The Vanuatu NBSAP will be the main implementing strategy for the Environment Pillar of the National
Sustainable Development Goals and Policies 2016-2030 environment goals and policy objectives.
The aim of this framework is to minimise the risks from both the intentional and accidental introduction and spread of organisms with potential to have adverse economic, environmental and socio-economic impacts, including genetically modified organisms and their derivatives and processed products.
The main objective is to enhance the capacity of Vanuatu in addressing global environment management issues, particular in the thematic areas of Biodiversity, Climate Change and Land Degradation, each being addressed within its respective international convention.
This dataset holds all national reports submitted by Vanuatu to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Note : *4th national report missing - to be uploaded on the portal*
List of international environmental related agreements and conventions to which Vanuatu is obligated to.
*adopted from the Vanuatu National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2018 - 2030, pg 24*
This is a diagram of a ideal workflow for field data to data portal to use in reporting
Vanuatu Protected Areas (PA) data from the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), downloaded August 2019. This dataset includes both tables and spatial data.
Current national policies and strategies related to the environment sector. These policies and strategies are being implemented by various Vanuatu government and non governmental institutions such the Ministry of Climate Change Adaptation (MoCCA), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Forestry, and Biosecurity (MALFFB), Ministry of Lands, and Natural Resources (MoLNR), Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA), Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Utilities (MIPU), and their respective departments amongst other environmental stakeholders.
This dataset holds all CIM Plans for each district of Samoa. The CIM Plans are envisaged as blueprints for climate change interventions across all development sectors reflecting the programmatic approach to climate resilience adaptation taken by the Government of Samoa.
The proposed interventions outlined in the CIM Plans are also linked to the Strategy for the Development of Samoa 2016/17 – 2019/20 and the relevant ministry sector plans.
This dataset holds all national reports submitted by Samoa to CBD
Four islands of the Aleipata group: Fanuatapu islet; Namua island, Nu’ulua, and Nu’utele.The aim of the surveys was to survey the status of IAS on these four islands with a special focus on rats, YCA, pigs and weeds, and with a focus on the two larger islands, Nu’utele and Nu’ulua.
Samoa Protected Area (PA) data from the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), downloaded August 2019. This dataset includes both tables and spatial data.
The NESP is a compilation of efforts and contributions across the sector which is a clear reflection of Samoa's collective responsibility as 'custodians' of the environment. The National Environment Sector Plan (NESP) 2017 ‐ 2021 updates the NESP 2013‐2016. It is based on the most recent State of the Environment (SOE) assessment documented in 2013, lessons learned from the previous NESP and outcomes of the Sector SWOT Analysis, which was conducted as part of the NESP review and update process
Dataset contains training material on using open source Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to improve protected area planning and management from workshops that were conducted on February 19-21 and October 6-7, 2020. Specifically, the dataset contains lectures on GIS fundamentals, QGIS 3.x, and global positioning system (GPS), as well as country-specific datasets and a workbook containing exercises for viewing data, editing/creating datasets, and creating map products in QGIS.
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Kilmer F.H., Resig J.M., , Longshore J.D. 2003. A stratigraphic study of late middle eocene/early, oligocene volcanic arc rocks of Southern Guam. Suva, Fiji: South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission. 66 p.
Collen J., , Bukarau L. 2009. Abstracts of papers presented at the STAR*session 2009, 26th STAR session is held in conjunction with the SOPAC 38th Session (21-29 October 2009), hosted by the Government of Vanuatu at the Le Lagon Resort, Port Vila (pre-session version). Suva, Fiji: South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission. 64 p.
Johnson D.P., , Maillet P., Price R.C. 2004. Interpretation of gloria sidescan sonar imagery for the coriolis trough and the New Hebrides back-arc. Suva, Fiji: South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission. 39 p.
Johnson H., 2006. SOPAC consultancy; hydrocarbon prospectivity in the South Pacific; SOPAC contract no. SP/SOP/04/92, February 1993. Suva, Fiji: South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission. 32 p.
Halunen A.J. Jr, 2007. Southern line islands survey, 29 February - 17 March 1980. Suva, Fiji: South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission. 8 p.