Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
… artisanal fisheries to improve the supply of fresh fish and to provide income earning opportunities at the village … presently diversifying into catching large pelagic fishes and shallow water reef fish. Vanuatu also has a button and ornamental …
Pacific Data Hub
… neighbouring States. The following describes each treaty and its progress. Gazetted and Entered into Force Treaty between Vanuatu and Solomon … and France (New Caledonia) Boundary between Vanuatu and Fiji Boundary between Vanuatu and Matthew & Hunter … … …
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
… in Papua New Guinea, which has the highest volume of crude and other persistent oils being transported via ships … as well as potential vessel slip docks such as those in Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu could also result in oil leaks and marine …
PNG Conservation and Environment Protection Authority
… the South West Pacific, it is bound by the Gulf of Guinea and the Coral Sea to the south, Indonesia to the west, the Solomon Sea to the east, and the Bismarck Sea to the northeast. PNG comprises the … four additional islands (Manus, New Ireland, New Britain, and Bougainville), and 600 smaller islets and atolls to the …
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
… in Cook Islands are wildlife reserves (Suwarrow, Takutea and Manuae), almost 40% of the terrestrial PAs are represented by four motu on Pukapuka, and three of Rarotonga’s four PAs make up 36% of total … private nature reserves, conservation areas, entire island and motu PAs (Suwarrow Island and Pukapuka’s motu), a …
Vanuatu Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation
… There are not perfect data which describe the distribution and abundance of every marine habitat and species in the Pacific. And certainly not at a scale that … surrogates of biodiversity for marine conservation and management. Existing marine bioregionalisations however, are …
Pacific Data Hub
… Remote Sensing, University of South Florida (IMaRS/USF) and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD/UR 128, … C. J. Kranenburg, D. Torres-Pulliza, S. A. Spraggins, and B. Murch. 2005. Global assessment of modern coral reef extent and diversity for regional science and management applications: a view from space. in Y. Suzuki, T. …
SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)
… area (MPA) networks that address social, economic, and biological criteria are well established in the scientific literature. Climate change represents a new and serious threat to marine ecosystems, but, to date, few … the best available information on MPA network design and supplement it with specific recommendations for building …
International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN)
… Environment Toolkit is to help children living in coastal and island environments in Asia to become responsible … the environment through a better understanding of coastal and marine ecosystems. The Toolkit also seeks to improve understanding of how coastal and marine ecosystems can be managed in order to create a …
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF)
… ways to achieve food security, particularly in communities and villages in rural areas. In many communities, they do not appreciate the vision of the economy and the marine environment. Bringing the use of such fishing … of the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries program for the Management of Environmental Hazard and Spy Good Fish and …
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
… covers all or part of six countries: Indonesia (Central and Eastern), Malaysia (Sabah), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste. Certain neighboring countries including Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu - contain rich coral …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …