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75% of the world's coral reefs are in the Indo-Pacific region

2008 Pacific Year of the Reef

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Pacific Year of the Reef Materials
What is the Pacific Year of the Reef? 2008 Pacific Year of the Reef Campaign plan
PYOR material 2008 Pacific Year of the Reef brochure
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Coral Reef and Coastal Management
Coastal Management Profiles : A Directory of Pacific Island Governments and non-Government Agencies with Coastal Management Related Responsibilities
This Directory aims to identify and briefly describe all of the organisations, agencies and individuals in the Pacific islands region which have a mandate or interest in coastal management. It is hoped that this document will fill an important information gap, providing the necessary information for initiating and developing integrated coastal management plans and strategies.
Education Resources
Challenge Coral Reef Workbook
Developed for the "Challengecoralreef" competition in conjunction with the PYOR, this workbook provides useful coral-reef-related exercises for elementary school students. Available in English and French.
From Mangroves to Coral Reefs: sea life and marine environments in Pacific islands
This handbook was commissioned by the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme with funding from the Canada South Pacific Ocean Development Programme (C-SPODP) and the UN Foundation through the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN)
The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States 2002
Comprehensive report on the state of reefs in the US, its territories and possessions, and the Freely-Associated States of Palau, FSM and RMI.

 

1997 Pacific Year of the Reef Campaign Plan

Biological Reef Monitoring
Coral Reef Survey and Monitoring Training Courses Report No.1
Report of training course held in Palau during 1997. Part 1 of 2.
Coral Reef Survey and Monitoring Training Courses Report No.2
Report of training course held in Tonga during 1997. Part 2 of 2.
SPREP Training Course on: Coral Reef Survey and Monitoring Techniques
SPREP Training Course on: Coral Reef Survey and Monitoring Techniques held on 6-17 November 1995 in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Reef and mangrove survey reports, Barakau village, Central Province, Papua New Guinea
by Mick Naimegi Raga. IWP-Pacific Technical Report (International Waters Project), no. 24
Marine Protected Areas and Biodiversity
Pacific wetlands conservation: Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Factsheet on SPREP involvement with Ramsar. Available in English and French.
Island Life - Celebrating Pacific Island biodiversity: Case studies of island life
Booklet first prepared for the 8th Conference of the Parties on the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) in Curitiba, Brazil, 20-31 March 2006. Printed work first distributed at the SPREP Environment Ministers’ Meeting, Noumea, New Caledonia, 15 September 2006.
National Biodiversity Strategies & Action Plans: Pacific Regional Review
This review examines the current status of NBSAP development across fourteen South Pacific member nations, and assesses the scales of actionable planning and M&E protocols existing within these plans.

Marine Biodiversity of the Federated States of Micronesia
February 2002
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Selected CRISP Publications (for other CRISP Publications)
Approach and Methodology: Social and Economic Values of Pacific Coral Reefs
Available in English or French.

Young Coral Reef Fish of Wallis and the Central Pacific
(English and French combined text).

Estimating the Total Economic Value of the Navakavu LMMA in Vitu Levu Island, Fiji
Reef Monitoring: Status of Coral Reefs in the Fiji Islands 2006
Rotuma Island (Fiji) Coral Reef Survey Report 2006
Reef Monitoring: Solomon Islands Trip Report August 2007
Technical Report: Examination between Coral Reef Fish Population and Benthic Habitats at Navutulevu
Economic Valuation: Iqoliqoli Tourism Study Support (Fiji)
Baseline Report: Funafuti Atoll Coral Reef Restoration Project (Tuvalu)
Monitoring Report: Funafuti Atoll Coral Reef Restoration Project (Tuvalu)
Monitoring Report: Motoriki Restoration Site (Fiji)
Technical Report: Preliminary Socio-Economic Monitoring (SEM-Pasifika) Assessment of the Sinalailai Area (Papua New Guinea)
Reef Restoration Concepts and Guidelines: Making sensible management choices in the face of uncertainty
English or French available.
Devel0ppement du Reseau Reef-Check Polynesie Francais
Inaugural Technical Workshop for the CRISP Project (2005)

Additional Resources

For more resources on coral and coral reefs, please visit any of our partner links to the left, or reefbase.org.

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Additional Printed Materials Available from the SPREP IRC

Following is a selection of materials of interest that are not currently available in electronic format - hard copies may be ordered from the SPREP Information Resource Centre:

  • 1997 Pacific Year of the Coral Reef Fact Sheet No 14: Their Health Our Future
  • Sustainable management of the marine aquarium trade
  • The coral reef: a music video
  • Remote Sensing of Coral Reefs: An Overview. OPS 7
  • Pacific Regional Report on the Issues and Activities Associated with Coral Reefs and Related Ecosystems
  • International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Pacific Region Strategy
  • Coral Reef Survey Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga. SRS 96.
  • SPREP Training Course on: Coral Reef Survey and Monitoring Techniques 6-17 November 1995
  • Environmental Guidelines for Coral Harvesting Operations. SRS 75
  • Palolo Deep National Marine Reserve, Western Samoa. SRS 84
  • Strategic Action Programme for International Waters of the Pacific Islands Region
  • Tonga Coastal Reforestation and Protection Project
  • Coastal Resources and Systems of the Pacific Basin: Investigation and Steps towards Protective Management. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 147. UNEP 1992
  • Regional Co-operation on Environmental Protection of the Marine and Coastal Areas of the Pacific Basin. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies. No. 134. UNEP 1991
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For more information on 2008 Pacific Year of the Reef, contact Caroline Vieux, SPREP Coral Reef Management Officer at [email protected] or Sereima Savu, SPREP Pacific Year of the Reef Campaign Coordinator, at [email protected].

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