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SPREP Country Report - Cook Islands
(South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 1980)
The fifteen Cook Islands are distinguished by being vastly separated from each other and varying greatly in terms of their population numbers and resource endowments. The necessity therefore arises in this Country Report ...
SPREP Country Reports - Australia
This report follows a check-list and suggested format set out in South Pacific Commission (SPC) Savingram NO. 52. Australia has a Federal Constitution and in responding to the SPC.check-list a distinction needs to be made ...
Island Biodiversity – Island Bright Spots in Conservation & Sustainability
(Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, 2014)
Islands are taking action to effectively conserve biodiversity and promote sustainable livelihoods. Despite significant vulnerabilities facing islands, leaders of island countries and countries with islands have made ...
State of Environment Report - American Samoa
(American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency, 2002)
The 2002 State of Environment Report is a brief ' environmental report card' on the resources of the Territory. The report is designed to provide American Samoan residents and policy makers with a foundation to build their ...
Global International Waters Assessment: South China Sea, GIWA Regional Assessment 54
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2005)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the South China Sea region, which lies in the global centre of tropical marine biodiversity and comprises nine nations: China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Yellow Sea, GIWA Regional Assessment 34
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2005)
This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Yellow Sea region and the adjacent Bohai Sea sub-system. The Yellow sea is a semi-enclosed water body bordering the Chinese mainland to the west and the Korean ...
Global Synthesis: A report from the Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans for the Marine Biodiversity Assessment and Outlook Series
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2010)
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Seas office released the Marine Biodiversity Assessment and Outlook: Global Synthesis, which provides the first systematic overview at a sub-global scale of the state of knowledge ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Sulu-Celebes (Sulawesi) Sea, GIWA Regional Assessment 56
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2005)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Sulu-Celebes (Sulawesi) Sea region, which includes some of the land and sea areas of the three nations the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. The region is situated in the ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Indonesian Seas, GIWA Regional Assessment 57
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), GEF, University of Kalmar, Sweden, 2005)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Indonesian Seas region, which comprises some 18 000 islands, is geologically and topographically diverse, and lies at the global centre of tropical marine biodiversity. The ...
Global International Waters Assessment: Humboldt Current, GIWA Regional Assessment 64
(University of Kalmar on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme, 2012)
This report presents the GIWA assessment of the Humboldt Current region, located along western South America, stretching from the Ecuadorian-Colombian border to the south of Chile. The world's largest upwelling area, ...