Traditional way of life in the pacific islands in the expression of each and everybody's identity. The link between people and their natural habitat, living and unliving things is key to someone's social status, relationship to other member of its community and existence in the world. The session shall look at the importance of traditional knowledge and its relation to the environment as a way to protect existing biodiversity and thus ensuring that the cultural heritage of Pacific Island population i preserved.
Illustrate the current state of marine habitats on the Pacific - mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrasses
Economic value, ecosystems services, social and cultural value of these habitats to Pacific Island people
Ongoing efforts to address multiple threats and stresses on these habitats including climate change - community level national and regional level
Call Number: [EL]
Physical Description: 1:04:28
For the Ninth Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas December 2013, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) commissioned an assessment of the status of biodiversity and conservation in Oceania.
This dataset holds all the reports that assesses the overall state of conservation in;
* Guam
* French Polynesia
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Tokelau
* Wallis and Futuna
* Pitcairn Islands
Traditional Knowledge Act
Akonoanga Maori
Education within the Cook Islands must give learners a solid understanding of their culture and a sense of identity which leads to a respect for cultural diversity and contributes to social justice and tolerance of world views that are different from their own. 2013
Project Progress Reports on the Programme developed to protect & conserve rare Vairakau Maori (traditional medicine) plants
Monthly Technical Report on energy services
Cook Islands National Water Policy
Development Projects for Cook Islands funded by ADB
Web version of the draft Cook Islands Sate of Environment Report 2018.
For the Ninth Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas December 2013, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) commissioned an assessment of the status of biodiversity and conservation in Oceania. This report assesses the overall state of conservation in the Cook Islands using 16 indicators.
*this report wasn't published but was sent to country for checking (2013) *- to be used for the Regional SOE initiative 2019
This dataset summarizes biodiversity data on plants, animals, marine and other biodiversity elements in Cook Islands.
This report looks at renewable electricity in the Cook Islands, and it was published in April 2011 by the Government's Renewable Energy Development Division.
This graph shows the average density of pomacentridae, labridae, acanthuridae, cirrhitidae for Mitiaro, Cook Islands.
This dataset includes information on agricultural data, including crops, livestock and farming demographics, from national censuses and other sources.
This dataset contains information on food and live animal imports and exports, access to rainwater tanks, and improved agricultural varieties for adaptation related to climate change. Data are from years ranging from 1986 to 2013.
This dataset contains information on water quality data, including streams, in various parts of the Cook Islands. Data range from 2008-2010.