Guidelines, brochures, Indicators and published work on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity which is an international treaty governing the movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology from one country to another.
Growth and Survival of the Giant Clams
Current State of Knowledge of Cetacean Threats, Diversity and Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region
Current State of Knowledge of Cetacean Threats, Diversity and Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region
Green Turtle Nesting Sites and Sea Turtle Legislation throughout Oceania
Sea Turtles As a Flagship Species: Different Perspectives Create Conflicts in the Pacific Islands
This guide introduces environmental indicators and provides an overview of SPREP’S core indicators for Pacific island countries. In 2012, the SPREP members approved the development of a set of standardised indicators for use by member countries at the SPREP meeting. Through the Inform project, SPREP programmes then developed a set of 34 indicators that was endorsed by members at the 2018 SPREP meeting. This document explains the development and use of environmental indicators in Part 1 and provides a summary of each of the 34 ‘core’ indicators in Part 2.
The study of the ichthyofaunal corpus yielded by the archaeological site of Teouma, Efate Island, Vanuatu, has
revealed the unexpected presence of a significant number of bones of Eleotridae (Sleepers) on the site, as early as
2920–2870 cal. B.P. Out of the 8560 identified fish remains associated with the Lapita layers, which document
the period of initial settlement of the archipelago, 1368 have been determined as belonging to eleotrids, including
species of the genera Giuris, Ophiocara and Eleotris. They represent 16% of the corpus and occupy second
Checklist - the journal of biodiversity data. 13 (6): 755-582
Journal publication - Bird Conservation International 1999. pdf.
Excerpt from a book.
Checklist of Vanuatu birds
Chapter? PDF.
Report. PDF
Annual report. PDF
Annual Report. PDF
Annual Report. PDF
Journal publication. PDF
The Wilson Journal of ornithology 118 (3): 295-308. PDF file
Annual Report. PDF