This guide assists PICs to build on existing laws and institutions to protect their environments, economies and societies from plastic pollution, improve waste management and recovery, and find alternative and practical solutions to avoidable plastic use.
The action plan sets out the policy context and key actions to minimize marine litter across the Pacific islands countries and territories.
a direct internet link to the CBD Coral Reefs Biodiversity Portal
A booklet that presents the Actions aim to support the management of coral reefs and associated ecosystems.
A direct internet link to the NOAA Coral Reef Watch website
a mapping representation of active and passive continental margins, oceanic plate boundaries and mid ocean spreading ridges
documentation pertaining to the sources in which each info on the database were harvested from.
statistical records as of 2014 on the distribution of seamount. Accordingly, there are more seamounts in the Pacific Ocean than in the Atlantic, and their distribution can be described as comprising several elongate chains of seamounts superimposed on a more or less random background distribution (Craig and Sandwell)
direct internet link into Seamount information on the Blue Habitat portal
An overview of the purpose and how Aqua Maps work.
Direct internet link to the AquaMaps Online Portal.
Direct link to multilateral environmental agreements information on the InforMEA portal related to the Pacific region.
A series of free online courses related to different environmental thematic areas:
1. Biological Diversity
2. Chemicals and Waste
3. Climate, Atmosphere and Land
4. International Environmental Governance
5. Oceans and Freshwater
Users can freely participate on any course and receive certificates upon completion of each course syllabus.
Watch this YouTube video to learn more about the InforMEA platform.
The inventory of GOA-ON assets can be searched interactively by region, platform type, and variables by using the Filters tool. The mapping layers contain contoured world-wide data; **Platforms** include icons for various observing assets, some of which display real-time data and many of which include links to data and metadata. For a given asset measuring carbonate chemistry, metadata includes information on which parameters are measured, links to data providers, and other useful details.
These guidelines detail the process, timeline, and steps taken to complete a State of Environment Report.
This is a template that can be used when creating a State of Environment report, and sections can be added or adapted to fit a country’s needs.
This new set of 60 indicator icons can be used in a State of Environment report to indicate the status of environmental issues and progress in a country.