A link to the Pacific Islands Protected Area Portal (PIPAP) which aims to facilitate the sharing of resources and expertise among the Pacific Islands Protected Area practitioners.
A list of international and regional multilateral environmental agreements in which each of the Pacific Island country is a party/signatory of. This is useful for SPREP activities and planning
This policy applies to SPREP’s own data as well as data held by SPREP on behalf of government agencies and partners within the Pacific.
Pacific island mangroves include the world’s centre of mangrove biodiversity in Papua New Guinea, and extend east through all countries and territories as far as the Marshall Islands and Samoa. This report discusses the effects of climate change on mangrove areas of the Pacific region.
The water systems of the world — aquifers, lakes, rivers, large marine ecosystems, and open ocean — sustain the
This dataset contains information on samples from streams in Cook Islands from 2007-2013.
Planning resource for integrated action planning for the management of the Cook Islands marine environment
wetland area in hectares, 2014 NES
PDF Copy of the Wetlands of the Pacific Island Region by Joanna C. Ellison (2009)
pdf of the Cook Islands 4th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity 2011
pdf of the Cook Islands Wetlands Situations
Data on reef fish, sea urchin, sea urchin density and biomass
Data on reef fisheries including sea cucumber, parrot fish and others.
Reports lagoon water quality includes on physio-chemical data
Forum Leaders embrace Pacific regionalism as:
*The expression of a common sense of identity and purpose, leading progressively to the sharing of institutions, resources, and markets, with the purpose of complementing national efforts, overcoming common constraints, and enhancing sustainable and inclusive development within Pacific countries and territories and for the Pacific region as a whole*
Principal objectives are;
RAROTONGA WATER QUALITY DATA REPORT 2009 includes Analysed stream data and summary 2009
WATER QUALITY DATA REPORT RAROTONGA Annual Report 2008 PUBLISHED MAY 2009
RAROTONGA WATER QUALITY ANNUAL REPORT 2007
Rarotonga water quality annual report 2006 published in December 2007