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Dataset
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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Dataset
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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Publications
Global Distribution of Cold-water Corals - United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This dataset shows the global distribution of cold-water corals. Occurrence records are given for 86 Families under the subclass Octocorallia (octocorals; also known as Alcyonaria) and...
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Global Distribution of Modelled Mangrove Biomass - United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This dataset shows the modelled global patterns of above-ground biomass of mangrove forests. The dataset was developed by the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, with support...
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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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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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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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Dataset
Marine Species Biodiversity - AquaMaps
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Dataset
AquaMaps are computer-generated predictions of natural occurrence of marine species, based on the environmental tolerance of a given species with respect to depth, salinity, temperature,...
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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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Modelled Global Distribution of the Seagrass Biome - United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This is a MaxEnt model map of the global distribution of the seagrass biome. Species occurrence records were extracted from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), United...
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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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Dataset
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 Distribution of Coral Reefs - United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This dataset shows the global distribution of coral reefs in tropical and subtropical regions. It is the most comprehensive global dataset of warm-water coral reefs to date, acting as a...