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Samoa Government explains electricity tariff plan
SPC Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division (GEM) Publications
Sunday 24 May 2015 News - extracted from Samoaobserver News Site A drop in the tariffs by the Electric Power Corporation (E.P.C.) over the next three years is to be decided by the Office...
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Ocean acidification increases the accumulation of toxic phenolic compounds across trophic levels
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Publications
Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations are causing ocean acidification (OA), altering carbonate chemistry with consequences for marine organisms. Here we show that OA increases by...
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Tropical CO2 seeps reveal the impact of ocean acidification on coral reef invertebrate recruitment
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Publications
Rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations are causing ocean acidification by reducing seawater pH and carbonate saturation levels. Laboratory studies have demonstrated that many larval and...
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Model Farming Family: Philip and Oroshuma
Pacific Women Lead Publications
Philip and Oroshuma are a couple in Fumito village in the Unggai Bena District of Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. In this video, they reflect on how their lives have changed...
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Samoa Enterprise Survey 2009
SPC Statistics for Development Division (SDD) Publications
This research is an Indicator Survey conducted in Samoa from May 25 to Oct. 9, 2009, as part of the Enterprise Survey initiative. An Indicator Survey, which is similar to an Enterprise...
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Tonga Enterprise Survey 2009
SPC Statistics for Development Division (SDD) Publications
This research is an Indicator Survey conducted in Tonga from April 27 to Sept. 30, 2009, as part of the Enterprise Survey initiative. An Indicator Survey, which is similar to an...
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Emiliania huxleyi shows identical responses to elevated pCO2 in TA and DIC manipulations
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Publications
With respect to their sensitivity to ocean acidification, calcifiers such as the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi have received special attention, as the process of calcification seems...
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Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Alliance: Summary of Online Dialogues
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The Pacific Young Women’s Leadership Alliance is a network of regional, international, and locally based organisations working with and for young women leaders across the Pacific region....
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Fiji Enterprise Survey 2009
SPC Statistics for Development Division (SDD) Publications
This research is an Indicator Survey conducted in Fiji between April 2009 and May 2010, as part of the Enterprise Survey initiative. An Indicator Survey, which is similar to an Enterprise...
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Micronesia Enterprise Survey 2009
SPC Statistics for Development Division (SDD) Publications
This research is an Indicator Survey conducted in Federated States of Micronesia from May 14 to Aug. 24, 2009, as part of the Enterprise Survey initiative. An Indicator Survey, which is...
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Vanuatu Enterprise Survey 2009
SPC Statistics for Development Division (SDD) Publications
This research is an Indicator Survey conducted in Vanuatu from June 2 to Oct. 5, 2009, as part of the Enterprise Survey initiative. An Indicator Survey, which is similar to an Enterprise...
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Maximum thermal limits of coral reef damselfishes are size dependent and resilient to near-future ocean acidification
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Publications
Theoretical models predict that ocean acidification, caused by increased dissolved CO2, will reduce the maximum thermal limits of fishes, thereby increasing their vulnerability to rising...
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Women in Local Government – Stories of Inspiration from Fiji
Pacific Women Lead Publications
The first woman to be elected to local government in Fiji was Mrs Maureen Wright in 1967 who then went on to become the Mayor of Lautoka City Council in 1970. Since then the progress of...
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Ocean acidification and pathogen exposure modulate the immune response of the edible mussel Mytilus chilensis
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Publications
Ocean acidification (OA) is one of the main consequences of increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), impacting key biological processes of marine organisms such as development, growth...
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Variability in larval gut pH regulation defines sensitivity to ocean acidification in six species of the Ambulacraria superphylum
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Publications
The unusual rate and extent of environmental changes due to human activities may exceed the capacity of marine organisms to deal with this phenomenon. The identification of physiological...
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Effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 on growth, photosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism in the economic brown seaweed, Hizikia fusiforme (Sargassaceae, Phaeophyta)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Publications
Hizikia fusiforme (Harv.) Okamura (brown seaweed) was cultured using aeration with two CO2 conditions: outdoor air (actual atmospheric CO2 concentration, averaging 360 $μ$l l-1) and...
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Women in Local Government – Stories of Inspiration from Cook Islands
Pacific Women Lead Publications
In 2010, the Cook Islands National Council of Women in partnership with the Commonwealth Local Government Forum Pacific set down an ambitious program to begin to work with women entering...
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Pacific Women Papua New Guinea Performance Report 2017-2018
Pacific Women Lead Publications
This report contains highlights for the Pacific Women in Papua New Guinea program, including the conclusion from the mid-term evaluation that the program is on track to achieve its...
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Expression of calcification and metabolism-related genes in response to elevated pCO2 and temperature in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Publications
Declining health of scleractinian corals in response to deteriorating environmental conditions is widely acknowledged, however links between physiological and functional genomic responses...
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Papua New Guinea Enterprise Survey 2015
SPC Statistics for Development Division (SDD) Publications
The survey was conducted in Papua New Guinea from August 2015 to June 2016 as part of Enterprise Surveys project, an initiative of the World Bank. The objective of the survey is to obtain...