Proposed Project Objective: Enhanced use of data for decision making in the environment sector throughout the Pacific region. Building on the tools and momentum the Inform project established, this scaled up project will expand the user base and fill significant gaps including in situ monitoring, increased partnerships between the environment ministries and other ministries, increase use of spatial tools, and the establishment of standardise environmental standards and key indicators for key resources.
Focusing management efforts on thermal refugia may only be effective in the short-term. Promoting adaptation to higher temperatures and facilitating migration will instead be needed to secure coral reef survival.
At present in the Fiji Islands, no guidelines are available only for biological parameters for receiving water bodies commonly used for recreational activities. The ANZECC (2000) guidelines recommend the use of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Enterococci (Faecal Coliforms) as indicator organisms for fecal contamination of fresh and marine recreational water. This study compiled results for 3 biological parameters, namely, Total Coliforms (TC), E. coli and Faecal Coliforms (FC) at 3 sites in Fiji, namely; My Suva park, Wailea settlement and Centre Point.
This Shoreline Management Plan was an initiative in 2000 of the Development Review Commission (now Kosrae Island Resource Management Authority). Since the first Plan was produced, much more is now known of the potential changes that will be caused by climate change and sea level rise.
Link to the Global Biodiversity datasets for FSM, hosted on GBIF.
Provides a link to all species occurrences in the Federated States of Micronesia recorded on the GBIF website.
Official DKAN data portal user manual (comprehensive)
User guide on getting started with the Inform Data Portal
Direct link to access the source of maps and geospatial information for the Federated States of Micronesia.
The website provides a unique array of digital map products supporting a variety of environmental segments.
A direct internet link to access other FSM - related information on the WCPFC website.
This review of FSM environmental law is smaller in scope than the NEMS Review; this document can be read as a partial updating of the NEMS Review. The review was arranged and funded by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP).
The aim of IWP in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is to address the root causes of non-sustainable coastal resource use on Yap.
Climate Change Portal for the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management
This executive summary reviews and presents FSM’s climate change and disaster risk program of FSM against seven key pillars: i) policies and plans, ii) funding sources, iii) public financial management and expenditure, iv) institutions, v) human capacity, vi) gender and social inclusion, and vii) development effectiveness, and also presents it Action Plan, which provides timeframes and suggested responsibilities and partners for support, as assigned to each recommendation.
This is the final report with recommendations of the FSM Climate Change and Disaster Risk Finance Assessment as of February 2019. It provides the seven key pillars as discussed in the executive summary, with identification of number of recommendations for the government to support its direct access to international climate finances, which are discussed in detail within the report, and the Action Plan with timeframes and responsibilities and partners for support for each recommendation.