… February 2022 - Despite its tiny land mass, the Cook Islands is responsible for a huge swathe of ocean and is home … flora and fauna. As such, the South Pacific nation of 15 islands and atolls can play an outsized role in protecting …
University of Southern California
… reached 2 m in Rarotonga and 80 cm in the Marquesas Islands. Hydrodynamic simulations require a moment of 4 x … re evaluation of the tsunami risk from Tonga to the Cook Islands and the various Polynesian chains, which had hitherto …
SPREP Environmental Monitoring and Governance (EMG)
… OSM product will be updated weekly and contains data for Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon …
… project aimed at reducing single-use plastics in the Cook Islands via the food and bevergae industry. To learn more …
… If you are intending on leaving the Cook Islands with local food or animal matter such as shells it is … exploitation and trade of endangered species. Although the Cook Islands is not a member, CITES permits are required to …
… key statistical information on the health status of the Cook Islands for the years of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. …
… deliver on the international conventions to which the Cook Islands is a party. …
… of the Office of the Prime Minister (Climate Change Cook Islands) and the National Environment Service to continue …
Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy & Environment
… Tuvalu is comprised of nine small islands, six of them being atoll islands (with lagoons) namely Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, … Nanumanga, Niutao and Niulakita are raised limestone reef islands. None of the islands are more than three metres above …
Atmosphere and Climate Land Biodiversity Built Environment Coastal and Marine Culture and Heritage Inland Waters
… State of Environment and Conservation in the Pacific Islands: 2020 Regional Report Dedicated interactive website … the State of Environment and Conservation in the Pacific Islands: 2020 Regional Report. … …
… of over 20% of land for agriculture in over half of the islands. … pdf … 326 …
National CODEX
… The Pacific Islands region is characterised by island nations with small … of the Pacific include a mixture of continental islands, volcanic islands and low and raised coral atolls. These countries and …
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
… One of the greatest challanges we face in protecting our islands biodiversity is how to balance the needs of the … of the environment. There are many reasons why the Pacific islands way of life is endangered, it is necessary to address … short term projects to address the immediate needs of our islands. As educators you can actively participate in the …
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
… countries based upon lessons learned in Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. … … Secretariat of the Pacific …
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Forest area for pacific island countries
Smithsonian Institution
… names. The study focuses on those species found on the 16 islands of the Kiribati group proper (known traditionally as … to include species which might be present on the other islands of Kiribati: Banaba (Ocean Island) to the west and the Line and Phoenix Islands to the east. A brief analysis of relevant past …
Land Biodiversity Built Environment Coastal and Marine Culture and Heritage Inland Waters
… referenced e.g. Island strategic plans for those pa enua islands that have them. Based on 2017 documents but last …
SPREP Environmental Monitoring and Governance (EMG)
… of persistent organic pollutants collected in the Pacific Islands by the end of the project in 2006 for each country as …
Land Biodiversity Built Environment Coastal and Marine Culture and Heritage Inland Waters
This publication is a companion piece to Island Innovations—UNDP and GEF: Leveraging Environment and Energy
for the Sustainable Development of SIDS, a joint UNDP and GEF (Global Environment Facility) book launched at the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, 2014.