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Pacific Environment Databases and Recommended Internet Resources
Contents
Dictionaries,
encyclopedias and general reference materials
Country information
Global environment databases and resource
centres
Pacific environment databases and
resource centres
Pacific
environment conventions, treaties and legislation
Pacific environment - topics
- - - Biodiversity
- - - Climate change
- - - Freshwater and coastal fisheries
- - - Invasive species
- - - Marine species
- - - Natural resources
- - - Pollution and waste management
International
organisations and selected Pacific regional organisations
Gateway
to online journals and selected titles
Selected periodicals
available via OARE [Online Access to Research in the Environment]
International
media and newspapers [environment pages]
Pacific
Libraries
Environment
awareness - some fun sites selected by SPREP staff
Dictionaries, encyclopedias and general reference materials
Altapedia Online
Atlapedia Online contains full colour physical and political maps as
well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
Bartleby.com
Outstanding free collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries and reference
sources.
Encarta online
Excellent online encyclopedia. This online version of Microsoft's encyclopedia
contains search engines and browsable indexes to help users learn
and perform online research. Research tools include the encyclopedia,
a dictionary, and an atlas.
The Encyclopedia of Life [new
website]
"Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the
Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key
information
about life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Our
goal is to create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on
the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike.
To transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of
scientists, by aggregating all known data about every living species.
And ultimately, to increase our collective understanding of life on
Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity.
* We intend to make key components of the Encyclopedia available
to the general public starting some time in 2008. As a ballpark estimate,
we believe that we can produce the full encyclopedia in about 10 years."
Encyclopedia of Life support Systems
A multidisciplinary encyclopedia incorporating 16 separate encyclopedias
(over 200 volumes) examining natural environmental systems as well
as ancillary social systems required to foster societal harmony,
safety, nutrition, medical care, economic standards, and the development
of new technology. Excellent online resource for science students,
environmental and international law. Note - this encyclopedia is
freely available to educational institutions in Kiribati, Samoa,
Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
Enviropedia
UK online encyclopedia of the environment. Detailed entries in the
areas of acid rain, air quality, climate change, global warming,
ozone, air pollution, weather & climate, and sustainability. Also
includes
a
kids section.
Internet Public Library
Includes directories of online texts, newspapers, magazines, reference
materials; plus special sections for youth and teens. The comprehensive
reference section includes almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias,
and news coverage.
Intute
"
Intute is a free online service providing you with access to the very
best Web resources for education and research. The service is created
by a network of UK universities and partners. Subject specialists select
and evaluate the websites in our database and write high quality descriptions
of the resources." Subject areas include science and technology,
arts and humanities, social sciences, and health and life sciences.
Searchable or browsable by subject.
Libraryspot
A free virtual library resource. "We created LibrarySpot.com to break
through the information overload of the Web and bring the best library
and reference sites together
with insightful editorial in one user-friendly spot. Sites featured
on LibrarySpot.com are hand-selected and reviewed by our editorial
team for their exceptional quality, content and utility."
One World Organisation
Progressive international resource network examining global issues
such as war, human rights, poverty, and other global social and environmental
concerns. Gateway to many interesting and challenging articles. Includes
keyword searchable archive by topic or country. Recommended.
Refdesk.com
A useful collection of reference materials including dictionaries,
encyclopedias, atlases etc.
Third World Network
Excellent site giving access to materials on a range of topics and
issues facing developing countries including trade, human rights,
the environment, biodiversity, indigenous knowledge, conflict, and
gender issues.
Wikipedia
Open access encyclopedia that is written, updated and edited by its
users. Has strengths (the number of entries and diversity of coverage
as well as currency) and weaknesses (doubts remain over the level
of scholarship of some entries).
BBC
News World edition: Country Profiles
Country Profiles provide an "instant guide" to news, history,
politics, event timelines, and economic background of world countries.
Presents country overviews, basic facts, Web links, and details on
leaders and media. Includes news stories and audio and video clips
from the BBC archives.
Environment
statistics - country snapshots
Compiled and maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division, 'Country
Snapshots' provide a selection of national environment statistics, complemented
by key economic
and
social indicators.
Environment
Vulnerability Index: Country Profiles
Developed and maintained by SOPAC, the EVI Country Profiles include
a detailed analysis and data set for the environmental vulnerability
of selected countries of the Pacific.
FAO Country Profiles [SIDS]
Includes FAO Forestry Dept. country profiles.
FAO Forestry Department Country Profiles
FAO
Gateway to Land and Water Information
Includes country reports for Fiji, Kiribati and Samoa
Global Environment
Facility [GEF] Country Pages
These country pages are developed and managed by GEF Focal Points themselves.
They provide a workspace for Focal Points to share relevant documents,
projects,
and experiences, as well as contact information.
Maps of Oceania
Excellent collection of maps of the Pacific Islands.
Pacific Almanac
It seeks to provide you with the most recent available data and statistics, contacts
and summaries of recent developments from islands in the Pacific region. Published
by Pacific magazine. Excellent reference resource.
Pacific Environment
Information Network [PEIN] Country Profiles Directory
Compiled by the SPREP IRC and Library, the Pacific Environment Information
Network [PEIN] Country Profiles Directory is a browsable directory of
national environment reports for the countries of the Pacific Islands.
The intention of the PEIN Country Profiles Directory is to provide a
browsable access point for the range of country documents produced under
the various environment regimes in effect in the Pacific
Pacific
government websites
American Samoa - Department
of Marine and Wildlife
Cook Islands - Environment
Service ; Ministry
of Marine Resources
Federated States of Micronesia -Biodiversity Clearinghouse
Fiji
French Polynesia - Delegation
a l'Environnement
Guam Environmental Protection
Agency
Kiribati - Ministry of Environment,
Lands and Agriculture - Environment
and Conservation Division
Marshall Islands - Biodiversity Clearinghouse; Office
of Environmental Planning and Policy Coordination (OEPPC)
New Caledonia
Niue
Palau; Palau
Biodiversity Clearinghouse
Papua New Guinea
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Samoa - Ministry
of Natural Resources and Environment
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu - Dept.
of Environment
Vanuatu - Environment
Unit
Wallis and Futuna Environment
Service
Pacific Regional Information System
(PRISM)
Developed by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, PRISM is a regional
clearinghouse for socio-economic statistical information on the countries
of the South Pacific.
SOPAC
Country Profiles
Environment profiles for the countries of the pacific compiled by
the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC).
Sustainable
development: country profiles
National information includes information submitted biennially in national
reports by member States to the Commission on Sustainable Development.
Also included are 2002 Country Profiles and 2002 National Assessment
Reports prepared for the Johannesburg World Summit, as well as 1997 Country
Profiles prepared for the Five-Year Review of the Earth Summit.
UNDP National Capacity Self
Assessment website
The National Capacity Self-Assessment (NCSA) is funded by the Global
Environmental Facility (GEF) and is aimed at assisting countries to assess
their priority national capacity for Multilateral Environmental Agreements
(MEAs). These MEAs include the United Nations Framework Convention for
Climate Change (UNFCCC), United Nations Convention for Biodiversity (UNCBD),
and United Nations Convention to Combat Land Degradation (UNCCD). Website
Includes a range of reports and useful documentation including country
self assessments and thematic profiles.
UNEP Islands Website
Access to information on islands and small island developing States
(SIDS)
especially from within the United Nations system.
World
Bank - countries page
Detailed information about the countries of the world - facts and figures
and heaps of useful resource materials .
see also World Bank - Pacific Country Summaries and Statistics
The
World Factbook [CIA's Country Profiles]
Very up to date profiles of all countries including detailed and accurate
coverage of government and legal systems, politics and economy. The
Appendices also list world organisations including membership details.
Highly recommended for its detail and accuracy.
Global environment databases and resource centres
AGORA: Access to Global
Research in Agriculture
The AGORA program, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries
to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields
of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences.
AGORA provides a collection of 1132 journals to institutions in 107 countries.
Alliance for Zero Extinction
(AZE)
The Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE), a global initiative of biodiversity
conservation organizations, aims to prevent extinctions by identifying
and safeguarding key sites where species are in imminent danger of disappearing.
Database can be searched by country and species name.
The Aquatic Commons
The Aquatic Commons is a thematic digital repository covering the natural
marine, estuarine /brackish and fresh water environments . It includes
all aspects of the science, technology, management and conservation
of these environments, their organisms and resources, and the economic,
sociological and legal aspects.
Aquatic
Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA)
The overall objective of the ASFA Partnership is to disseminate information
on aquatic sciences and fisheries to the world community, bearing in
mind the special interests of developing countries in this field. Aquatic
Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA) is an International Cooperative
Information System which comprises an abstracting and indexing service
covering the world's literature on the science, technology, management,
and conservation of marine, brackish water, and freshwater resources
and environments, including their socio-economic and legal aspects.
AVANO: a marine and aquatic
sciences OAI harvester
offers an access to 111935 electronic resources about the marine and
aquatic sciences (aquaculture and fisheries for instance, but also geosciences,
biology, ecology...). These ressources available in Avano comes from
the OAI harvesting of 194 Open Archives and 4 commercial editors.
BioNet
Resource Centre
A range of useful
biodiversity related information including contributions from the Pacific 'Loop'
of BioNet.
CABI
CABI is a not for profit organization, specialising in scientific publishing,
research and communication. Publishes a wide range of subscription only
databases and resource materials. Of particular note are the following
compendia
to
which SPREP
has IP recognition access:
- Animal Health and Production
Compendium
- Aquaculture Compendium
- Crop Protection Compendium
- Forestry Compendium
- soon to be able available - Invasive
Species Compendium
Cephbase
CephBase provides taxonomic data, distribution, images, videos, predator
and prey data, size, references and scientific contact information
for all living species of cephalopods (octopus, squid, cuttlefish and
nautilus). Can be browsed by location.
CITES Trade Database
The CITES Trade Database, managed by UNEP-WCMC on behalf of the CITES Secretariat,
is a unique resource and currently holds 7 million records of trade in wildlife
and c. 50 000 scientific names of taxa listed by CITES. More than 500 000 records
of trade in CITES-listed species of wildlife are reported annually.
CMARIS: Conservation Maps and Resources
information System
Conservation Maps and Resource Information System (CMARIS) is devoted
to the collection, organization, storage, retrieval and dissemination
of information on conservation resources in GIS format and relational
databases of non-geocoded data and information. Foucs is on Malaysia,
Indonesia and the Philippines.
Conservation Commons
[IUCN]
The Conservation Commons is the expression of a cooperative effort of
non-governmental organizations, international and multi-lateral organizations,
governments, academia, and the private sector, to improve open access
to and unrestricted use of, data, information and knowledge related to
the conservation of biodiversity with the belief that this will contribute
to improving conservation outcomes. At its simplest, it encourages organizations
and individuals alike to ensure open access to data, information, expertise
and knowledge related to the conservation of biodiversity. Search
the Conservation Commons
Conservation
International's Biodiversity Hotspots Species Database
The biodiversity 'hotspots' hold especially high numbers of endemic species,
yet their combined area of remaining habitat covers only 2.3 percent
of the Earth's land surface. Each hotspot faces extreme threats and has
already lost at least 70 percent of its original natural vegetation.
Over 50 percent of the world’s plant species and 42 percent of
all terrestrial vertebrate species are endemic to the 34 biodiversity
hotspots. Browsable by species and country / region incl. Melaneisa,
Polynesia & Micronesia.
Conservation International
Marine Portal
Promoting the alignment and dissemination of critical marine information
to the global community with the goals of engaging and unifying international
marine stakeholders though knowledge sharing and information exchange.
Conserve Online
conservation science and practice. We encourage you to browse the public
library and add your own documents, participate in the discussions,
and create your own workspaces -- a small, easy-to-use website where
you can describe the problems you are working on, solicit feedback,
find experts, announce events, and so on.
The Nature Conservancy created and maintains ConserveOnline in collaboration with many partners. ConserveOnline is intended to help improve the practice of conservation across organizations and national boundaries. Includes access to full text publications and resources. see Pacific publications
Coral
reefs
This comprehensive, media-rich site features videos and podcasts, reports
and forums, educational materials and more to explain and highlight the
state of the world’s coral reefs. Published by the World Ocean
Observatory.
Earth Trends
EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World
Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and
economic trends that shape our world. Includes country profiles for
Pacific Island countries across a range of topics.
Fishbase
FishBase is the world’s premier information system on the world’s
fishes, with detailed information on almost all of the known world
fish species (28,000 species representing 96% of known species). Searchable
by country and species.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility
(GBIF)
GBIF is an international organisation whose mission is to make biodiversity data
freely and openly available via the internet. The new GBIF
Data Portal is an Internet gateway to more than 130 million data records
provided by 200+ institutions scattered over 30+ countries around the world.
All of these data (with more to come) can be accessed all at once on the GBIF
Data Portal.
Using GBIF's new search engine, you can find where on the globe a species can be found, or get a list of species in your country or your back yard. The data retrieved can be instantly plotted on Google Earth.
The Data Portal is also a sophisticated tool for users to incorporate biodiversity data into their own websites, or download datasets for ecological studies. - see http://data.gbif.org
Global Environment Facility
Country Support Programme (CSP) Knowledge Facility for GEF Focal
Points.
The primary purpose of this website is to provide GEF Focal Points
and other GEF stakeholders with information and tools that will assist
them in supporting their countries to respond to global environmental
challenges, including obligations under the global conventions. This
site has been developed in direct response to Focal Points needs and
requests, and offers a platform to share information and experiences
among GEF stakeholders from all regions, and between the GEF agencies
and national Focal Points. see Global
Environment Facility: Country Support Programme - GEF Focal points
in the Pacific
Global Invasive Species
Database
The Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) aims to increase awareness about
invasive alien species and to facilitate effective prevention and management
activities. It is managed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of
the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN-World Conservation Union. The Global
Invasive Species Database focuses on invasive alien species that threaten native
biodiversity and covers all taxonomic groups from micro-organisms to animals
and plants in all ecosystems.
Global Invasive Species Programme
The Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) was founded in 1997 as
a small, mainly voluntary partnership programme, by three international
organizations: IUCN - The World Conservation Union, CAB International,
and the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE).
In early 2005, GISP was constituted as a legal entity with Founding
Members IUCN, CAB International, The Nature Conservancy, and the South
African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). The GISP Secretariat
was established in 2003 at Kirstenbosch to facilitate and coordinate
the implementation of the Global Strategy on Invasive
Alien Species. Website includes access to full text publications and
GISP
News.
Global Observings Systems Information
Center [GOSIC]
GOSIC provides access to data, metadata and information, and overviews
of the structure and programs for the Global Climate Observing System
(GCOS), the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), and the Global Terrestrial
Observing System (GTOS).
Global Register for
Migratory Species (GROMS)
GROMS draws on data from several information systems,including CHM,
GBIF, Species 2000 (especially "Fishbase"),
IUCN / SSC (2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species), UNEP-WCMC, BCIS,
Wetlands International and the African Mammal Database (AMD). The
database provides information about migratory species, GIS maps, population
data and a bibliography.
GreenFile [EBCSO]
A bibliographic
database of information about environmental concerns. This database
is being made freely available at www.greeninfoonline.com. GreenFILE
indexes scholarly and general interest titles, as well as government
documents and reports. This resource offers a unique perspective on
the positive and negative ways humans affect the environment. Drawing
on the connection between the environment and disciplines such as agriculture,
education, law, health and technology, GreenFILE serves as an informative
resource for anyone concerned about the issues facing our planet. The
database contains nearly 300,000 records, full text for selected titles
and searchable cited references for more than 200 titles as well.
Greenpeace:
Online reports and documents library
Excellent collection of downloadable reports. Can be browsed by subject
area.
International
Legal Instruments Relevant to Fisheries and Fishing Communities
'International Legal Instruments Relevant to Fisheries and Fishing Communities'
- website provides detailed information for a wide range of instruments relevant
to fisheries and fishworkers. It covers 124 legal instruments, categorized into
following seven themes: Human Rights, Food Security, Women and Development, Environment
and Sustainable Development, Oceans and Fisheries Management, Environmental
Pollution, Fishing Vessels and Safety at Sea, Labour and Trade. Excellent
resouce site with very useful summaries of the major environment regimes.
IISD Linkages: a multimedia resource
for environment and development policymakers
The International Institute for Sustainable Development – Reporting
Services Division – provides a variety of multimedia informational
resources for environment and sustainable development policymakers, including
daily coverage of international negotiations, analyses and photos. As
the publisher of the Earth Negotiations
Bulletin, IISD RS is recognized
for its objectivity and issue expertise in the field of international
environment and sustainable development policy. The various products
provided by IISD RS make it an essential source of information for government
officials, policy and decision makers, UN staff, non-governmental organizations,
intergovernmental organizations, business, industry and academia.
IUCN
[World Conservation Union] Library and Resources
The IUCN library is a unique repository of publications, periodicals,
scientific and technical reports prepared by IUCN, its Regional and Country
Offices, Commissions and partners. The Library website hosts access
to a number of excellent environment databases including:
IUCN Environmental
Law Centre
The ELC-libraries collection, based in the IUCN Environmental Law Centre
in Bonn, hosts one of the world's largest and most comprehensive
collections of environmental law and literature. It covers the entire
spectrum of issues related to environmental conservation: from soil
pollution to genetic resources, from water quality to waste management.
IUCN, through the Environmental Law Centre, has pioneered the digitalization
of its huge information resources since the late sixties.
ECOLEX: a gateway to environmental
law
ECOLEX is an information service on environmental law, operated jointly
by FAO, IUCN and UNEP. Its purpose is to build capacity worldwide
by providing the most comprehensive as possible global source of
information on environmental law. This unique resource, which combines
the environmental law information holdings of FAO, IUCN and UNEP,
seeks to put this information at the
disposal of users worldwide, in an easily accessible service, employing
modern technology. The ECOLEX database includes information on treaties,
international soft-law and other non-binding policy and technical
guidance documents,
national legislation, judicial decisions, and law and policy literature.
Users have direct access to the abstracts and indexing information
about each document, as well as to the full text of most of the information
provided.
The Biodiversity
Economics Library
This library is devoted to the economics of biodiversity. The site
is sponsored by IUCN and WWF and aims to promote economic approaches
to the conservation of nature by providing access to key documents,
a calendar of events, and a database of practitioners around the
world.
The Protected
Areas Database
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) provides the most comprehensive
dataset on protected areas worldwide and is managed by UNEP-WCMC
in partnership with the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas
(WCPA) and the World Database on Protected Areas Consortium. The
WDPA is a fully relational database containing information on the
status, environment and management of individual protected areas.
MPA Global: a database
of the world's Marine Protected Areas
This website publishes the world's first explicitly marine-focused
database of the world's protected areas that have some intertidal
and/or subtidal component. It is currently based largely on information
in the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) Version 6.1. The
aims of this database are to: provide information that has not, to
date, been readily available;
attract feedback to further improve the quality and breadth of information
available.
IUCN's Species Survival Commission Species Information Service (SIS)
Through its volunteer membership of 7,000 species conservation experts,
IUCN's Species Survival Commission (SSC) holds what is probably the
world's most complete body of information on the status and distribution
of species threatened with extinction. Although abundant, the data
and information contained within the SSC network is widely dispersed
and sometimes difficult to access. The Species Information Service
is being developed as SSC's data management initiative to address this
problem.
IUCN Red Data List tof Threatened
Species
IUCN - The World Conservation Union, through its Species Survival Commission
(SSC) has for more than four decades been assessing the conservation
status of species, subspecies, varieties and even selected subpopulations
on a global scale in order to highlight taxa threatened with extinction,
and therefore promote their conservation. The taxa assessed for the IUCN
Red List are the bearers of genetic diversity and the building blocks
of ecosystems, and information on their conservation
status and distribution provides the foundation for making informed decisions
about conserving biodiversity from local to global levels.
Marine
Debris Program
Developed by NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
in the USA, the site is designed to help identify, reduce, and prevent
debris in the marine environment. The section on resources addresses
four key target groups (beachgoers, fishers, boat/marina owners, and
students/educators) and provides good information on what to do and what
not to do. The resources
section in Marine Debris 101 is particulalry useful i includes factsheets,
posters and guidebooks.
Millennium Development
Goals - Free database based on U.N. statistics now available
The MDG Dashboard presents the Millennium Development Goals indicators in a highly
communicative format (see e.g. the gender equality World map below) aimed at
decision-makers and citizens interested in the Millennium Development Goals and
Sustainable Development. This free database provides 60 MDG indicators for ca.
200 countries and 15 years (1990-2005) based on original United Nations statistics
(updated in July 2007). The developers of this tool, IISD and the European Commission's
Joint Research Centre, JRC, hope that these indicators will contribute to an
informed debate following the MDG+5 High Level Event, the so-called Millennium
Review Summit. ..view website and
download MDG Dashboard
Millenium
Ecosystem Assessment
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment assessed the consequences of ecosystem
change for human well-being. From 2001 to 2005, the MA involved the work
of more than 1,360 experts worldwide. Their findings provide a state-of-the-art
scientific appraisal of the condition and trends in the world’s
ecosystems and the services they provide, as well as the scientific basis
for action to conserve and use them sustainably.
Mongabay.com
Mongabay.com seeks to promote interest in and appreciation of wildlands
and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging local and global
trends in technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development.
Includes very useful Country
information and rainrorest resource profiles for the Pacific
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration [NOAA] Library
Includes access to a range of databases and virtual libraries.
National Oceanographic Data Center
The National Oceanographic Data Center is a national repository and
dissemination facility for global oceanographic data which acquires
and preserves a historical record of the Earth's changing environment
to be used for operational applications and ocean climate research.
see also Pacific Region
Ocean Data & Information Portal
OARE: Online Access to Research
in the Environment
Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international
public-private consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP), Yale University, and leading science and technology
publishers enables developing countries to gain access to one of the
world’s largest collections of environmental science research.
Access to indices, encyclopedias and more than 1,300
leading environment journals. *SPREP staff only - contact library staff
for login password and ID.
Ocean Biogeographic Information System
Explore data on locations of marine animals and plants. 13.1 million
records of 79000 species from 206 databases.
OceanPortal
OceanPortal is a high-level directory of Ocean Data and Information
related web sites.
Onefish
A fishery projects portal and participatory resource gateway for the
fisheries and aquatic research and development sector.
Online Access to
Research in the Environment [OARE]
Pacific
Islands Regional Ocean Policy website [SPC]
Includes access to full text documents and working papers on critical
environmental issues.
Poverty and Conservation
Learning Group
The goal of the Learning Group is thus to facilitate learning on conservation-poverty
linkages between and within different communities of interest. The Learning
Group will fulfil two major - but different - functions: promoting good
practice through information provision and dissemination via an open
access website & influencing policy change through provision of a programme
of 'learning activities' to organisations actively working on conservation-poverty
linkage. Includes access to a range of full text documents and links
to databases.
The Ramsar Library
The Ramsar Library is a Web collection of reprints of the physical
publications of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. Includes Technical
Reports, toolkits and manuals, and official RAMSAR publications.
Reefbase
ReefBase is the central database of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network,
and is developed and maintained by The WorldFish Center. ReefBase provides
data and
information on the location, status, threats, and management of coral reefs
in over 100 countries and territories.
UNEP Maps and Graphics Library
This service is an on-going project to collect and catalogue all graphic
products that have been prepared for publications and web-sites from
the last 15 years in a wide range of themes related to environment
and sustainable development.
UNDP Protected Areas website
Resource rich site supporting the programme of establishing Protected
Areas under the Convention
on Biological Diversity. See in particular Documents
and guidebooks.
UNEP Ozone Secretariat
Rich source of resources about the ozone layer and compliance with
the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
(1987) including ratification
status and country
data.
UNEP Infoterra databases
INFOTERRA is the global environmental information exchange network of the United
Nations Environment Programme.
UNEP Species
Database
UNEP-WCMC's Species Database includes data on 74572 animals and 88761 plants
of conservation interest as well as 94071 sub-species, stocks or synonyms.
UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre
An internationally recognised Centre of Excellence for the synthesis, analysis
and dissemination of global biodiversity knowledge, providing authoritative,
strategic and timely information for conventions, countries, organizations
and companies to use in the development and implementation of their policies
and decisions.
World Data Centre
for Meteorology
World Data Center(WDC) for Meteorology is one component of
a global network of discipline subcenters that facilitate international
exchange of scientific data. Includes access to a range of climate and
meteorology data sets.
World Database on Protected
Areas
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is compiled from multiple
sources and is the most comprehensive global dataset on marine and terrestrial
protected areas available. It is a joint venture of UNEP and IUCN, produced
by UNEP-WCMC and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN-WCPA)
working with governments and collaborating NGOs. The WDPA stores key
information about protected areas such as name, designation or convention,
total area (including marine area), date
of establishment, legal status and IUCN Protected Areas Management
Category. It also stores the spatial boundary and/or location (where
available) for each protected area in a Geographical Information System
(GIS). The online WDPA allows users to search by protected area name,
country, and international programme or convention.
World Ocean Observatory
A place of exchange for ocean information, education and public discourse
about the future of the ocean and its implication for human survival.
Incorporating THE CULTURAL
OCEAN, a survey of maritime arts, cultural
manifestations and research tools; THE
PHYSICAL OCEAN, the UN Atlas
of the Oceans, UNESCO Ocean Portal, NOAA, NASA, Census of Marine Life,
climate, and other useful sites; THE
WORLD OCEAN DIRECTORY, an indexed
network of more than 18,500 organizations worldwide with ocean interests;
THE WORLD OCEAN FORUM,
a digest of breaking news, monthly letter, publications, exhibits,
and media; FORUM
EVENTS include dynamic, media-rich sites
on critical ocean topics such as Ocean Acidification and Cities and
Oceans; and THE WORLD OCEAN
CLASSROOM, an inventory of curricula, portraits
of ocean exemplars and schools, and listings of on-line educational
resources for global distribution.
Pacific environment databases and resource centres
Asia-Pacific Data Research
Centre
The APDRC is building towards a vision of one-stop shopping of climate
data incl. the following climate related datasets: atmospheric, oceanic,
air-sea flux, and terrestrial.
Biodiversity Clearinghouse Mechanism websites:
Marshall Islands, Palau
Biodiversité de la Nouvelle-Calédonie
Biodiversité marine de la polynésie
française
Le site est une base de données regroupant les informations taxonomiques
existantes sur les organismes végétaux et animaux rencontrés
en mer. Cependant, pour certains groupes, quand cela a été possible,
la liste a été élargie, aux organismes vivant en
eau douce (une précision sera alors ajoutée).
Birdlife
- Pacific
Part of BirdLife International's website, this page provides ornitholigical
information about the Pacific.
Conservation International
Melanesia web portal
Includes a number of downloadable publications and environment profiles.
Conservation Society of Pohnpei
"The Conservation Society of Pohnpei was founded in 1999 by a group
of local individuals concerned with the need to preserve Pohnpei’s
natural heritage while encouraging sustainable development. Over
the past eight years we have grown to become one of the region’s
premier conservation groups, leading the way in Pohnpei’s environmental
movement through our myriad of partnership work with local communities,
government agencies and organizations. We strive to mobilize community
participation in resource management, promote conservation policies
and laws, and develop successful alternatives to resource exploitation."Website
iIncludes information about projects plus access to marine and terrestrial
factsheets and results from Rapid Ecological Surveys.
Cook Islands Biodiversity
and Natural heritage website
The biodiversity database lists around 4,200 species (Jan 2007), which
includes most of the species known to experts and recorded in publications. Includes
images, sound and video.
Coral Reef Initiatives for the
Pacific [CRISP]
The Initiative aims to:
- combine cross-cutting networking activities, local field projects and conservation and economic development objectives;- combine research, management and development;
- combine the contributions of different scientific disciplines, including biology, ecology, geography, economics, sociology, law and anthropology;
- be active in all areas - land and marine—that have a bearing on the reefs, including watershed management and land tenure arrangements;
- avoid creating a new structure but, instead, make financial resources available to already active partners who indicate an interest in developing and consolidating their activities in a spirit of regional cooperation.
Digital Micronesia
In-depth and authoratitive information about Micronesia - includes
fuill text documents and protographs of environment.
Endemia: Faune & flore de Nouvelle-Caledonie
Le site ENDEMIA est consacré à la flore et à la
faune endémiques et autochtones de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Son objectif est de faire connaître toute l'étendue et
la spécificité de notre biodiversité, notamment
son caractère relique et fragile.
Ensemble pour la planète [Nouvelle-Caledonie]
Ensemble pour la Planète est une association de type loi 1901
constituée d’autres associations mais aussi de simples
citoyens désireux d’agir pour la sauvegarde de notre environnement.
Environmental Vulnerability
Index
A vulnerability index for the natural environment, the basis of all human welfare,
has been developed by the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC),
the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and their partners. The index
was developed through consultation and collaboration with countries, institutions
and experts across the globe. This index is designed to be used with economic
and social vulnerability indices to provide insights into the processes that
can negatively influence the sustainable development of countries. Includes Country
Profiles for most Pacific island countries.
Epinup Community Mangrove Conservation Project [FSM]
FAO Pacific website
Includes access to publications
Foret seche [Nouvelle-Caledonie]
Global Environment Facility: Country Support Programme - GEF Focal points in the Pacific
Hawaiin Ecosystems at Risk project
[HEAR]: invasive species information for Hawaii and the Pacific
The mission of the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) is to provide
technology, methods, and information to--and to facilitate communication
among--decision-makers, resource managers, and the general public to
help support effective science-based management of harmful non-native
species in Hawaii and the Pacific.
IRD. L'Institute de Recherche pour le
Developpement
A pour mission de developper des projets scientifiques centres sur les
relations entre l'homme et son environnement dans la zone intertropicale.
IRD dans
le Pacifique
Une dizaine d'unités de recherche et de service coopèrent à partir
de Nouméa avec plusieurs pays de la zone Pacifique (Australie,
Nouvelle-Zélande , Hawaii, Japon, Fidji, Vanuatu, Tonga, Salomon,
Wallis et Futuna, etc) et ce, en collaboration avec les services nationaux
(Mines et Ressources en Eau, Agriculture et Forêt, Géologie),
les universités (Universités d'Hawaii, University of the
South Pacific, etc) ou les organismes de recherche (SOPAC, CSIRO, AGSO,
IGNS, NIWA, etc).
Island Climate Update
An overview of the present climate in the tropical South Pacific Islands,
with an outlook for the coming months, to assist in dissemination of
climate information in the Pacific region. Include temperature and rainfall
data.
The Locally-Managed Marine Area
[LMMA] Network
We are a group of marine conservation practitioners working in Asia and
the Pacific who have joined together to increase the success of our efforts.
Our website is designed to provide information, lessons and stories from
communities that are using a locally-managed marine area approach
in the management and conservation of their marine resources.
Live and
Learn Environmental & Development Education: Resource Library
A number of fact sheets, lesson plans, teacher manuals and other useful
resources available to be downloaded.
Mariana Islands Nature Alliance
The Marine Laboratory [Univ.
of Guam]
The Marine Laboratory serves the greater Micronesian region, including
the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
the Federated
States
of Micronesia (Yap, Chuuk, Kosrae and Pohnpei), the Republic of Palau
and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The lab's mission is
to perform basic and applied research on the biology of tropical marine
organisms, emphasising conservation and management of coastal marine
resources and to provide community service through environmental assessments,
technical reports and educational materials. Includes access to many
full text publications.
Marshall Islands Conservation Society [MICS]
Micronesia Conservation Trust [MCT]
Micronesians in Island
Conservation [MIC]
The purpose of MIC is to strengthen the collaborative, organizational, technical,
and policy skills of leaders and organizations so that, together with communities,
they can advance the conservation and management of important natural areas in
Micronesia. Site includes a blog of latest news and developments.
Moana
Database of Pacific Marine Resources
Maintained by the University of the South Pacific, the Moana database
includes many documents freely available in full text.
National Park of American
Samoa website
Excellent resource site for both terrestrial and marine biodiversity
of American Samoa.
The Nature
Conservancy in Asia Pacific
Includes details of project work and developments in Federated States
of Micronesia,
Palau,
Papua New Guinea and
Solomon Islands.
NRAS - Conservation: Natural
Resources Assessments Surveys
NRAS - Conservation is an NGO dedicated to the conservation of tropical
marine ecosystems in the Pacific. Includes access to full text documents.
Pacific Basin Information Node [PBIN]
The Pacific Basin Information Node (PBIN) is a gateway to natural resource
data and information pertaining to the Pacific Basin region.
Pacific Biodiversity
Information Forum [PBIF]: Databases
- General Taxonomy Search (In conjunction with Bishop Museum)
- Papua New Guinea Herpetofauna Database (With Bishop Museum)
- ISSG's Global Invasive Species Database
- Cook Islands Natural Heritage database (Cook Islands Natural History
Programme)
- Volunteer Task Management Database (Pacific Islands Roundtable)
- Pacific Protected Areas Database (Pacific Islands Roundtable)
- see also A
General Biodiversity Bibliography for Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia
Pacific
Biological Survey
Part of the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, the Pacific Biological Survey is
engaged in research and publication in biodiversity throughout the Pacific
basin.
Pacific
Environment Information Network [PEIN]
The PEIN Library collection includes materials located in the SPREP Library & IRC
[SLIC] plus documents drawn from a network of environment libraries throughout
the Pacific. The collection includes many documents available in full
text. see
- PEIN Digest of news and developments
- PEIN Country Profiles
Directory
- PEIN Regional Frameworks
and Strategies Directory
Pacific Invasives Initiative
The goal of the PII is ‘ To conserve island biodiversity and
enhance the sustainability of livelihoods of men, women and youth in
the Pacific ’. This goal is being achieved through the objective
of reducing negative impacts of invasive species primarily by managing
them at selected Demonstration Projects in Pacific Island Countries
and Territories. The fundamental role of the Demonstration Projects
is to raise awareness of the negative effects of invasive species on
biodiversity and people’s livelihoods, generate support for their
management and improve the capacity of communities to manage invasive
problems. Website includes information about projects plus a range of
full text documents and resource kits.
Pacific Islands Fish
and Wildlife Service
The Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Service Office consists of National
Wildlife Refuges and Ecological Services. Site includes access to full
text documents.
Pacific Islands Global Climate Observing
System [PI-GCOS]
The Pacific Islands-Global Climate Observing System (PI-GCOS) programme
started in Apia, Samoa, in 2000 as a result of the first regional Global
Climate Observing System (GCOS) workshop organised by the Secretariat
of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the international
GCOS Secretariat. It is a sub-programme of the GCOS aimed specifically
at meeting the observing needs of Pacific Islands.
Pacific Islands Marine Protected
Areas Community [PIMPAC]
This website was developed at the recommendation of PIMPAC members and
is mainly aimed at providing a forum to share new information about local
and regional efforts, find existing PIMPAC documents that support their
work, and encourage peer to peer learning.
Pacific Island
Network: Inventory and Monitoring Programme
The Inventory and Monitoring Program is a major component of the National
Park Service’s strategy to improve park management through greater
reliance on scientific information. The Pacific Island Network (PACN)
is one of 32 National Park Service Inventory & Monitoring networks
of national parks linked by geography and shared natural resource characteristics.
Spanning islands in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana archipelago,
and Hawaii, the Pacific Island Network encompasses an area as large
as the continental United States. The islands and near-shore marine
areas within the National Park system protect a wealth of the planet's
aquatic, and terrestrial biodiversity, unique geologic features, and
historic and cultural sites. Isolated from the continental land-masses,
these federally protected areas share similarities, including threats
from invasive species, limited land area, and finite resources inherent
on islands.
Pacific Invasives Inititiative
[PII]
The goal of the PII is ‘ To conserve island biodiversity and enhance
the sustainability of livelihoods of men, women and youth in the Pacific ’.
This goal is being achieved through the objective of reducing negative
impacts of invasive species primarily by managing them at selected Demonstration
Projects in Pacific Island Countries and Territories. The fundamental
role of the Demonstration Projects is to raise awareness of the negative
effects of invasive species on biodiversity and people’s livelihoods,
generate support for their management and improve the capacity of communities
to manage invasive problems. Website includes access to fukll text documents
providing useful information on the impacts and management of invasive
species.
Pacific Invasives Learning Network
[PILN]
The network serves teams of Pacific Island agencies responsible for invasives
management, including agencies responsible for agriculture and natural
resource management, international trade and border control, as well
as environment and conservation. PILN works closely with the
Pacific Islands Initiative (PII), to help spread the lessons learned
from PII demonstration projects in the region.
Pacific Island Ecosystems
at Risk [PIER] : plant threats to Pacific ecosytems
Here you will find listings and descriptions of plant species that threaten
ecosytems of the Pacific islands. Also listed are many other invasive
and potentially invasive plant species present in and around the Pacific
region.
Pacific Islands
Applied Geoscience Commission [SOPAC]
SOPAC, the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission is an inter-governmental,
regional organisation dedicated to providing products and services in
three technical programme areas of: Community Lifelines; Community Risk;
and Ocean and Islands. Website includes access to detailed reports, journals,
newsletters amd GIS maps and data for the region.
Pacific Islands Ecosystems
Research Center
The mission of PIERC is to work with others to provide the scientific
understanding and technologies needed to support the sound management
and conservation of our Nation's biological resources in the Pacific
Basin. PIERC works with federal, state, local and private organizations
to provide objective research, baseline information, and technical assistance
relating to conservation and restoration of indigenous biological resources
occurring within the cultural, sociological and political context of
the States and Island Territories of Hawai'i, Guam, Truk, the Mariana
Islands, American Samoa and others under U.S. jurisdiction in the Pacific
Basin.
Pacific Islands Marine Protected
Areas Community [PIMPAC]
The Pacific Islands Marine Protected Areas Community (PIMPAC) is a collaboration
of marine protected area (MPA) managers, non-governmental organizations,
local communities, federal, state, and territorial agencies, and other
stakeholders working together to collectively enhance the effective use
and management of MPAs in the U.S. Pacific Islands and Freely Associated
States. Specifically, PIMPAC aims to build partnerships among Pacific
Island MPA practitioners and to bring support to the region in order
to strengthen MPA planning, management, and evaluation efforts and conserving
the marine resources of the Pacific Islands. This website was
developed at the recommendation of PIMPAC members and is mainly aimed
at providing a forum to share new information about local
and regional efforts, find existing PIMPAC documents that support their
work, and encourage peer to peer learning. The Information
Sharing component of the website includes access to a range of full
text documents and presentations.
Pacific
Law Journal Index - Environment and Natural Resources articles
Pacific
Law Journal Index - Marine and Fisheries articles
Maintained by the Law Library of the University of the South Pacific, the
Pacific Law Journal Index, includes full text access to many journal articles.
Pacific Pests Protection
Service [SPC] - incl. Pacific Pests List Database
The SPC-Plant Protection Service (PPS) has been in existence since 1950
and is mainly based in Suva, Fiji, with components in Papua New Guinea
and the Federated States of Micronesia. PPS collaborates with countries
and territories in the Pacific region to reduce the impact of pests,
diseases and weeds in agriculture, forestry and the environment and focuses
on Prevention, Preparedness and Pest management. The site includes access
to a wide range of resources and publications. The project also coordinates
a regional database network of country pest information. Although not
available via the website the databases are available for distribution
to member countries on CD-ROM.
Pacific Protected Areas
Database
The Pacific Protected Areas Database provides a list of known areas
in the Pacific that have been designated as parks, conservations areas,
or are managed for their biodiversity. The database includes descriptions,
IUCN categories, and contact information for the managers of the areas.
Pacific Region Ocean Data & Information
Portal
The goal of PRODIP is to develop and implement an end-to-end ocean
data and information portal with capabilities of exploring in-situ
data from real-time data streams and integrating the data streams with
archives across the Internet through a "one-stop shopping" (single
interface) query for users who have a high bandwidth Internet connection.
Alternatively, users without high-speed network access can order CD/DVD-ROMs
from the NODC that contain the integrated dataset and then use software
over potentially low-bandwidth/high-latency network connections to
periodically update the CD/DVD-ROM-based archive with new data.
PACINET - Pacific
Island Partnership Network for Taxonomy
PACINET aims to further develop the Pacific Island's capability to identify,
name and understand the roles and relationships of the organisms that
constitute its biodiversity. In the next year it will focus on providing
coordinated access to existing taxonomic information and increasing taxonomic
capacity in the region.
Palau Conservation Society [*account currently suspended - Aug. 2007]
Palau International Coral Reef Centre
The PICRC conducts research that enhances knowledge and conservation
of coral reef ecosystem and their associated marine environments,
to
educate
the public about the ecological, economic, and cultural importance
of coral reefs, and to provide a visitor's attraction where both
residents and visitors can expand their knowledge of Palau's diverse
and unique ecosystems.
Website currently under construction.
Phoenix Islands Protected
Area website [Kiribati]
Includes news, reports and multimedia resources.
Plant Genetic Resources News
from the Pacific
A blog maintained by Tevita Kete, PGR Officer, Secretariat of the Pacific
Community (SPC). This weblog documents the activities of Pacific Agricultural
Genetic Resources Network (PAPGREN), along with other information on
plant genetic resources (PGR) in the Pacific.
Plants and environments of
the Marshall Islands
Deatield website with excellent photographs and narration. Inspired
by the the book Plants and Environments of the Marshall Islands.
PROCfish
/ COfish portal
This portal, currently under development, gives access to document
and data collected and produced under PROCFish/C & Cofish projects
and selected historical references held at the SPC Library since 1950
. see also GIS
Country Profiles for Pacific island Countries.
Protected
Areas of the Pacific Islands
This information on the protected areas of the Pacific Islands is based
on the IUCN Directory of Protected Areas in Oceania, compiled by UNEP-WCMC
in collaboration with IUCN and the South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme.
Reefbase
Pacific see also Reefbase and Coral
Reef Initiatives for the Pacific [CRISP]
ReefBase Pacific is the first regional focus of the ReefBase Project.
It aims to improve quality and accessibility of data and information
for reef fisheries and coral reef research, management, conservation,
and education in the Pacific region. The project will generate worldwide
web and DVD formats of the information system to maximize distribution
and accessibility.
The
Roundtable for Nature Conservation in the Pacific
The largest cross-sectoral coalition of donors, NGOs, regional organisations
and national governments working in nature conservation in the Pacific.
Includes access to a range of full text documents related to the work
of the Roundtable.
Small Islands Developing States
Network
Small Island Developing States Network (SIDSnet) is a direct follow-up
to the 1994 Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA). SIDSnet connects 43
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific, Caribbean, Atlantic,
Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and African island nations. SIDSnet's main
goal has been to utilise information and communication technologies (ICTs)
to link SIDS in supporting the implementation of the sustainable development
objectives of the BPoA. Through its web site, it provides tools for virtual
discussion forums chat conferences, focused searching, document submission
and storage, mailing lists, events calendar, and links to relevant BPoA
web sites. Six particular themes have been identified - sustainable tourism,
coastal and marine resources, biodiversity, climate change, energy and
trade.
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community [SPC] Coastal and Oceanic Fisheries Digital
Library
Full text access to over 4000 publications on coastal and ocean fisheries.
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional
Environment Programme [SPREP]
The SPREP website includes access to a large number of full text documents
and online resources. see in particular the SPREP
IRC & Library online resources
SOPAC's
GeoNetwork
SOPAC GeoNetwork's purpose is:
To improve access to and integrated use of spatial data and information
To support decision making
To promote multidisciplinary approaches to sustainable development
To enhance understanding of the benefits of geographic information
Includes access to maps, datasets, photographs and documents
South
Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project
The South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project (SPSLCMP)
is an Australian Government initiative, funded by the Australian Agency
for International Development (AusAID), which will enable South Pacific
Island Countries to better manage their own environments and contribute
to achieving sustainable development. Includes access to country reports.
United
Nations Development Programme Pacific Environment and Energy Publications
The UNDP office in Apia, Samoa hosts a growing collection of free full
text publications on pacific energy and environment issues .
United Nation Environment Programme
(UNEP) Islands website
Includes full text access to a range of useful publications.
University of
Guam Marine Laboratory
The UOG Marine Laboratory serves Guam and the Micronesian region by providing
technical assistance in matters related to marine resource assessment and management.
Part of this service includes the publication of technical reports, environmental
impact assessments and other products, such as tidecharts, for island governments
and the public. In its educational role, the marine lab is the primary base to
students preparing theses for the Masters degree in biology. Finally, the Marine
Lab is also heavily engaged in basic marine research published in leading refereed
scientific journals.
The Vanbirds webpage includes access to databases , images, sound recordings and species accounts.
Wantok Environment Centre -
Vanuatu
The Wantok Environment Centre (WTEC) is a national environmental non-government
organisation incorporated in Vanuatu as a charitable association. Its
mission is the care and protection of Vanuatu's natural environment,
recognising its importance for all forms of life, for present and future
generations and in the sustainable development of the country.
WTEC's primary concern is representing the interests of rural communities and families directly involved in the conservation and/or sustainable management of Vanuatu's natural environment and resource. The organisation also has an education programme in schools, is engaged in promoting sustainable income generation (particularly low-impact tourism) and is involved in species specific conservation and research in-line with national and provincial priorities.
Water and Environmental
Research Institute of the Western Pacific [Univ. of Guam]
The Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific
was established as a research unit of the University of Guam in May 1975
. The role of the Institute is
to provide water and energy resources information by conducting basic
and applied research in an interdisciplinary environment, training students,
and disseminating research results. Consistent with the regional role
of the University, the Institute devotes part of its program effort to
Western Pacific islands other
than Guam. It is the only research center of its type in this geographic
area and endeavors to respond to the unique conditions that exist here.
World
Wildlife Fund [WWF] South Pacific
A number of excellent publications available for download. see Cook
Islands, Fiji,
Papua
New Guinea,
Solomon Islands.
Pacific environment conventions, treaties and legislation
see SPREP
legal documents webpage - International
documents; Regional
documents; National
documents
see also PACLII /
Pacific Islands Treaty Series [PACLII]
see also ENTRI
- Environment Treaties and Resource Indicators [Find status data
for environmental treaties, treaty text and other related information
]
see also Ecolex- a Gateway
to Environmental Law
see also International
Legal Instruments Relevant to Fisheries and Fishing Communities
see also United Nations Treaty Collection
see also Fletcher
School of Law and Diplomacy Multilaterals Project
see also International
Fisheries Treaties Database
see also Ocean Law
see also Tematea : Issue
based modules for coherent implementation of biodiversity related conventions
Biodiversity
see SPREP's Biodiversity webpage
see also the Secretariat of the Convention
on Biological Diversity
see also the United
Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
see also the Convention
on Biological Diversity Information Centre
see also the Joint
web site of the biodiversity related conventions
see also the IUCN
Red Data List directory of internet links
see also Tematea : Issue
based modules for coherent implementation of biodiversity related conventions
Climate change
see SPREP's Climate
Change webpage
see also WWF
South Pacific Climate Change website
see also Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change: Report 2007
see also United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
see also Stern
Review Report
see also WRI
website on Vulnerability and Adaptation
Freshwater and Coastal fisheries
see SPREP's International Waters
Project webpage
Invasive species
see SPREP's Pacific Invasives Learning
Network
see also Hawaiin Ecosystems at Risk project
[HEAR]: invasive
species information for Hawaii and the Pacific
see also Pacific Island Ecosystems
at Risk [PIER] : plant threats to Pacific ecosytems
see also Global Invasive Species Programme
see also Global
Invasive Species Database
Marine species
see SPREP's Marine
Species webpage
see also Future of Marine Animal Populations
Natural resources
see SPREP's Natural resources
webpage
Pollution and waste management
see SPREP's Pollution
and Waste Management webpage
see also Exporting pollution
International organisations and selected Pacific regional organisations
see SPREP's
Links webpage
Gateway to online journals and selected titles
Directory of Open
Access Journals (full text free)
Excellent access point for articles across a range of topics. Full text
articles can be searched by keyword and journals can be browsed online
in their
entirety (journals arranged by topic area) - see for example journals
in Earth and
Environmental Sciences.
Online Access to Research
in the Environment
Online Access to Research in the Environment (OARE), an international public-private
consortium coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Yale
University, and leading science and technology publishers, enables developing
countries to gain free access to one of the world's largest collections of environmental
science literature. Over 1,300 scientific journal titles owned and published
by over 300 prestigious publishing houses, scholarly societies, and scientific
associations are now available in 70 low income countries. Another 36 countries
will be added by 2008. Research is provided in a wide range of disciplines, including
Biology; Biotechnology, Genetics & Genetically Modified Species; Botany & Plant
Biodiversity; Climatology, Climate Change & Meteorology; Ecology & Wildlife
Conservation; Energy Conservation & Renewable Energy; Environmental Chemistry;
Environmental & Natural Resource Economics; Environmental Engineering; Environmental
Law, Policy & Planning; Fish & Fisheries; Forests & Forestry; Geography,
Population Studies & Migration; Geology & Earth Sciences; Natural Environmental
Disasters (prediction and prevention); Oceanography & Marine Biology; Pollution & Environmental
Toxicology; Satellite & Remote Sensing Technologies; Soil Sciences and Desertification;
Water, Hydrology & Wetlands; Zoology & Animal Biodiversity. Eligible
Pacific Island countries Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tokelau and Tuvalu.
Countries for which reduced cost access may apply include: Federated States of
Micronesia, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. Visit the website
to register: http://www.oaresciences.org/en/
*SPREP staff only - contact library staff for login password and ID.
Science Direct (abstracts
only)
Full text searching of thousands of relevant journal titles. Full abstracts – full
text articles can be ordered / downloaded online (charges apply)
Worldwide Science: the global
science gateway (international
database search portal - books and journals)
A new portal that crosses both international and database boundaries
was launched recently for people interested in scientific sources that
are unavailable through commercial search engines such as Google. WorldWideScience.org
was developed by the Energy Department and the
British Library, along with science and technology organizations in Australia,
Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands. It employs
federated search technology a search method that simultaneously executes a query
against an array of databases, then aggregates and ranks the results and gives
users a single entry point for searching far-flung science portals in parallel
with only one query... http://worldwidescience.org/
Selected magazines / media
Atoll
Research Bulletin [Smithsonian
Institution]
Biodiversity
and Society Bulletin
BioNet
Bulletin [biodiversity network]
Climate
Research
Conservation
and Society
Conservation
Internation Melanesian Newsletter
Earth Negotiations Bulletin [archive
- arranged by topic]
Earthweek: weekly updates of
environment news from around the globe
Endangered Species
Research
Environmental Health Perspectives
Ethics in Science
and Environmental Politics
GBits
- the Bulletin of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility [GBIF]
Global
Invasive Species News
Green
Futures
IAMSLIC Newsletter [The
International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and
Information Centers]
Island Climate
Update
Islands Business
Just Change
Lessons in Conservation
Marine
Ecology Progress Series
Marine Ecosystems
and Management
MCCN Marine and Coastal
Currents - e-news Asia Pacific
Melanesian
Geo
Micronesica: Natural
Sciences of Micronesia and Related Areas
Multilateral Environmental
Agreements [MEA] Bullein
National
Geographic
Nature Conservancy Magazine
Nature
Conservancy Pacific Island Countries Newsletter
New Scientist / New
Scientist environment news and features
Oceanic Waves newsletter
[USP Start programme]
Our Planet [UNEP] plus
'Tunza' - the UNEP magazine for youth
Pacific Ecologist
Pacific
Energy News [SOPAC]
Pacific
Islands Report
Pacific Magazine
PLoS One [Peer reviewed
open-access science journal]
Science Daily
Science Magazine
Sharing
Experiences - Sustainable santiation in South East Asia and the
Pacific
South Pacific Journal
of Natural Science
SPC
Fisheries Newsletter
Tiempo
Climate Newswatch
TIME magazine
Traditional Knowledge Bulletin
Traditional
marine resource management and knowledge information bulletin [SPC]
Trochus
and other marine molluscs information bulletin (SPC)
UNDP
Pacific Environment and Energy Newsletter
Vai Pacifika -
Joint Newsletter of the Pacific Islands Observing Systems [SOPAC
/ SPREP]
The World Ocean Forum
World
Commission on Protected Areas news bulletin
World Rainforest
Movement Monthly Bulletin
WWF
[Pacific] Climate Change Newsletter
WWF
[Pacific] Marine Newsletter
WWF
[Pacific] Niugini Toksave: the conservation newsletter of WWF Papua New
Guinea
Selected
periodicals available via OARE [Online
Access to Research in the Environment]
Chelonian
Conservation and Biology
Climatic
change
Coastal
Management
Coral
Reefs
The
Geographical Journal
Human
Ecology
Marine
Pollution Bulletin
Nature
Ocean
and Coastal Management
Oryx:
the International Journal of Conservation
Pacific
Science
Science
International media and newspapers [environment pages]
BBC
Special Reports
Climate Connections from NPR & National Geographic
Environmental News Network
Independent Online
- Environment news
LA
Times - Altered Oceans special
New Zealand
- Environment news
PEIN Digest - environment
news and developments from the Pacific Islands
Stuff.co [NZ] - Environment
news
Sydney Morning Herald -
Earthwatch
World Wildlife Fund South Pacific
News
Pacific Virtual Libraries (includes access to some full text documents)
Pacific
Islands Applied Geoscience Commission [SOPAC]
Pacific
Islands Marine Resources Information System [PIMRIS]
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community [SPC]
Secretariat
of the Pacific Community [SPC] Coastal and Oceanic Fisheries Digital
Library
Secretariat
of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme [SPREP]
University of the South Pacific
[USP]
see also :
College
of the Marshall Islands Library
College of
Micronesia Library - Federated States of Micronesia
National Library of the Cook Islands
National
Library of Vanuatu
Nelson Memorial Public Library
[Samoa]
Palau Community College Library
see also:
IAMSLIC
Z39.50 Distributed Library
* The IAMSLIC Z39.50 Distributed Library is a project aimed at facilitating
international resource sharing of marine and aquatic information resources
among marine and aquatic science libraries.
IAMSLIC
Union List of Serials
Environment awareness - some fun sites selected by SPREP staff
Climate
change kids site
Global
winners of the 16th International Children's Painting Competition
on the Environment
The Great Turtle Race
Compiled
by Peter Murgatroyd. Last updated 20 April 2008.
© SPREP