UNEP-WCMC
… about 5000, have been established both on an ad hoc basis and through systematic planning processes. The Convention on … establish, by 2012, comprehensive, effectively managed, and ecologically representative national and regional systems of protected areas, and that there …
SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)
… Western Samoa, the larger and more westerly portion of the Samoan Archipelago lies approximately centred on latitude, 13°45 ' south and longitude 1.72° West;. There are two main islands, namely … and Hawaii, 1,800 miles north east of New Zealand, with Fiji lying approximately 800 miles to the west. Eastern or …
Pacific Data Hub
… under the direction of the Ministry of Island Development and Industry. The map is based on UTM Grid Zone 58, which is … Maritime Boundaries Technical Report (TR 399). MapInfo and Marzone delimitation software was used to map the 86 … as naturally formed areas of land surrounded by and above water at low tide but submerged at high tide, provided they …
Pacific Data Hub
… that defines the boundaries of Cook Islands contiguous sea and are referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS … of the contiguous zone lines. Within the contiguous zone and the airspace above it, Kiribati shall have the right to … … … Pacific Data Hub … 24nm … Atmosphere and Climate … Coastal and Marine … Coastal and Marine … Land …
Pacific Data Hub
… that defines the boundaries of Cook Islands contiguous sea and are referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS … of the contiguous zone lines. Within the contiguous zone and the airspace above it, Kiribati shall have the right to … … Pacific Data Hub … 24m … FFA … Kiribati24M … Atmosphere and Climate … Coastal and Marine … Coastal and Marine … Land …
Pacific Data Hub
… that defines the boundaries of Cook Islands contiguous sea and are referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS … of the contiguous zone lines. Within the contiguous zone and the airspace above it, Kiribati shall have the right to … … Pacific Data Hub … 24m … FFA … Kiribati24M … Atmosphere and Climate … Coastal and Marine … Coastal and Marine … Land …
Pacific Data Hub
… that defines the boundaries of Cook Islands contiguous sea and are referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS … of the contiguous zone lines. Within the contiguous zone and the airspace above it, Kiribati shall have the right to … … Pacific Data Hub … 24m … FFA … Kiribati24M … Atmosphere and Climate … Coastal and Marine … Land … Biodiversity …
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 …
SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)
… The purpose of the action is to improve transportation and reduce maintenance cost by upgrading causeway between Foa and Lifuka Islands, to become more resilient and less … on the structure and culverts in the middle to encourage water flows to the western side of the Causeway. The …
Pacific Data Hub
… neighboring States. The following describes each boundary and progress towards agreement. Gazetted and Entered into Force Treaty between Tonga and France … Provisional Boundary between Tonga and Fiji Boundary between Tonga and Niue Boundary between Tonga …
Vanuatu Fisheries Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Quarantine, Forestry & Fisheries
… at the School of Marine studies Programme (MSP) in Suva Fiji. Under the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, the … Node is divided into Polynesian Mana. Micronesian node and South West Pacific Node which covers the Melanesian … of Agriculture, Quarantine, Forestry & Fisheries … Coastal and Marine …
SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)
… met on 4 November 2011 as per section 22 subsections (1) and (2) of the Environmental Management and Conservation (Amendment) Act No 28 of 2010 and section 12 …
Pacific Data Hub
… that defines the boundaries of Cook Islands contiguous sea and are referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS … of the contiguous zone lines. Within the contiguous zone and the airspace above it, Kiribati shall have the right to … Zone Phoenix Islands … phoenix islands … Coastal and Marine … Land … Biodiversity …
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 …
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 …
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
… is a set of GIS rasters providing geophysical, biotic and environmental data for surface and benthic marine realms. The data are available for … in biodiversity, which can be useful for marine ecosystem management and conservation. Bio-ORACLE offers a …
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University of the South Pacific (USP)
… pollution in ports of nine Pacific Islands Countries and Territories (PICTs) and related risks while a ship is visiting a port and the … American Samoa. Port Moresby of Papua New Guinea, Suva of Fiji, and Tarawa of Kiribati. Under the SPREP study (Marine …
Pacific Data Hub
… from which the territorial sea is measured is the low-water line along the coast as marked on large-scale charts … recognized by the coastal state. This is either the low-water mark closest to the shore, or alternatively it may be … to the width of its mouth as to contain land-locked waters and constitute more than a mere curvature of the coast. An …
Pacific Data Hub
… inner limits, the baseline, which is measured from the low-water line of the seaward side of the reef fringing the coast … of that coast, or where a reef is not present, the low-water line of the coast itself and (b) as their outer limits, a line measured seaward from …
Pacific Data Hub
… zone of Tuvalu comprises those areas of the sea, seabed and subsoil that are beyond and adjacent to the territorial … seaward from the baseline; which is measured from the low-water line of the seaward side of the reef fringing the coast … of that coast, or where a reef is not present, the low-water line of the coast itself every point of which is not …