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Global threats from invasive alien species in the twenty-first century and national response capacities

Climate Change Resilience, BRB

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Blumenthal, Dana M.

Bradley, Bethany A.

Dukes, Jeffrey S.

Early, Regan

Gonzalez, Patrick

Grosholz, Edwin D.

Ibañez, Ines

Lawler, Joshua J.

Miller, Luke P.

Olden, Julian D.

Sorte, Cascade J.B.

Tatem, Andrew J.

Invasive alien species (IAS) threaten human livelihoods and biodiversity globally. Increasing globalization facilitates IAS arrival, and environmental changes, including climate change, facilitate IAS establishment. Here we provide the first global, spatial analysis of the terrestrial threat from IAS in light of twenty-first century globalization and environmental change, and evaluate national capacities to prevent and manage species invasions. We find that one-sixth of the global land surface is highly vulnerable to invasion, including substantial areas in developing economies and biodiversity hotspots. The dominant invasion vectors differ between high-income countries (imports, particularly of plants and pets) and low-income countries (air travel). Uniting data on the causes of introduction and establishment can improve early-warning and eradication schemes. Most countries have limited capacity to act against invasions. In particular, we reveal a clear need for proactive invasion strategies in areas with high poverty levels, high biodiversity and low historical levels of invasion.

Learning about climate change the Pacific way: a guide for Pacific teachers - Tuvalu

Climate Change Resilience

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Lebars, Jipe

Sabass, Hanna

Young, Carol

The aim of this guide is to deliver nationally prioritise key messages relevant to climate change science, the effects of climate change on the Pacific and options to mitigate its causes and to adapt to expected changes.

Learning about climate change the Pacific way: a guide for Pacific teachers - Fiji

Climate Change Resilience

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Lebars, Jipe

Sabass, Hanna

Young, Carol

The aim of this guide is to deliver nationally prioritise key messages relevant to climate change science, the effects of climate change on the Pacific and options to mitigate its causes and to adapt to expected changes.

Learning about climate change the Pacific way: a guide for Pacific teachers - Kiribati

Climate Change Resilience

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Lebars, Jipe

Sabass, Hanna

Young, Carol

The aim of this guide is to deliver nationally prioritise key messages relevant to climate change science, the effects of climate change on the Pacific and options to mitigate its causes and to adapt to expected changes.

Comprehensive Desk-top Review of Biodiversity, Conservation and Invasive Species Information for the Kingdom of Tonga

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Pagad. Shyama

Situated between Fiji to the west and Samoa to the northeast, the Kingdom of Tonga (referred to as Tonga) is comprised of 171 scattered islands of which less than 50 are inhabited. The islands are mainly composed of limestone formed from uplifted coral. Current critical environmental concerns have arisen due to deforestation; damage to coral reefs and the introduction and spread of invasive alien species. Anthropogenic pressure has resulted in extensive modification of all ecosystems on the limestone islands of this group. Only uninhabited and steep volcanic islands still support large tracts of forest.

Learning about climate change the Pacific way: a guide for Pacific teachers - Samoa

Climate Change Resilience

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Lebars, Jipe

Sabass, Hanna

Young, Carol

The aim of this guide is to deliver nationally prioritise key messages relevant to climate change science, the effects of climate change on the Pacific and options to mitigate its causes and to adapt to expected changes.

Pacific's great whales under threat from climate change, pollution and deep sea mining

Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Michael Donoghue

Radio Australia

SPREP

Very high-resolution climate simulation over Fiji using a global variable-resolution model

Lal, Murari

McGregor, John L.

Nguyen, Kim C.

A high resolution climate model simulation has been performed for the first time for Fiji's climatology. The simulation involved a numerical experiment for a ten-year period (1975-1984), and was conducted at a horizontal resolution of eight kilometers in a stretched-grid configuration, which is currently the highest resolution at which a global climate model has been applied for regional climatology simulations. Analysis of model-generated data demonstrates a fairly good skill of the annual cycles of maximum and minimum temperatures and rainfall at selected locations in Fiji. The model has also successfully reproduced the pattern of maximum and minimum surface air temperatures between the western and central division of Fiji. Model simulation of spatial and temporal distribution of monthly total rainfall (10 year mean) over the main island of Viti Levu in Fiji shows that it reproduces the observed intraseasonal and interannual variability; the influence of the El Nino phenomena has also been captured well in the model-simulated rainfall.

Natural Solutions to Climate Change in the Pacific: Increasing ecosystem resilience through the management of invasive species

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Moverley, David

Climate Services to Agriculture through the Climate Early Warning Systems

Climate Change Resilience

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Government of Samoa)

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