Direct internet link to the one stop location for anyone searching for information and news relating to environment and climate change projects in the Federated States of Micronesia.
FSM geospatial data sharing platform for Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development, presenting information to assist with planning and co-ordination for disaster preparedness , response and recovery.
For the Ninth Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas December 2013, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) commissioned an assessment of the status of biodiversity and conservation in Oceania. This report assesses the overall state of conservation in the Federated States of Micronesia using 16 indicators.
*this report wasn't published but was sent to FSM for checking (2013)* - to be used for the Regional SOE initiative 2019
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This dataset contains a guide for policy makers and legislative drafters in the context of plastic regulations
The SOE uses the 2011 report by Cook Islands to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to identify the country’s terrestrial protected areas. There are 14 terrestrial PAs, which total at least 1407.2 hectares (five PAs are uncalculated), or about six per cent of the Cook Islands’ total 240 km2 land mass.
CHUUK EPA LAWS, REGULATION, AND POLICIES
SOLID WASTE REGULATIONS FOR CHUUK EPA
Regional framework to assess the regional monitoring indicators that measure the status of managed conservation areas set aside under the Micronesia Challenge. The tool allows you to see the monitoring progress and learn more about the monitoring data collected across the region.
Enabling Act of Chuuk EPA
This law covers different sections as follows: Ban of Styrofoam, Single-use plastic shopping bags, plastic straws; removal of tin roofing fences along the main road; removal of abundant vehicles; importation of vehicles with 100k mileage, and so forth.
dataset with internet direct links and resources relating to the global seafloor geomorphic features that represents an important contribution towards the understanding of the distribution of blue habitats. Certain geomorphic feature are known to be good surrogates for biodiversity. For example, seamounts support a different suite of species to abyssal plains.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands shares four Maritime Boundary Treaties with its neighboring States. The following describes each treaty and its progress.
Gazetted and deposited to UN DOALOS
Treaty between the Republic of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia
Vanuatu shares four Maritime Boundary Treaties with its Pacific neighbouring States. The following describes each treaty and its progress.
Gazetted and Entered into Force
Treaty between Vanuatu and Solomon Islands
Treaty Between the Republic of Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands Concerning their Maritime Boundaries of 7 October 2016
Tuvalu shares three Maritime Boundary Treaties with its neighbouring States. The following describes each treaty and its progress.
Gazetted and Entered into Force
Tonga shares five Maritime Boundaries with its neighboring States. The following describes each boundary and progress towards agreement.
Gazetted and Entered into Force
Treaty between Tonga and France (Wallis and Futuna)
Convention between the Government of the French Republic (Wallis and Futuna) and the Government of the Kingdom of Tonga on the delimitation of economic zones, 11 January 1980 (entry into force: 11 January 1980; registration #: 18960; registration date: 27 June 1980
Australia shares three Maritime Boundary Treaties with its Pacific neighbouring States. The following describes each treaty and its progress.
Gazetted and Entered into Force
Samoa shares Maritime Boundaries with five of its neighboring States. Samoa has not officially signed or agreed upon any of those boundaries. The following describes each boundary.
Provisional
Boundary between Samoa and Tonga
Boundary between Samoa and France (Wallis and Futuna)
Boundary between Samoa and United States of America (American Samoa)
Boundary between Samoa and New Zealand (Tokelau)
The Pacific Network for Environmental Assessment (PNEA) Portal is an initiative of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to support government officials from Pacific Island countries and territories who work with environmental impact assessment (EIA), strategic environmental assessment (SEA) as well as Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS).
The portal complements SPREP’s current capacity building program for EIA and SEA - including the recently launched Regional EIA Guidelines, the Coastal Tourism EIA guidelines, and SEA guidelines.