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 National Museum of Natural History

Williamson and Sabath (1982) have demonstrated a significant relationship between modern population size and environment by examining atoll area and rainfall in the Marshall Islands. The present work seeks to extend that argument into prehistory by examining the relationship of ancient habitation sites and size of aroid pit agricultural systems to atoll land area and rainfall regime along the 1,500-3,500 mm precipitation gradient in the Marshall Islands.

 National Museum of Natural History

Henderson island, a World Heritage Site in the Pitcairn group, south-central Pacific Ocean, has often been thought to have a pristine vegetation. Our archaeological investigations and field observations in 1991-1992, supported by recent observations in
1997, suggest the occurrence of former areas of Polynesian cultivation near to the North and East Beaches, and indicate that about 17 non-native vascular plant taxa have occurred.

 Smithsonian Institution

The study of dispersal processes of small mammals, and especially of rodents, has a wide range of applications and until recent years there were few publications discussing the
colonisation of 'oceanic' islands by small mammals (cf. Crowell, 1986; Diamond, 1987; Hanski, 1986;Heany, 1986; Lomolino, 1986).

 Department of Conservation (DOC)

Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems, such as clean air, fresh water, and the pollination of crops. The aim of this literature review was to find empirical data illustrating the ways in which conservation land and conservation management activities affect ecosystem services. The widely-held belief that natural ecosystems—such as those found on conservation land in New Zealand—provide a range of ecosystem services is generally supported by the literature.

 International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN)

Climate change is a major threat to global biodiversity. From the tropics to the Poles, the world’s ecosystems are all under pressure. A study published in the scientific journal Nature posited that 15 to 37% of terrestrial animal and plant species could be at risk of extinction because of human-induced impacts on climate (Thomas et al., 2004). Scattered across the four corners of the Earth, European Union overseas entities, are home to a biological diversity that is as rich as it is vulnerable.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Today: Pacific island people reliant on natural resources 70-80% of the catch from inshore fisheries is used for subsistence purposes

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

CBD Aichi Target 11. At least 17 % of terrestrial and inland water, and 10 % of coastal and marine areas, especially areas of particular importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services,
are conserved through effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well-connected systems of protected areas, and other effective area-based conservation measures, and integrated into the wider landscape and seascape.

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Stakeholder consultations were the most important aspect of achieving the marae moana legislation.

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Aichi biodiversity targets

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas is one of six Commissions of the leading conservation body in the world - the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

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 SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)

Who are we? UN Environment’s specialist biodiversity assessment centre, based in Cambridge, UK

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 SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)

BIOPAMA inception meeting in Samoa, June 2018

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 SPREP Pacific Environment Information Network (PEIN)

A data and information management tool for Pacific island protected areas

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Physical Description: 16 p

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Key features of the PIPA portal

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Group exercise

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Opportunity for regional input on investment priorities - potential GRANTS.

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

BIOPAMA inception meeting. June, 2018

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Vision for future tools.

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

From knowledge to action for a protected planet

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Data packs on USB sticks and printed maps

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