Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme (SPBCP)
… Arnavon Islands as a nesting ground for Hawksbill turtles, and designated the islands as a Wildlife Sanctuary. At that … did not adequately recognize the local communities' rights and the project failed. In 1989, the South Pacific Regional … (SPREP) collaborated with the Solomon Islands government and the Ministry of Natural Resources (now the Ministry of …
Pacific Data Hub
… data collected on the _Westward, Corwith Cramer_, and _Robert C. Seamans_ are invaluable products of SEA’s … educational research programs. SEA supports dissemination and sharing of data with educators and researchers to benefit … chlorophyll-a, nutrients, pH and alkalinity from discrete water samples * Surface and subsurface zooplankton net data …
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SOPAC/Commonwealth Secretariat
… The following is a transcript and a report of lectures/training delivered In Tarawa, Kiribati on Guidelines for Monitoring and Evaluating Beach Erosion and Shoreline Dynamics. The … In coastal environments. Issues related to optimum coastal management and engineering were also discussed. A full list …
Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
… healthy, 5% have been destroyed or are at a critical stage and 5% are under threat;Reefs have been degraded around populated areas of Rarotonga (Cook Islands), Tahiti and Moorea (French Polynesia) and South Tarawa … parallel with ecological monitoring, to support coral reef management. Available online Call Number: [EL] Physical …
Pacific Data Hub
… two high resolution satellite imageries called Geo-eye and WorldView -2 in 2011 and 2012. These imageries are referenced to the World … as naturally formed areas of land surrounded by and above water at low tide but submerged at high tide, provided they …
Department of Environment, Tonga
… in the Ha'apai group (Sep 11-21), Vava'u (Sep 22-28) and Niuaatoputapu (Sep 29-Oct 1). The mission included coral … reef assessments, coral reef research, habitat mapping, and educational activities. The objectives of the mission were to: 1) Identify and characterize shallow marine habitats and develop habitat …
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
… shows the global distribution of coral reefs in tropical and subtropical regions. It is the most comprehensive global dataset of warm-water coral reefs to date, acting as a foundation baseline … Centre, WRI, TNC (2018). Global distribution of warm-water coral reefs, compiled from multiple sources including …
Smithsonian Institution
… An extensive survey was conducted by ORSTOM between 1991 and 1992 to obtain baseline information on the shorefishes. A … (39 species), Chaetodontidae (31 species) and Apogonidae (28 species). The absence or very low … by Dinemalichthys riukiuensis, which is known to occur at Fiji, Ouvea and Queensland in the South and from Okinawa. …
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
… to a better understanding of Earth's active volcanoes and their eruptions during the last 10,000 years. The mission of GVP is to document, understand, and disseminate information about global volcanic activity. … State University of New York at Buffalo, USA). An online resource for collaboration in volcanology research and risk …
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South Pacific Whale Reseach Consortium
… February, 2009 to discuss (i) the results of fieldwork and analysis conducted during 2008 and, (ii) conservation initiatives in the region. As with … regions surveyed in 2008 included Samoa, American Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Hervey Bay, Peregian …
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
… than the 4-km resolution map used in the 1998 analysis, and benefits from improvements in many global data sets used … a global assessment of the vulnerability of nations and territories to coral reef degradation, based on their dependence on coral reefs and their capacity to adapt. WRI led the Reefs at Risk …