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Mangroves provide Blue Carbon Ecological value at a low Freshwater Cost

Biodiversity Conservation

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Berger, Uta

Chen, Luzhen

Krauss, Ken W.

Lovelock, Catherine. E

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Blue carbon wetland vegetation has a limited freshwater requirement. One type, magroves utilizes less freshwater during transpiration than adjacent terrestrial ecoregions, equating to only 43% to 57% of evapotranspiration.

Good Practice Guidelines in Environmental Impact Assessment for Coastal Engineering in the Pacific

SPREP Publications, Environmental Governance

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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a process that is used to assess and mange individual development projects. It aims to maximise positive benefits and minimise negative impacts for local communities and their environment. Stakeholder engagement and local knowledge is fundamental to good EIA. When implemented correctly, EIA can help to support the achievement of green growth targets, climate change resilience and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Bonnes pratiques en matière d’études de l’impact sur l’environnement pour l’ingénierie côtière dans le Pacifique

SPREP Publications, Environmental Governance

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L’Étude d’impact environnemental (ÉIE) est un processus utilisé pour évaluer et gérer des projets de développement particuliers. Elle a pour objectif de maximiser les retombées positives et de minimiser les impacts négatifs pour les communautés locales et leur environnement. La mobilisation des parties prenantes et les connaissances locales sont essentielles à la réalisation d’une bonne ÉIE. Correctement mise en oeuvre, l’ÉIE peut contribuer à la réalisation des objectifs de croissance verte, de résilience au changement climatique, et aux objectifs de développement durable des Nations Unies (ODD)1.

environmental impact assessment

Restoring Island Resilience - Invasive species

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation

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Managing invasive species to great a Great Green line of Defence for the Pacific.

Sefanaia Nawadra BBC World News - Interview

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation

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Pacific Islands facing key issues of climate change. Invasive species such as rats, taking out marine birds and marine species in the Pacific islands.

ACPMEA 3 Celebration of International Women Day 2021.

SPREP Publications, Environmental Governance, Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Easter Chu Shing speech for the International Women's Day 2021

The Pacific's Future: It's either Rats or Reefs

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation

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Nawadra, Sefanaia

While some people might remember it for its Hollywood association, the small uninhabited islands has other claims to fame. In 2011 the island's Indigenous owners - the village of Yanuya and a consortium of partners led by the National Trust of Fiji and a local NGO, Maregeti Viti successfully removed invasive rats and goats from Monuriki to protect its critically endangered endemic Fijian crested iguana.

Role of Insurance in Protecting Marine Coastal Ecosystems in Asia and the Pacific

Biodiversity Conservation

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Marine coastal ecosystems (MCEs) provide a myraid of services on which governments, businesses and society depend. MCESs include coral reefs, mangroves, seagrass, oyster beds and reeds, salt marshes and sandy beaches and dunes.

Investigating the ability of Coral Reefs to Protect Shorelines in the Republic of Kiribati

Biodiversity Conservation

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Donner, Simon D.

Summers, Heather E.

The 3-dimensilan structure of living coral communities provides frictional resistance to waves and currents. Coral bleaching events can lead to a shift in coral assemblages toward stress-tolerant colonies, potentially reducing reef structural complexity and inturn wave attenuation.

Training evaluation Report : 3rd Round fo Regional Training on Environmental Impact Assessment, Stakeholder Engagement and Social Impact Assessment in the Pacific

Environmental Governance

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The third round of online regional training on enhancing knowledge and understanding of key E&S professionals and practitioners on best practices for managing risks and impacts associated with an effective EIA process as well as meeting the requirements of environmental and social safeguards in development projects across the region was successfully carried out between March and May of 2022.

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