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The action plan sets out the policy context and key actions to minimize marine litter across the Pacific islands countries and territories.

A booklet that presents the Actions aim to support the management of coral reefs and associated ecosystems.

The global seafloor geomorphic features map has been created through collaboration between Geoscience Australia, GRID-Arendal and Conservation International.

A presentation on what's in and what's not; using the new global seafloor geomorphic map to examine the representatives of global marine protected areas

documentation pertaining to the sources in which each info on the database were harvested from.

An overview of the purpose and how Aqua Maps work.

The assessment is structured in two related parts:

1. State, pressures and threats.
2. Response.

These guidelines detail the process, timeline, and steps taken to complete a State of Environment Report.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

This article explores the phenomenon of the use of ICT for climate change activism in the Pacific.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Many of the sea cucumber fisheries in Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) are in a poor state and in need of rehabilitation. This article documents the status of sea cucumbers in the region

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

This report summarizes the conservation status of 167 freshwater fishes, 166 land snails and 157 reptiles native to the Pacific Islands. It identifies Pacific Island species that are threatened with extinction at the global level, according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria – the world’s most widely accepted methodology for measuring extinction risk.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Coastal Zone management is a much debated subject in the discourse about sustainable development in the South Pacific region. This book specifically deals with the analysis of the effects of the fundamental drivers, ecological connectivity, and root causes of coastal resource and environmental challenges using key economic concepts, principles and paradigms.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

This study undertakes a vulnerability assessment of the freshwater resources of the PICs, based on input from technical experts and regional resource managers.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

This chapter describes the diversity and distribution of mangrove, seagrass and intertidal flat habitats in the tropical Pacific (25°N–25°S and 130°E–130°W), outlining the role they play in supporting coastal fisheries in the region, and summarising the critical requirements for establishing and maintaining these habitats.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

This report summarises key economic factors affecting the success of recent resource and environmental management projects in the Pacific.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

This compendium presents a wide-ranging overview of more than 400 projects, case studies and research activities specifically related to climate change and Indigenous Peoples. It provides a sketch of the climate and environmental changes, local observations and impacts being felt by communities in different regions, and outlines various adaptation and mitigation strategies that are currently being implemented by Indigenous Peoples