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.
A Private Data License Agreement available for use by PICs for their Environment Data Portals
A Shared Data License Agreement available for use by PICs for their Environment Data Portals
User guide explaining the three license types available for data uploaded to the Environment Data Portals.
Summary table providing an overview of the three license types available for data uploaded to the Environment Data Portals
A short user guide on how to sign up, create your first form, adding questions and deploying your data collection project.
Overview of Mobile Data Collection applications (ODK, XLSForms, ONA, Epicollect5, KoBoToolbox). This document also contains information on how to install the KoBo Collect App on your phone.
Maine Pollution Analysis spatial planning purse seine incidents
A global review of species-specific shark-fin-to-body-mass ratios and relevant legislation 2012
Tuna Fisheries Status and Management in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean by Hampton SPC 2011
This policy applies to SPREP’s own data as well as data held by SPREP on behalf of government agencies and partners within the Pacific.
The purpose of this policy is to:
• encourage the free exchange of data with other government agencies and partners within the Pacific and with the public in the Pacific and beyond
• promote the benefits of data sharing, and its links to good governance, accountability, public participation and the rule of law
The objectives of this monitoring program are:
■ To detect and quantify major changes through time in the community structure and health of mangroves in the Pacific Island Region using biological and physical parameters.
■ To develop a centralised database system for mangrove monitoring for use by all
The assessment is based on long-term observation series of the large scale features that influence the climate and weather of Pacific CMSs.