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Samoa's terrestrial biodiversity consists of over 3300 terrestrial species.

Key marine ecosystems of Cook Islands include shallow lagoons with fringing reefs around high islands in the south, and atolls in the northern group with their large deep lagoons encircled by coral reef.

It is with great pleasure that I send out the Soundbites for the year of 2018. For most of us this time of the year is a mix of trying to get everything completed at work on time and planning what we are doing with our families over the up-coming festive season.

As global and national conservation policy evolves to include stronger ambition on governance issues, there is growing recognition that practice often falls far short of the standard set in policy

The landmark recommendation on PAs and poverty from the 2003 World Parks Congress (WPC) includes the principle that: “Protected areas should strive to contribute to poverty reduction at the local level, and at the very minimum must not contribute to or exacerbate poverty.

This new State Solid Waste Management Strategy (SSWMS) is formulated with the aim of enabling Yap State to establish a technically sound and financially sustainable solid waste management (SWM) system. To do so, this SSWMS consists of not only strategic elements but also a mid-term action plan of the first five years with technically, institutionally and financially appropriate options, which will propel realization of the SSWMS

With the establishment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, the Human Development Forum at Tudor Rose has expanded its publishing operation with the creation of a series of volumes entitled A Better World, each dedicated to one or more of the 17 SDGs.

Our SoE Report spans seven themes and 18 sub-topics. For example, the “Atmosphere and Climate” theme has the sub-topics of “Climate Adaptation,” “Ozone Depleting Substances and Greenhouse Gases” and “Physical Climate.”

This compendium of guidance provides details of global-level databases relevant to the implementation of the biodiversity-related conventions. It responds to the activities and key actions set out in the table in Annex II of decision XIII/24 of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Specifically, activity B. 1: “Collaboration in the management of information and knowledge and alignment in national data gathering, reporting, monitoring and indicators”.

This compendium of guidance provides details of information sources for capturing, managing, using, and sharing data, all in the context of biodiversity and ecosystem services.