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Melanesia holds the World’s most Diverse and Intact Insular Amphibian Fauna

Biodiversity Conservation

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Bower, Deborah. S

McDonald, Peter. J

Oliver, Paul M.

et al

Identifying hotspots of biological diversity is a key step in a conservation prioritisation. Melanesia centred on the vast island of New Guinea - is increasingly for its exceptionally species rich and endemic biota. Here we show that Melanesia has the world's most diverse insular amphibian fauna, with over 7% of recognised global fog species in less than 0.7% of the world's land area and over 97% of species endemic.

Protected area Personnel and Ranger numbers are Insufficient to Deliver Global Expectations

Biodiversity Conservation

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Appleton, Michael R.

Courtiol, Alexandre

Emerton, Lucy

et al

The 2020 global spatial targets for protected areas set by the Convention on Biological Diversity have almost been achieved, but management e3ffectiveness remains deficient.

protected areas

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

et al

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.

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.

Summary of Legislative and Regulatory Mechanisms for the Protection of Coral Reefs and Associated Ecosystems - Fiji

Biodiversity Conservation

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This study is conducted in the context of the implementation of the ICRI Plan of Action 2018-2020, and more particularly in the frame of the first theme which is to promote effective and adaptable solutions to improve the protection of coral reef. Its aim is to underline good practices of the Fiji, which is a pilot country in this project, as regards direct and indirect protection of coral reefs.

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