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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Pacific islands are hotspots of unique biodiversity. Our ancestral traditions are linked
to nature. However, these traditions, the natural environment, and biodiversity are
threatened by changing global and regional environmental pressures, ecological
degradation, growing human populations, changing demands of our societies, and the
impacts of climate change and sea level rise.

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ISBN/ISSN: 978-982-04-0905-7,978-982-04-0906-4

Physical Description: 156 p. 29 cm.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Here, we focus on the production of electricity from renewable sources. As such, we focus on a statistic distinct from SDG 7.2.1 “Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption”. Data for this Pacific regional indicator are relevant for SDG 7.b.1 “Installed renewable energy-generating capacity in developing countries (in watts per capita)”.

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Physical Description: 5 p.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

There are active drinking water or freshwater monitoring progra mmes in 11 of 14 Pacific countries and 6 of 7 territories. The primary challenge is the regularity and frequency of sampling, the capacity to process samples accurately in country, and the official response process to the findings. There is no regional data collation for this proposed indicator , to date. Escherichia coli occurs naturally in human and animal intestines and therefore can be used as a proxy for untreated sewage contamination or other pollution.

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Agriculture is a foundational industry in Pacific island economi es and central to the independence of island communities. Together, agriculture, forestry and fishing provide from 3% to over 25% of the GDP of Pacific island countries, with a regional average of 17% (World Bank 2020), and agriculture accounts for a large share of employment (ADB 2015).

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

In order to showcase knowledge and solutions related to nature conservation action in the Pacific Islands, the original face-to-face conference provided space in its programme for 61 parallel sessions, each with a duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes.

By going virtual a lot of that space in teh agenda was lost, but we still wanted to bring those stories! By creating a virtual galleries on the website and by the event feed on the conference platform, we were able to provide new and open spaces for lightning stories to be told and striking facts to be shared!

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

An extraction of info related to Vanuatu Protection coverage.

This dataset is a sub-dataset for updated info by WDPA

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Coral reefs in every region of the world are threatened by climate change, no matter how remote or well protected. Identifying and protecting climate refugia is a popular recommendation for coral reef management. Climate refugia are locations that maintain suitable environmental conditions for a resident species even when surrounding areas become inhospitable.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Information related to the GIS course launch on Wednesday 18th May 2022

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

for analysis results of waste audit in the region

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

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

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Checklist - the journal of biodiversity data. 13 (6): 755-582

 

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Journal publication - Bird Conservation International 1999. pdf.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Excerpt from a book. 

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Checklist of Vanuatu birds

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Report. PDF

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Annual report. PDF

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Annual Report. PDF

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Annual Report. PDF