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Evolutionary lineages in Emballonura and Mosia Bats (Mammalia: Microchiroptera) from the Southwestern Pacific

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Colgan d.J.

Soheili, S.

Marine and coastal environmental awareness building within the context of UNESCO's activities in Asia and the Pacific

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Kuijper Maarten W.M.

Turtles : population identification

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

FitzSimmons, Nancy

Organochlorine contaminants in sea turtles from the Eastern Pacific

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Garder Susan C. et al.

Biology and impacts of Pacific Island Invasive species 4. Verbesina encelioides, Golden Crownbeard (Magnoliopsida: Asteraceae)

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Clements, David R.

Feenstra, Kathleen R.

Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex A. Gray, golden crownbeard, is a sunflower-like herbaceous annual plant ranging in height from 0.3 to 1.7 m with showy yellow flowers. It is native to the southwestern United States, the Mexican Plateau, and other parts of tropical America. Its invasive characteristics include high seed production (as many as 300-350 seeds per flower and multiple flowers per plant), seed dormancy, ability to tolerate dry conditions, and possible allelopathic effects. Disturbed areas with a relatively sandy substrate within warm, arid climate zones are vulnerable to invasion by V. encelioides. Veresina encelioides is found on all of the main Hawaiian islands except Ni'ihau but is particularly problematic on Midway and Kure Atoll, where it may threaten the habitat of nesting birds such as Laysan and black-footed albatrosses and Christmas and wedge-tailed shearwaters. Many other Pacific islands with similar habitats could be invaded by the V. encelioides. The plant has become naturalised in many other U.S. states, parts of South America, the Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic Puerto Rico, parts of Europe, Saudi Arabia, India, Ethiopia, Morocco, Botswana, Namibia, Israel, and Australia. It is a pest of various crops in the southern United States and India and is poisonous to sheep and cattle. Verbesina encelioides can be controlled via herbicides or mechanical means, but measures must be repeated due to the presence of persistent seed banks. Further research on V. encelioides is needed to understand its population dynamics, allelopathic properties, and impacts on natural ecosystems.

Education and training in the East Asia and Pacific Region

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Human Development Network

Education is the heart of development. It helps people build productive lives and cohesive societies. On the ground this means getting all children to school and delivering a high quality education. It means that teachers need to be well educated and equipped with materials which reflect the history and heritage of the nation. It means making everyone literate. It requires a strong university sector that has world class teaching,learning and research. It demands a vocational education and training system that is responsive to and shapes the demands of the people and the economy.

The New Guinea challenge: development and conservation in societies of great cultural and biological diversity : the conservation atlas; An amazing island; 100 Million years of earth history; mixing of the floras; meeting of the faunas; biophysical environments; Ecological communities; Biodiversity and Endemism; Culture and Politics

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CSIRO - The Moore Foundation

The history of New Guinea started about 130 million years ago with the break-up of the great southern landmass called Gondwana. The Australian continental plate then drifted northwards somewhat isolated from other lands and carrying a unique collection of plants and animals. The present form of New Guinea developed as the leading edge of the Australian plate crumpled on impact with a complex of smaller plates and volcanic islands near the equator. Much of New Guinea formed far to the east in the Pacific Ocean before being swept west and welded onto the northern coastline.

National report for Fiji to the 4th Oceania Regional meeting for the RAMSAR COP10 10-11 April 2008, Apia Samoa

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Tokaduadua Eleni

The Upper Navua River cuts a narrow gorge through the province of Serua in the central highlands of Viti Levu. The Navua River represents Fiji's third largest freshwater drainage. The gorge is approximately 75 meters deep and varies in width from 5 to 25 meters. The Upper Navua Conservation Area (UNCA) encompasses tins never gorge and approximately 58% of die entire catchment area. Lush highland rainforest surrounds the entire drainage and provides a host of botanical cures diat are utilized by die indigenous peoples of the area. The forest, over and associated biodiversity provide die necessary supplies and food required for daily living and a wide range of ecosystem services to the entire catchment area including flood control for lower areas.

Reefbase Pacific information portal: livelihoods, fisheries, biodiversity. Version 1.0

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Worldfish Centre

Sharing experiences: sustainable sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific

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International Water Centre

In June 2007 a group of engineers, public health practitioners, local and international NGO staff, academics and government representatives gathered to discuss water and sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific at the Let's Come Clean Conference in Melbourne, Australia. At the conference, consensus emerged on the need for greater regional exchange of experience in sanitation. It was agreed that more could be done to document and disseminate practical lessons learned from water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives throughout the region.

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