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        Deep Water Fisheries Catch - Sea Around Us

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        The Sea Around Us is a research initiative at The University of British Columbia (located at the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, formerly Fisheries Centre) that assesses the...
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        Aggregated Catch/Effort Data - Western and Central Fisheries Commission

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        The Western and Central Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) have compiled a public domain version of aggregated catch and effort data using operational, aggregate and annual catch estimates data...
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        Ocean Data from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        MODIS (or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is a key instrument aboard the Terra (originally known as EOS AM-1) and Aqua (originally known as EOS PM-1) satellites. Terra's...
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        Ocean Currents - Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time (OSCAR)

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        OSCAR (Ocean Surface Current Analysis Real-time) contains near-surface ocean current estimates, derived using quasi-linear and steady flow momentum equations. The horizontal velocity is...
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        Earthquake Centers - United States Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset

        The USGS Earthquake Hazards Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) led by the National Institute of Standards...
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        Global Distribution of Hydrothermal Vent Fields (2020) - InterRidge Global Database of Active Submarine Hydrothermal Vent Fields 3.4

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset

        The InterRidge Vents Database is a global database of submarine hydrothermal vent fields. The InterRidge Vents Database is supported by the InterRidge program for international...
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        Coral Reef Threats - Reefs at Risk

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset

        Reefs at Risk Revisited is a high-resolution update of the original global analysis, Reefs at Risk: A Map-Based Indicator of Threats to the World’s Coral Reefs. Reefs at Risk Revisited...
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        Global Mangrove Distribution - Global Mangrove Watch

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        The Global Mangrove Watch (GMW) is a collaboration between Aberystwyth University (U.K.), solo Earth Observation (soloEO; Japan), Wetlands International the World Conservation Monitoring...
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        Volcanoes of the World - Global Volcanism Program

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        The Smithsonian Institution's Global Volcanism Program (GVP) is housed in the Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, in Washington D.C. We are devoted to a...
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        Global Distribution of Seamounts and Knolls

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        This dataset shows the global distribution of seamounts and knolls identified using global bathymetric data at 30 arc-sec resolution. A total of 33,452 seamounts and 138,412 knolls were...
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        Global Seafloor Geomorphic Features - Blue Habitats

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        Conservation International, GRID-Arendal and Geoscience Australia recently collaborated to produce a map of the global distribution of seafloor geomorphic features. The global seafloor...
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        General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        GEBCO's aim is to provide the most authoritative publicly-available bathymetry of the world's oceans. It operates under the joint auspices of the International Hydrographic...
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        Bio-ORACLE 2.1 - Marine data layers for ecological modelling

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        Bio-ORACLE is a set of GIS rasters providing geophysical, biotic and environmental data for surface and benthic marine realms. The data are available for global-scale applications at a...
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        Gridded Population of the World, v.4

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        The Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11 consists of estimates of human population density (number of persons per square kilometer) based on...
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        World Database on Protected Areas

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset

        The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the most comprehensive global database of marine and terrestrial protected areas, updated on a monthly basis, and is one of the key global...
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        The state of plant conservation on Pacific islands

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        This study examines the status of plant conservation in Oceania, where most islands have experienced two waves of anthropogenic habitat alteration and extinction, following Austronesian...
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        Atolls – the “biodiversity cool spots” vs hot spots: a critical new focus for research and conservation

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset

        This paper highlights the seriousness of the “biodiversity crisis” on atolls and the need to place greater research and conservation emphasis on atolls and other small island ecosystems....
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        Catchment Management and Coral Reef Conservation

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        A practical guide for coastal resource managers to reduce damage from catchment areas based on best practice case studies.
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        Coastal shark fisheries in the Pacific

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        This study first presents the general knowledge on shark exploitation and vulnerability. Then, the status of coastal shark fisheries in the Pacific Islands is addressed from the angle of...
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        Island Life in the 21st Century

        Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications

        This paper attempts to present a “quick snapshot” of the status of biodiversity in the Pacific Islands and the prospects and challenges for the mainstreaming of its conservation and...