This paper highlights the seriousness of the “biodiversity crisis” on atolls and the need to place greater research and conservation emphasis on atolls and other small island ecosystems. It is based on studies over the past twenty years conducted in the atolls of Tuvalu, Tokelau, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia. It stresses that atolls offer some of the greatest opportunities for integrated studies of simplified small-island ecosystems.
Maps and associated data from the Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS). A summary of the database can be found below.
The Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS) provides invaluable information for Pacific island countries and territories to manage their turtle resources. TREDS can be used to collate data from strandings, tagging, nesting, emergence and beach surveys as well as other biological data on turtles.
A collection of datasets for economic, demographic, and population metrics for the Marshall Islands derived from the World Bank DataBank interface. DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. Data are derived from a series of databases such as: World Development Indicators; Statistical Capacity Indicators, Education Statistics, Gender Statistics, Health Nutrition and Population Statistics, and others
Historic temperature and precipitation/rainfall for the Marshall Islands form the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Data Portal.
The annual and monthly average tide levels (meters) for Kwajalein based on average monthly tide levels from 1947-2020.
Ozone Depleting Substance consumption reported to the United Nations Environment Programme Ozone Secretariat from 1986-2019. Source: https://ozone.unep.org/countries/profile/mhl
Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions estimated by the Global Carbon Project 2020 for the Marshall Islands 1992-2019. Source: https://www.globalcarbonproject.org/
List of species and their conservation status for 1,746 species reviewed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Data were derived from https://www.iucnredlist.org/.
A Kobotoolbox exercise to demonstrated the data collection capabilities of the kobo suite of applications.
This is a Kobo toolbox waste collection exercise
Exercise conducted by participants of the UNEP CISPAC5 workshop
UNEP-ENHANCING CLIMATE INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE SERVICES FOR RESILIENCE TRAINING
KoboToolbox exercise