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Encyclopedia of biological invasions.

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

Rejmanek, Marcel

Simberloff, Dadniel

This encyclopedia illuminates a topic at the forefront of global ecology - biological invasions, or organisms that come to live in the wrong place. Written by leading scientists from around the world, the book addresses all aspects of this subject at a global level - including invasions by animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria - in succinct, alphabetically arranged articles. Scientifically uncompromising, yet clearly written and free of jargon, the volume encompasses fields of study including biology, demography, geography, ecology, evolution, sociology, and natural history and features many cross-references, suggestions for further reading, illustrations, an appendix of the world's worst 100 invasive species, a glossary, and more. The book features articles on well-known invasive species such the zebra mussel, chestnut blight, cheatgrass, gypsy moth, Nile perch, giant African snail, and Norway rat and details regions with especially large numbers of introduced species including the Great Lakes, Mediterranean Sea, Hawaiian Islands, Australia and New Zealand. This work will be of great value in ecology and conservation science. Invasive species are a severe and exponentially growing problem of the environment, and one difficult even to characterize, much less contain.-Edward O. Wilson, author and scientist "Second only to habitat loss mixed with climate disruption, invasive species represent the next most serious threat to biodiversity. The Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions, written by an impressive group of experts, now makes available to conservation biologists, managers, decision makers, and concerned citizens a comprehensive single source of this key topic."-Paul R. Ehrlich, co-author of The Dominant Animal

Birds of New Zealand, Hawaii and the Central and West Pacific / Collins field guide.

Ber Van Perlo

This book should be regarded and treated as a field guide in which the necessary information, needed to identify a bird at the moment you observe it, is given in a condensed form. The low weight and small size thus achieved make it easy to carry the book around and consult from the field. Support of the identification of difficult species can be obtained in more detailed, regional bird books, which could be consulted at home, in vehicles, at your hotel, etc.

Among the islands : adventures in the Pacific.

Flannery, Timothy.

Twenty-five years ago, a young curator of mammals from the Australian Museum in Sydney set out to research the fauna of the Pacific Islands. Starting with a survey of one of the most inaccessible islands in Melanesia Woodlark, in the Trobriands Group that young scientist found himself ghost-whispering, snake wrestling, Quadoi hunting and plunged waist-deep into a sludge of maggot-infested faeces in search of a small bat that turned out not to be earth-shatteringly interesting. With accounts of discovering, naming and sometimes eating new mammal species; being thwarted or aided by local customs; and historic scientific expeditions, Tim Flannery takes us on an enthralling journey through some of the most diverse and spectacular environments on earth. "Exemplifies the sort of writing that was once commonplace, when adventure meant contributing to our knowledge of the world. Absolutely fantastic in every sense of the word." - Booklist (starred review) "Flannery's account pieces together the jigsaw puzzle of South Pacific geological, natural, and cultural history, as well as respect and wonder for the natural world. We are lucky to have such an exuberant explorer to illuminate he intricate network of life in the South Pacific." - National Geographic Traveler (Book of the Month) "Part travel diary and part field notebook, Among the Islands is a rollicking good adventure-science read something like what you'd get if Charles Darwin starred in an Indiana Jones flick." - Audubon Magazine "In [Flannery's] chest beats the wayfaring heart of a discoverer. and in this book [...] he reminds us that even right here on Earth, incredible things are waiting to be known." - Newsweek "Tim Flannery is in the league of the all-time great explorers like Dr David Livingstone." - Sir David Attenborough "A born scientist, Flannery brings a lover's eye to creatures of the past and present." - Bulletin "Flannery is perhaps the most gifted describer of the natural sciences writing today." - Weekend Australian "Flannery's writerly art stirs the imagination to pay attention." - Australian Literary Review

Birds of Melanesia: Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia field guide

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Dutson, Guy

This new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarks to Vanuatu, a popular destination for tours and travellers and one that has never before had field-guide coverage. The cover star is the Kagu, the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New Caledonia. Superb colour plates illustrate the 650 species that occur in the region, allied with concise identification text and a series of distribution colour bars. For anyone travelling to this far-flung Pacific region, this book is indispensible.

Pacific experiences with modalities relevant for Climate Change Financing

Climate Change Resilience

Available Online

Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

Climate change adaptation and international development : making development cooperation more effective

Climate Change Resilience

Fujikura, Ryo

Kawanishi, Masato

AFD Regional initiative for solid waste management in the Pacific region, feasibility study (phase 1, component 2) : draft report - feasibility study (phase I, component 2)

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, Waste Management and Pollution Control

Available Online

GHD

This report is the Phase I report of the AFD Regional Initiative for Solid Waste Management in the Pacific Region, Feasibility Study (Component 2). The report includes: a literature and activity review of waste management activities in the Pacific Region; and a coherent set of countries organised via subregion (Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia) and developed according to shipping routes. A characterisation study of existing facilities, institutions and industries in the region was is also included. To accurately assess the feasibility of potential subregional activities under Component 2 it was necessary to characterise the composition of wastes and the approximate likely yield of various collection systems. Further, to ensure Pacific Island Country and Territory (PICT) preferences for assistance are taken into account, it was necessary to understand priority areas for PICT assessment. A quantitative and qualitative waste characterisation survey was used to gather primary data.

Integrating community based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: examples from the Pacific

Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Available Online

Gero, A...[et al.]

. It is acknowledged by academics and development practitioners alike that many common strategies addressing community based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation duplicate each other. Thus, there is a strong push to integrate the two fields to enhance aid effectiveness and reduce confusion for communities. Examples of community based disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) projects are presented to highlight some of the ways these issues are tackled in the Pacific. Various approaches are employed but all aim to reduce the vulnerability and enhance the resilience of local communities to the impacts of climate change and disasters. By focusing on three case studies, elements of best practice are drawn out to illustrate how DRR and CCA can be integrated for enhanced aid effectiveness, and also look at ways in which these two often overlapping fields can be better coordinated in ongoing and future projects. Projects that address vulnerability holistically, and target the overall needs and capacity of the community are found to be effective in enhancing the resilience of communities. By strategically developing a multistakeholder and multi-sector approach, community projects are likely to encapsulate a range of experience and skills that will benefit the community. Furthermore, by incorporating local knowledge, communities are far more likely to be engaged and actively participate in the project. From selected case studies, commonly occurring best practice methods to integrate DRR and CCA are identified and discussed and recommendations on how to overcome the common challenges also presented.

ADB climate change programs: facilitating integrated solutions in Asia and the Pacific

Climate Change Resilience

Available Online

ADB

The earth works like a greenhouse. Carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and other naturally occurring greenhouse gases (GHGs), as well as human-made industrial gases trap heat from escaping into space. This keeps the earths temperature within a life-sustaining range. Without the greenhouse effect, Earth would be much colderan average temperature of 19° Celsius (C). Human reliance on fossil fuels for energy has increased the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Biogenic emissions of GHG from land use have magnified the greenhouse effect. Deforestation and poor land use, which have reduced the absorptive capacity of plants, forests, and soils for CO2, have made things worse.

Evaluating land administration projects in developing countries

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

Mitchell, David...[et al.]

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