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 global seafloor geomorphic features map has been created through collaboration between Geoscience Australia, GRID-Arendal and Conservation International.
A presentation on what's in and what's not; using the new global seafloor geomorphic map to examine the representatives of global marine protected areas
A scientific paper published in Marine Geology, that gives a detailed description of the global geomorphic features map
a mapping representation of active and passive continental margins, oceanic plate boundaries and mid ocean spreading ridges
Coral reef biodiversity community based assessment and conservation planning in the Marshall Islands: baseline surveys, capacity building and natural protection and management of coral reefs of Rongelap Atoll. 2002
direct link to all the latest articles and news on birds from the Pacific region
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.
Recent corals of the Marshall Islands. Bikini and Nearby Atolls, Part 2, Oceanography 1954
Bikini Atoll coral biodiversity resilience five decades after nuclear testing 2008
The assessment is structured in two related parts:
1. State, pressures and threats.
2. Response.
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.
Bikini Atoll Nomination for Inscription of the World Heritage List 2010.
SPREPs recommended template for individual indicators in national SoE reports. The full SoE template will be updated in the coming months.