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Protected Seas
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Open dataset of boundaries and regulations that apply to marine protected areas (MPAs) and fishery management areas in U.S. and international marine waters.
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Mapping Ocean Wealth Explorer
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The Mapping Ocean Wealth data viewer is a live online resource for sharing understanding of the value of marine and coastal ecosystems to people. It includes global maps, regionally-...
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Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative (PCRAFI) aims to provide the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) with disaster risk modeling and assessment tools. It also...
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Framework for Pacific Regionalism
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Forum Leaders embrace Pacific regionalism as: The expression of a common sense of identity and purpose, leading progressively to the sharing of institutions, resources, and markets, with...
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Vision for effective and streamlined reporting in the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
A workshop was jointly convened by the Pacificc Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and SPREP in March 2012 in Fiji to provide a vision for more effective and streamlined reporting in the...
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Dataset
SPREP core national environment indicators
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
This list of indicators was developed through the Inform project at SPREP for use by Pacific Islands countries (PICs) to meet their national and international reporting obligations. The...
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Inform Project Regional Meeting 2019
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The objective of this regional meeting is to build the capacity of the 14 project target countries, with an aim to build an open data community amongst the users of the national data...
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Dataset
Greening of the Pacific Games 2019
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
SPREP is leading the charge to make the Pacific Games in July in Samoa go plastic free in an awareness and outreach initiative aptly called Greening of the Games. This dataset holds a...
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Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This report reviews available information on the adverse effects of 14 alien vertebrates considered to be ‘significant invasive species’ on islands of the South Pacific and Hawaii.
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Assessing Tropical Marine Invertebrates: a Manual for Pacific Island Resource Managers
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This manual is designed for fisheries and environmental officers, and non-governmental partners who are tasked with assessing the state of fisheries resources and macro-invertebrate...
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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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Dataset
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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Developing a Marine Spatial Plan - a toolkit for the Pacific
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This toolkit outlines the basic process of developing a national marine spatial plan. It has been tailored specifically for use by Pacific Island countries based upon lessons learned in...
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Wetlands of Wallis and Futuna - 2017
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This report provides a comprehensive overview of Wallis and Futuna’s biodiversity, conservation framework and wetland fauna and flora. could be used for the regional SOE initiative
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Regional coastal susceptibility assessment for the Pacific Islands
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
A major objective of this report was to develop a regional assessment of Pacific Island sensitivity to projected climate change as a component of the Pacific-Australia Climate Change...
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Community Based Actions in Small Island Developing States - Best Practices from the Equator Initiative
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This publication features fourteen (14) case studies from small island developing states from the Caribbean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Pacific Ocean. The stories range...
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Pacific Islands Regional Marine Spill - contingency plan
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This report is related to the prevention and minimization of the damage to marine and coastal environments and resources from major marine spills, and to hasten the recovery of any...
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Guidance to Dumping of Materials at Sea
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This guidance offers no judgment on the type of method best suited to any particular Nation, but identifies some of the options available for consideration in materials dumping at sea....
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Pacific Integrated Island Management - principals, case studies and lessons learned
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
Integrated Island Management (IIM), responds to the unique circumstances of small island ecosystems through development of holistic integrated management systems that operate at the scale...
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Marine Protected Area Networks in the Coral Triangle : Development and Lessons
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
The Coral Triangle is a marine area located in the western Pacific Ocean. It includes the waters of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Solomon...