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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

This island nation contains many marine eco-systems, from globally significant coral reefs to mangroves, seagrass areas, seamounts and deep-sea trenches supporting at least 769 fish species, including sharks and rays, as well as whales, dolphins and sea turtles.

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Call Number: [EL]

ISBN/ISSN: 978 82 7701 173 8

Physical Description: 84 p

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Tonga’s marine ecosystems are worth at least TOP 47 million per year, exceeding the country’s total export value. We are strongly committed to sustaining these values to build an equitable and prosperous blue economy.

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Call Number: [EL],363.94 MAR

ISBN/ISSN: 978 82 7701 174 5

Physical Description: 84 p

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Kiribati’s marine ecosystems are worth at least AU$400 million per year, which is twice the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). We are strongly committed to sustaining these values to build an equitable and pros-perous blue economy

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Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 76 p

 SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)

With marine biodiversity declining globally at accelerating rates, maximising the effectiveness of conservation has become a key goal for local, national and international regulators

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Physical Description: 10 p

 Annual Reviews.

Scientists have advocated for local interventions, such as creating marine protected areas and implementing fishery restrictions, as ways to mitigate local stressors to limit the effects of climate change on reef-building corals

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Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 30 p

 International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN)

The Oceania region is very prone to natural disasters having experienced two Category 5 cyclones in as many years; Tropical Cyclone (TC)Pam struck Vanuatu on 13 March 2015 and TC Winston struck Fiji on 20 February 2016.

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Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 92 p

 IUCN/WCPA

Climate change poses an unprecedented level of threat to life on the planet. In addition, predictions about the scale and speed of impact are continually being revised upwards, so that what was already a serious situation continues to look even more threatening. The facts are well known. Atmospheric greenhouse gases are creating warmer temperatures, ice melt, sea-level rise and an unpredictable climate, with a range of extremely serious and hard-to-predict consequences. Recent research shows an increasingly bleak picture.

 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The rational for this Policy Brief is to make clear the vital benefits of integrating
biodiversity conservation and ecosystem management by taking the Ecosystemsbased
Adaptation approach along with the Green Economy Initiative to achieve
equitable multiple ‘win-win’ objectives to ensure the continued well-being of human
society in the future.

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Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 20 p.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

The combined pressures of climate change and development will not only aggravate existing challenges to the conservation of biodiversity in the Pacific, but also introduce new difficulties. There are a wide range of historical, current and planned studies that examine specific aspects of the relationship between climate change, conservation and development in the Pacific.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

The Tuvalu State of Environment Report presents an overview across four thematic areas: Environmental Governance, Coastal and Marine, Atmosphere and Climate, and Built Environment. The report uses the 'Drivers, Pressure, State, Impact and Response' model to describe the environment, As far as possible the report is based on quantitative data relating to the state of the environment, supplemented by stakeholder input to describe casual relationships and environmental effects.

 Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Marine protected areas (MBA) provide place-based management of marine ecosystem through various degrees and types of protective actions. Habitats such as coral reefs are especially susceptible to degradation resulting from climate change, as evidenced by mass bleaching events over the past two decades. Marine ecosystems are being altered by direct effecrs of climate change including ocean warming, ocean acidification rising sea level, changing circulation patterns, increasing severity of storms, and changing freshwater influxes.

Call Number: [EL]

 Wiley

Coral reef ecosystems are seriously threatened by changing conditions in the ocean. Although many factors are implicated, climate change has emerged as a dominant and rapidly growing threat.

Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 10 p.

 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The world is facing severe challenges. Billions of people around the world are suffering the consequences of the climate emergency, food and water insecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic. Ecosystems are an indispensable ally as we meet these challenges. Protecting them and managing their resources in a sustainable manner is essential. But just increasing the protection and sustainable management of our remaining natural landscapes and oceans will not be enough, the planet's degraded ecosystems and the huge benefits that they provide must also be restored.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Mangrove ecosystems are under pressure due to anthropogenic stressors and sea level rise. The resilience of mangroves will depend on the rate of accretion of sediments compared to the rate of sea level rise and their capability to colonise higher elevation areas or buffer zones. This will also be affected by the measures to protect the existing mangroves against anthropogenic pressures.

Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 91 p.

 Asian Development Bank Institute

This book explores the pivotal role of hydrogen in decarbonisation strategies. It provides an overview of the development and application of hydrogen energy across various sectors whiles analyzing hydrogen policies and strategies in Asia and the Pacific

Call Number: [EL]

ISBN/ISSN: 9784899742906

Physical Description: 249 pp.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Le projet régional PEBACC+ (Pacific Ecosystem-Based Adaptation to Climate Change Plus) vise à renforcer la résilience des écosystèmes, des économies et des populations par la mise en œuvre démonstrative, la planification et l’institutionnalisation de l’approche de l’Adaptation fondée sur les Ecosystèmes (AfE) et les Solutions fondées sur la Nature (SfN) pour l’adaptation au changement climatique.

Physical Description: 2 p.

 Ocean & Climate Platform ,  The Sea'ties Initiative

Pacific Island Countries and Territories are facing rapidly changing ocean and coastal conditions due to climate change, and are particularly vulnerable to sea level rise (SLR). As elsewhere in the world, Pacific coastal cities concentrate population and valuable assets including well over the 50% of the region's built infrastructure.

Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 33 pp.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Environmental data is important to the Pacific region. There is a need for historical and current evidence of the status and trends of various environmental resources and drivers of environmental change.

Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 1 p.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

This factsheet connects People, Places and Knowledge and provides a doorway through which Pacific Islands protected area practitioners can share expertise and benefit from opportunities in this region.

Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 1 p.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

This strategy provide board strategic guidance for nature conservation planning, prioritisation, and implementation in our region.

Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 1 p.