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Overseas environmental impact statement: Guam and CNMI military relocation: relocating marines from Okinawa, visiting aircraft carrier berthing, and army air and missile defense task force: Executive summary : DRAFT

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific

The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 requires federal agencies to examine the environmental effects of their proposed actions. On behalf of the Department of Defense, the Department of the Navy is preparing this Draft EIS/OEIS to assess the potential environmental effects associated with the proposed military activities. The Navy is the lead agency for preparation of this Draft EIS/OEIS. The Office of the Secretary of Defense directed the Navy to establish a Joint Guam Program Office that serves as the NEPA proponent of the proposed actions. A number of federal agencies were invited to be cooperating agencies in the preparation of this Draft EIS/OEIS. These agencies have either jurisdiction or technical expertise for certain components of the proposed actions or a potentially affected resource. The agencies that have accepted the invitation to participate as cooperating agencies are United States (U.S.) Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Transportation Federal Highways Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, U.S. Office of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Air Force.

Coral reefs: biology, ecology, threats & impact prevention

Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Bennett, Lesley

Claydon, John

Lahui, Philip

Wapot, Stanley

Coral reefs are one of the Earths most complex and diverse ecosystems. Coral reefs have evolved over long periods of geological time in response to certain natural phenomena including tectonic movements, changes in climate and associated changes in sea level. The oldest known coral reef appeared more than 450 million years ago and by 150 million years before present, corals had diversified and spread globally throughout tropical shorelines

Divergent paths: the ontology, epistemology, and pragmatics of community-based conservation in locally-managed marine reserves, Fiji

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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It is late in the evening in the Tavua district, Fiji. We are sitting around a Tanoa1 bowl and kava2 is being distributed around a small group of men; some farmers, some fishers and one priest. Kittune Ratuba or Kiti, as he is known, passes me a bowl. As I clap before taking it to drink, Kiti tells me; we protect the fish in our MPA by patrolling in a metal boat. When we catch poachers we fine them and take their fish. Once the brown, bitter liquid of the Cassava root passes my lips I clap again, twice. As the bowl moves on around the circle of men, Kiti continues on his role as the head fish warden for his i qoliqoli3 ; if they dont pay I take them to the police! Kiti evidently takes the business of conservation very seriously. Once a dynamite fisher himself, an issue which has plagued the Tavua district, Kiti embodies the recent wave of conservation converts with a growing awareness of the need to actively conserve their critical natural resources. Kiti is only one man, but he is integral to the network of community-based conservation projects in the Republic of the Fiji Islands, now known as the Fiji Locally-Managed Marine Area (FLMMA) network.

The ocean and climate change: tools and guidelines for action

Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Galland, Grantly R

Herr, Dorothee

The purpose of this report The Ocean and Climate Change Tools and Guidelines for Action is to engage, inform and guide decision makers with regard to the development and implementation of marine and coastal climate change strategies and programmes

Rapid appraisal of the Bioenergy-food security nexus in Pacific Island Countries

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Chapman, K.R.

This report presents findings from a rapid appraisal of the bioenergyfood security nexus at the regional level, including selected Micronesian, Melanesian and Polynesian Pacific Island Countries (PICs). The aim of the appraisal was to provide policy-makers with a decision-making basis for the prioritization of in-depth country assessments and further analysis to be conducted in the second half of 2009 under FAOs Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) analytical framework

Building capacity to implement Multilateral Environment Agreements in the Pacific, Pacific Regional Conference, Apia, Samoa, 9-12 November 2009

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

The little climate finance book: a guide to financing options for forests and climate change

Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Parker, Charlie...[et al.]

The Little REDD Book gave me a jump-start when the Norwegian sponsored REDD program was initiated. When I heard that the Little Climate Finance Book was ready for launching, a hope for a wider understanding of the essence of financing, especially through cap and trade systems, was raised. The climate challenge is substantial, and predictable climate finance is essential in the search for a much-needed global solution. I would like to draw attention to a few observations.

Introducing a New Series: Biology and Impacts of Pacific Island Invasive Species

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

Celements, David R.

Natural solutions: protected areas helping people cope with climate change

Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Stem Lord Nicholas

Climate change poses an unprecedented level of threat to life on the planet. In addition, predictions about the scale and speed of impact are continually being revised upwards, so that what was already a serious situation continues to look even more threatening. The facts are well known. Atmospheric greenhouse gases are creating warmer temperatures, ice melt, sea-level rise and an unpredictable climate, with a range of extremely serious and hard-to-predict consequences. Recent research shows an increasingly bleak picture. During the period of writing this report new information suggests that: we may already be too late to prevent widespread collapse of coral reef systems due to ocean acidification; climate change adaptation will cost US$75-100 billion a year from 2010 onwards for developing countries according to the World Bank; and climate change may move faster than expected with average temperatures rising 4ºC by 2060 compared to pre-industrial levels according to the UK Meteorological Office. But serious as the situation has now become, much can still be done to reduce the problems created by climate change. This report focuses on the role that protected areas can play in mitigating and adapting to climate change; a set of options that hitherto has been under-represented in global response strategies. In the rush for new solutions to climate change, we are in danger of neglecting a proven alternative.

Natural history guide to American Samoa

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Craig, P.

This remote chain of 13 islands (9 inhabited) and two atolls is located 140 south of the equator near the International Date Line. It is divided into two political entities, the US Territory of American Samoa and the neighboring independent country of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa. The land area of (western) Samoa is approximately 15 times larger than the land area of American Samoa

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