This report assesses the overall state of conservation in the Pacific Islands region of Oceania, that is, the 21 countries and territories covered by SPREP plus Pitcairn Island. The report uses an analysis of 16 indicators chosen in consultation with SPREP and based on the Global Biodiversity Indicator project (http://www.bipindicators.net).
Green Turtle Nesting Sites and Sea Turtle Legislation throughout Oceania
Cyclone damage - Oceania
2020. Pacific Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose 2020. Noumea, New Caledonia: Pacific Community. 195 p.
Anon. 2013. Pacific Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose 2012. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 69 p.
Pacific Strong: Strategic Roadmap for Emergency Management 2021-2025: summary document. Suva, Fiji: Pacific Community (SPC). 11 p.
Regional Strategic Roadmap for Emergency Management 2021-2025. Suva, Fiji: Pacific Community (SPC). 25 p.
Fertility trends in Pacific island countries and territories. Noumea, New Caledonia: Pacific Community. 105 p.
Anon. 2015. Mortality trends in Pacific island states. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 90 p.
I. Lal, Nilima II. Title III. Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 2014. Pacific Standard Industrial Classification of all economic activities 2014. Noumea, New Caledonia: Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 250 p.
Anon. 2018. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Pacific Booklet 2018. Noumea, New Caledonia: Pacific Community (SPC). 44 p.
This chapter provides a brief description of Papua New Guinea, its past and present climate as well as projections for the future. The climate observation network and the availability of atmospheric and oceanic data records are outlined. The annual mean climate, seasonal cycles and the influences of large-scale climate features such as the West Pacific Monsoon and patterns of climate variability (e.g. the El Niño‑Southern Oscillation) are analysed and discussed.
Conservation Status of Marine Biodiversity in Oceania.
Climate change and migration
This session will analyze participation in nature conservation in the region through a range of lenses related to good governance (including equity, transparency, and accountability), respect for and incorporation of traditional knowledge, and the extent to which participation can be more effective if people achieve tangible benefits to livelihoods, well-being, and sustainable development.
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Physical Description: 59:32
Traditional way of life in the pacific islands in the expression of each and everybody's identity. The link between people and their natural habitat, living and unliving things is key to someone's social status, relationship to other member of its community and existence in the world. The session shall look at the importance of traditional knowledge and its relation to the environment as a way to protect existing biodiversity and thus ensuring that the cultural heritage of Pacific Island population i preserved.
Tuvalu Statement at the Whale in a Changing Ocean Conference, Vava'u, Tonga
Online only
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Physical Description: 5p. : 29cm.
A report on the convention on migratory species for the conservation of cetaceans and their habitats in the Pacific Islands region
Available online
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Physical Description: 24 p.
There are low and high islands in the Pacific Ocean. All islands have some of the same environments (kinds of places such as coral reff, open ocean and forests)
Available online
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ISBN/ISSN: 978-982-9123-87-9
Physical Description: 36 p. : col. Ill, 29 cm
Pacific Island biodiversity has a notorious record of decline and extinction which continues due to habitat loss and degradation, invasive species, over exploitation, pollution, disease and human-forced climate change
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Physical Description: 15 p.