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Snapshot 2021: Coastal Protection Measures - Tonga: Assessing Impact at Intervention Level

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience

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Determining the impacts of climate change adaptation measures requires a comprehensive approach. The sounder the information about the impacts of adaptation measures, the better it is for planning future adaptation activities that focus on efforts which have the desired measurable impact.

Regional Early Action Rainfall Watch : Monthly and seasonal Rainfall Watch: October - December 2022

SPREP Publications, Climate Science and Information

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Estimates of moisture/water stress are based on recent rainfall compared with historical observations using the Percentile (Decile) Index. A division is listed once at the highest station alert within that division.

Seabirds subsidize terrestrial food webs and coral reefs in a tropical rat-invaded archipelago

Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Bugoni, Leandro

Linhares, Bruno de Andrade

Allochthonous resource fluxes mediated by organisms crossing ecosystem boundaries may be essential for supporting the structure and function of resource-limited environments, such as tropical islands and surrounding coral reefs. However, invasive species, such as black rats, thrive on tropical islands and disrupt the natural pathways of nutrient subsidies by reducing seabird colonies. Here, we used stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon to examine the role of seabirds in subsidizing the terrestrial food webs and adjacent coral reefs in the Abrolhos archipelago, southwest Atlantic Ocean.

Protecting Seagrass through Payments for Ecosystem Services: A Community Guide

Environmental Governance, Biodiversity Conservation

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Seagrasses are an important of many coastal ecosystems worldwide. They are flowering plants, or angiosperms and grow as meadows in subtidal and intertidal zone in tropical, subtropical and temperate seas.

Becoming Generation Restoration - Ecosystem Restoration for People, Nature and Climate

Environmental Governance, Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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The world is facing severe challenges. Billions of people around the world are suffering the consequences of the climate emergency, food and water insecurity and the COVID-19 pandemic. Ecosystems are an indispensable ally as we meet these challenges. Protecting them and managing their resources in a sustainable manner is essential. But just increasing the protection and sustainable management of our remaining natural landscapes and oceans will not be enough, the planet's degraded ecosystems and the huge benefits that they provide must also be restored.

State of the Climate in 2021

Climate Change Resilience

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In 2021, the dominant greenhouse gases released into Earth's atmosphere continued ti increase. The annual global average carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration was 414.7 0.1 ppm an increase of 2.6 0.1 ppm over 2020, the fifth-highest growth rate since the start if the instrumental record in 1958.

Climate Benefits from Establishing Marine Protected Areas Targeted at Blue Carbon solutions

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Jankowska, Emilia

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are recognized as highly effective tools for marine conservation. They may also play an important role in mitigating climate change. A variety of climate change solutions are rooted in the ocean, centered primarily around blue carbon, and the capacity of marine life to sequester carbon dioxide.

On the rise: Climate change in New Zealand will cause Sperm and Blue Whales to seek higher latitudes

Biodiversity Conservation

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Peters, Katharina J.

Climate impacts affect marine ecosystems worldwide with islands nations such as New Zealand being extremely vulnerable because of their socio-economic and cultural dependence on the marine and coastal environment.

Impacts of Marine Heatwaves on Tropical Western and Central Pacific Island Nations and their Communities

Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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Holbrook, Neil J.

Marine heatwaves can have devastating impacts on marine and habitats, often with flow-on effects to human communities and livelihoods. This is particular importance to Pacific Islands countries that rely heavily on coastal can ocean resources and for which projected to increase in future marine heatwave (MHW) frequency intensity and duration could be determental across the Pacific Island region.

SRWMA/JPRISM II Waste Oil Collection & Storage Pilot Project Implementation Report Phase I

Waste Management and Pollution Control

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This report shows the collection amount of waste oil collected by the Samoa Recycling & Waste Management Association in collaboration with JPRISM II from August to September 2021. It identified issues at the collection stage, weighing stage, the SWOMP facility layout, and what needs to be improved before Phase 2 begins. It also touches upon the cost analysis and revision of collection fees to help SRWMA with their finances.

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