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Spillover benefits from the world’s largest fully protected MPA

Biodiversity Conservation

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Medoff, Sarah

Previous research has cast doubt on the potential for marine protected areas (MPAs) to provide refuge and fishery spillover benefits for migratory species as most MPAs are small relative to the geographic range of these species.

Evidence that spillover from Marine Protected Areas benefits the spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) fishery in southern California

Biodiversity Conservation

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Gallagher, Jordan. P

Hofmeister, Jennifoer. K. K

Lenihan, Hunter S.

Peters, Joseph. R

Reed, Daniel. C

Stier, Adrian. C

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designed to enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services. Some MPAs are also established to benefit fisheries through increased egg and larval production, or the spillover of mobile juveniles and adults

Regional Early Action Rainfall Watch : Monthly and seasonal Rainfall Watch: November 2022

SPREP Publications, Climate Science and Information

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Key atmospheric and oceanic indicators of ENSO show an established La Niña. Models indicate this La Niña event is likely to decline early in the southern summer, with a return to ENSO-neutral (neither La Niña nor El Niño) early in 2023

Conserving our Sea of Islands: State of Protected and Conserved Areas in Oceania

Biodiversity Conservation

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Protected and conserved areas are vital for safeguarding our unique biodiversity - as well as underpinning culture and livelihoods. This report is the first comprehensive regional assessment of protected and conserved areas. The biodiversity and Protected Areas Management Programme (BIOPAMA) supported the preparation pf this report.

Too Little, Too Slow - Climate Adaptation Failure Puts World at Risk : Adaptation Gap Report 2022

Climate Change Resilience

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Climate risks are increasing as global warming accelerates. Strong mitigation and adaptation are both key to avoiding hard adaptations limits.

climate change adaptation

Integrating Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management: A Practitioner's Guide

Environmental Governance, Climate Change Resilience

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Matthews, John

In all countries, economic growth comes with the loss of natural capital, our ultimate sources of wealth. Therefore, the challenge is combining growth with preserving our ecosystem to secure more prosperous Asia and the Pacific.

More than 1000 Rivers account for 80% of Global Riverine Plastic Emissions into the Ocean

Biodiversity Conservation, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Meijer, L.J.J

Plastic waste increasingly accumulates in the marine environment but data on the distribution and quantification on riverine sources required for development of effective mitigation are limited. Our model approach includes geographically distributed data on plastics waste, land use precipitation and rivers and calculates the probability for plastic waste to reach river and subsequently the ocean.

Visualisation of Climate Change Impacts to Pacific Fisheries long video without subtitles

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience

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To better inform senior policy makers and decision makers and other stakeholders, including through UNFCCC processes, the Secretariat of Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) sought the services of science illustrators/ communicators/ graphic designers to develop short visualisations highlighting the implications of climate change impacts for Pacific fisheries.

Visualisation of Climate Change Impacts to Pacific Fisheries short video with subtitles

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience

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The negative effects of ocean warming and ocean acidification on the heath and extent of living coral reefs will reduce the amount of habitat available for many coastal fish species in the Pacific Island region. Taken together, the direct and indirect effects of climate change on coastal fish species will reduce the number of fish available for food security of Pacific Island people who have traditionally depended heavily on fish for food, and the number of livelihoods that can be supported by fishing in coastal waters

Visualisation of Climate Change Impacts to Pacific Fisheries long video with subtitles

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience

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The movement of tuna in this way will have a serious impact on the economies of a number of Pacific Island Countries. Lower catches of tuna from their waters will reduce their collective income from tuna-fishing access fees by 20% by 2050 under a continued high greenhouse gas emissions scenario. This will limit the funds that these countries have to develop their health and education systems and to build necessary infrastructure like roads

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