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National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2018 - 2030
Vanuatu Environment Data Portal Publications
The Vanuatu NBSAP will be the main implementing strategy for the Environment Pillar of the National Sustainable Development Goals and Policies 2016-2030 environment goals and policy...
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Preliminary report on the crinoid fauna of Ureure cove and Lathi Island
Vanuatu Environment Data Portal Publications
The taxonomy, distribution, or natural history of comatulid crinoids (featherstars) in Vanuatu. The primary purpose of this study was to collect a target group of these crinoids to be...
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Vanuatu National Forest Inventory
Vanuatu Environment Data Portal Publications
The primary objective of the forest survey was to provide information on type, distribution and volume of forest resources to enable national planning for development and conservation.
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Micronesia Challenge : RMI
Republic of Marshall Islands Environment Data Portal Publications
Regional framework to assess the regional monitoring indicators that measure the status of managed conservation areas set aside under the Micronesia Challenge. The tool allows you to see...
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Priority Sites for Conservation
Kiribati Environment Data Portal Publications
This KBA (Key Biodiversity Areas – areas of high biodiversity and conservation value) report outlines key recommendations for the Government of Kiribati and its people for protecting its...
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The impact of hunting on tropical mammal and bird populations
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Hunting is a major driver of biodiversity loss, but a systematic large-scale estimate of hunting-induced defaunation is lacking. We synthesized 176 studies to quantify huntinginduced...
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PhD Thesis on Endemic Birds in Papua New Guinea’s Montane Forests: Human Use and Conservation.
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
Escalating anthropogenic impacts on tropical biodiversity have increased the vulnerability of endemic species. Selective harvesting of species is one of the major threats to birds and...
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Hidden challenges for conservation and development along the Trans- Papuan economic corridor
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
The island of New Guinea harbours one of the world’s largest tracts of intact tropical forest, with 41% of its land area in Indonesian Papua (Papua and Papua Barat Provinces). Within...
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Some future prospects for systematic biodiversity planning in PNG
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
This report describes some of the challenges for biodiversity planning arise from a study in Papua New Guinea, but apply equally to biodiversity planning in general. These are; the best...
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Practical application of biodiversity surrogates and percentage targets for conservation in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea Data Portal Publications
A conservation planning study in Papua New Guinea (PNG) addresses the role of biodiversity surrogates and biodiversity targets, in the context of the trade-offs required for planning...
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Micronesia Challenge
Federated States of Micronesia Environment Data Portal Publications
Regional framework to assess the regional monitoring indicators that measure the status of managed conservation areas set aside under the Micronesia Challenge. The tool allows you to see...
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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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Reimaanlok: National Conservation Area Plan 2007–2012
Republic of Marshall Islands Environment Data Portal Publications
Reimaanlok Looking to the Future 2008. Reimaanlok: National Conservation Area Plan for the Marshall Islands 2007–2012
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RMI's Protected Area Maps
Republic of Marshall Islands Environment Data Portal Publications
maps of RMI's protected areas
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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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State of Conservation in Oceania - Regional Report
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
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...
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Pacific Islands Framework for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas 2021- 2025
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) Publications
This Pacific Islands Framework for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas2021-2025 is the principal regional strategy document for environmental conservation in the Pacific. Its purpose...
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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...
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Open Source GIS Training for Improved Protected Area Planning and Management in Vanuatu
Vanuatu Environment Data Portal Publications
Dataset contains training material on using open source Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to improve protected area planning and management from a workshop that was conducted on...