Most atoll ecosystems and a wide range of terrestrial and marine organisms, and genetic or cultivars varieties of
traditional food and other multi-purpose plants are declining in abundance and under threat of either “economic extinction” or extirpation and in need of some form of protection. The severity of the situation is greatest on those more urbanized atolls where both the biodiversity and the local knowledge of biodiversity are threatened.
*see R Thanman pdf report for more information*
Terrestrial and marine plants and animals that are rare, endangered or in short supply,
and in need of protection in the atolls of the Pacific Islands.
This excel file include four spreadsheets each representing a separate theme (EMG = Environmental Monitoring and Governance, IOE = Island and Ocean Ecosystems, CCR = Climate Change Resilience, WMPC = waste). Within each theme are the core national environment indicators (scrolling from left to right).
Excel file with spreadsheets for each species. Downloaded from TREDS May 2021.
This dataset has information on coral reef cover and fish in Cook Islands.
This a completely made up fictional dataset.
Data quality is pretty low, I wouldn't trust it.
Data is accurate and data points are sourced (in each row) but some documents have not been referenced e.g. Island strategic plans for those pa enua islands that have them. Based on 2017 documents but last worked on 27 March 2018.
Dominant sources of GHGs in the Cook Islands, 2006. (Cook Islands Second National Communication under the UNFCCC, 2011)
Ozone Depleting Substances Consumption data from UNEP 2015 or older
Imported substances CFCs, HCFCs, HBFCs, halons, methyl chloroform, carbon, tetrachloride, bromochloromethane, or methyl bromide in metric tonnes from Jan to Dec 2012
Details the legislations and actions in place regarding the ban or importation of specific ODS chemicals
Improved Agriculture Varieties 2011
Access to rainwater tanks 1986-2011
Food and live animals imported and exported 2005-2013
Monthly sea level for Rarotonga 1993-2014
Forest Area from Source: Oliver, W. 1999 in FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2010, Cook Islands.
This paper highlights the seriousness of the “biodiversity crisis” on atolls and the need to place greater research and conservation emphasis on atolls and other small island ecosystems. It is based on studies over the past twenty years conducted in the atolls of Tuvalu, Tokelau, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. It stresses that atolls offer some of the greatest opportunities for integrated studies of simplified small-island ecosystems.