station, water desalination plant, the hospital, and the airport, as …
The Smithsonian Institution
… The avifauna of the Marshall and Gilbert Islands and the sur- rounding ocean consists of 79 species, of which 37 are seabirds and 42 are land and fresh-water birds. Of these 79 species, 20 are recorded here for …
Smithsonian Institution
… The study of dispersal processes of small mammals, and especially of rodents, has a wide range of applications and until recent years there were few publications discussing … as the rats' own inability to cross great distances of water makes them bad zoogeographical markers, as already …
International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN)
… arid recent studies have shown that coral reef goods and services provide an annual net benefit of US$30 billion … microalgae (zooxanthellae) in their body tissue and secrete a calcium carbonate skeleton. Coral reefs are formed by hundreds of thousands of these polyps and are found in warm, shallow, clear, low-nutrient tropical …
Pacific Data Hub
… Activity of the Households - Number of Holdings and Method of Operation - Total Area of the Holding - Crops … - Household Composition - Labour Inputs - Household Income and Credit - Use of Agricultural Chemicals - Fisheries - … where included - Forestry - Plot details - Crops Planted and Harvested The 2009 census covered a similar range of …
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Pacific Data Hub
… Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls : The region has made progress in achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls, particularly in education and …
… fisheries statistics are still considered to be incomplete and underreported due to the omission of small-scale sector … reliance on PNG’s small-scale inshore fisheries and that steps should be taken to ensure the future sustainability of this crucial food security resource and associated income opportunities. … pdf … 113573 …
PNG Department of Agriculture and Livestock
… The policy sets the medium to long-term direction and signals priority areas to focus resources (financial and human) to build sustainable food security for all Papua … a platform for joint planning to guide coherent programs and actions from all key stakeholders to strengthen food …
… The policy sets the medium to long-term direction and signals priority areas to focus resources (financial and human) to build sustainable food security for all Papua … a platform for joint planning to guide coherent programs and actions from all key stakeholders to strengthen food …
UNESCO/SOPAC
… aimed to raise the level of awareness about PacificGOOS and its value for sustainable development, to inform … in the region, to broaden participation in PacificGOOS, and to develop the outlines of some pilot projects to take … Three project outlines were developed, on: (i) coastal water quality; (ii) mariculture developments; and (iii) coral …
Cook Islands National Environment Service
… current impacts such as tropical cyclones wreak havoc and the housing sector is often most severely affected. There … main factors - Inputs, Output, Result, Impacts & Effects, and External Factors - and the tool was tested in the Cook … and indeed that of the islands facing severe resource constraints and rapid demographic and environmental …
Pacific Data Hub
… portal provides ocean data relevant to a range of sectors and applications including tourism, fishing, … shipping/boating, coastal inundation, environmental management etc. Designed with a user-friendly interface, the … The primary purpose of the portal is both data discovery, and a means of communicating ocean information. The data …
… U-series dating methods resulted in high precision dates and could also be used to recognize diagenetically altered … ratios, at the time of coral growth, with present sea-water values. Additional tests included checks for systematic … stable isotopes, X-ray diffraction to detect calcification and petrographic examination. Sea-levels were corrected for …
Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment
… to provide a comprehensive assessment of the status and trends of our island’s biodiversity and threats to its survival and viability, and it also provides an account of actions …
… Producer (IPP) to generate 30 to 40 MW of power near Lae, and reflects the requirements of a 25-year Power Purchase … inability of the Ramu grid to provide reliable power, and the PNG Government's long-term objective of increasing … reliable baseload power to households, industries and resource projects on the Ramu grid, whichruns from Lae and …
Smithsonian Institution
… This paper attempts to provide a comprehensive listing and analysis of Kiribati plant names, along with the corresponding Latin, English, and selected Pacific-island vernacular names for plant … islands of Kiribati: Banaba (Ocean Island) to the west and the Line and Phoenix Islands to the east. A brief …
PNG Conservation and Environment Protection Authority
… to the natural history, societies, conservation and sustainable development of the New Guinea region prepared … Earth history has given these islands immense biological and mineral riches; •why the plants and animals are of … will require (1)the best scientifically-based landscape management plans for both conservation and production, and …