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Gadfly Petrels in Oceania

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation

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Baird, Karen

This presentation talks about the importance of this group of seabirds in the Pacific and discusses some of their threats and work already underway throughout the region to support their conservation. This presentation is to draw attention to this group of birds in the Pacific and support discussions around the value of listing them on CMS appendices.

International news media framing of invasive rodent eradications

Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Delborne, J. A.

Peterson, M. N.

Pitts, E. A.

Valdez, R. X.

Invasive rodents threaten global island biodiversity and have been eradicated from hundreds of islands. Eradication efforts can be contentious due to animal welfare concerns and risk to non-target species. The news media plays a critical role by providing context for eradications. To better understand how the news media frame invasive rodent eradications, we conducted a thematic content analysis of 462 newspaper articles published in newspapers from 13 countries between 1993 and 2014. Our results suggest that unique aspects of rodent eradications may encourage conquest framing, and cultural contexts of place shape framing between countries. We conclude that conquest framing by the media has largely supported rodent eradication effort

The Kamehameha/Kiribati Connection - Project Panala'au in 50 year perspective 1935-1985

Biodiversity Conservation

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Ferris, Peggy

The purpose of this settlement project was to clinch American claims to certain islands for use in the establishment of their first commercial air service between Honolulu and the Antipodes as New Zealand and Australia were then called.

Have You Seen These Birds? Ta'i'o

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation

Ta'i'o (shearwaters and petrels) are very special birds in Smoa. They are seabirds. They find their food at sea. They nest on land, in burrows in forests.They return to the forests at night.

COP28 PRISMSS Side Event (Summary) - Restoring Island Restoring Island Resilience

Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

The Pacific Island nations of Niue and Tonga are leading global efforts to expand the management of invasive species at a large-landscape scale and increase the resilience of their ecosystems and communities to the impacts of climate change. Niue’s Environment Minister, Hon. Mona Ainuu, recently made an ambitious pledge for the country to control four priority invasive species by 2030, including Taro Vine, rats, feral pigs, and the coral eating Drupella snail. This work will help to enhance Niue’s premium ecotourism brand and directly support the provision of green jobs. Tonga has also pledged to expand the management of priority invasive species at a large-landscape scale following the successful eradication of rats from Late Island, the largest eradication ever undertaken in the Pacific Islands region. Studies have shown that, once rats are removed, the nutrients from returning seabird populations restore the climate resilience of coral reefs and increase the productivity of fish stocks by up to 50%. Tonga’s plans to scale-up the management of priority invasive species will help expand its national park system, provide refugia for 95% of the country’s biodiversity, and directly increase the climate resilience of its ecosystems and communities.

The importance of relationships in conservation action

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Moverely, D.

Pacific Region Invasive Species Management Support Services (PRISMSS)

Importance of relationships in conservation action

COP28 PRISMSS Side Event -Restoring Island Resilience

Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

The Pacific Island nations of Niue and Tonga are leading global efforts to expand the management of invasive species at a large-landscape scale and increase the resilience of their ecosystems and communities to the impacts of climate change. Niue’s Environment Minister, Hon. Mona Ainuu, recently made an ambitious pledge for the country to control four priority invasive species by 2030, including Taro Vine, rats, feral pigs, and the coral eating Drupella snail. This work will help to enhance Niue’s premium ecotourism brand and directly support the provision of green jobs. Tonga has also pledged to expand the management of priority invasive species at a large-landscape scale following the successful eradication of rats from Late Island, the largest eradication ever undertaken in the Pacific Islands region. Studies have shown that, once rats are removed, the nutrients from returning seabird populations restore the climate resilience of coral reefs and increase the productivity of fish stocks by up to 50%. Tonga’s plans to scale-up the management of priority invasive species will help expand its national park system, provide refugia for 95% of the country’s biodiversity, and directly increase the climate resilience of its ecosystems and communities.

Trans-equatorial migration links oceanic frontal habitats across the Pacific Ocean: year-round movements and foraging activity of a small gadfly petrel

Biodiversity Conservation

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Brooke, M.de L

Clay, Thomas A.

Gadfly petrels are among the widest-ranging birds and inhabit oceanic regions beyond the legislative protection of national jurisdictions (the High Seas). Detailed information on breeding phenology, at-sea distributions, and habitat requirements is crucial for understanding threats and designing conservation measures for this highly threatened group.

Freedivers harvest thousands of sea turtles a year in the Solomon Islands

Biodiversity Conservation

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Hamilton, Richard

1. Sea turtles are harvested in many small-scale fisheries (SSFs), but few nations have quantified the impacts that SSFs are having on their sea turtle stocks. This study provides the first assessment on the catch composition, national harvest rates,and long-term trends in sea turtle catches in the Solomon Islands SSFs. 2. Between October 2016 and May 2018, 10 community monitors located in eight of the nine provinces of the Solomon Islands were trained and employed to work alongside fishers in their respective communities to document, photograph, and geo-reference the reefs where sea turtles were harvested. Local ecological knowledge (LEK) surveys were then conducted with 32 experienced fishers to infer whether the harvest rates of sea turtles had changed in recent decades. 3. Community monitors recorded information on 1,132 sea turtles that were harvested on 529 fishing trips:1,119 sea turtles were identified to species level, with harvests consisting of 73.3% (n=818) green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), 25.7% hawksbill sea turtles (n=291) (Eretmochelys imbricata), and 0.9% (n=10) olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea). 4. The great majority (92.6%) of sea turtles were captured by night-time and daytime freedivers who use masks, snorkels, fins, hooks, spears, and underwater flashlights to target a wide range of fauna that inhabit coral reefs.

Meeting Report PILN 2023

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Department of Conservation (New Zealand)

Paul, U.

Secreteriat to the Pacific Region Environment Programme

This paper is a report of the Pacific Invasives Learning Network (PILN) Meeting that was held in 2023, in Apia Samoa. PILN’s mission is to empower effective invasive species management through a participant-driven network that meets priority needs, rapidly shares skills and resources, provides links to technical expertise, increases information exchange, and accelerates on-the-ground action. The Meeting objectives were to: 1. Share the state of Invasive Species management across the region, share success stories and case studies, and advance invasive species management in-country. 2. Introduce and discuss PRISMSS frameworks, systems, and tools in place to facilitate and address PICTs needs. 3. Discuss ways to invigorate future networking and collaboration between PICTs in sharing technical expertise, information, and successful management approaches.

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