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2006 Nauru Utilities Sector
Available Online

Republic of Nauru

2006
2006 PACC Nauru Water Plan
Climate Change Resilience
Available Online

PACC

2006
2006 Nauru Reform of Power & Water
Available Online

Republic of Nauru

2006
NIWA annual report : 2007
Climate Change Resilience
Available Online

National Institute of Water & Atmoshperic Research Ltd

2007
The growth and success of NIWA over the past six years is truly one of the untold success stories of New Zealand. Building on the legacy of NIWA’s origins, our 730 people have positioned our company, and country, at the forefront of the world’s knowledge about environmental science. The fact that many of NIWA’s scientists are recognised globally for their expertise is testimony to that. Those ozone balloon measurements this year provided the first evidence of a recovery in southern mid-latitude ozone – a signal of the success of concerted international effort under the Montreal Protocol to combat a global environmental problem. NIWA scientists were part of that effort from the beginning, as they are now with the even more complex challenge of global climate change.
Global evidence that deforestation amplifies flood risk and severity in the developing world
BRB
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Bradshaw, Corey J. A.

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Brook, Barry W.

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Peh, Kelvin S. H.

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Sodhi, Navjot S.

2007
With the wide acceptance of forest?protection policies in the developing world comes a requirement for clear demonstrations of how deforestation may erode human well?being and economies. For centuries, it has been believed that forests provide protection against flooding. However, such claims have given rise to a heated polemic, and broad?scale quantitative evidence of the possible role of forests in flood protection has not been forthcoming. Using data collected from 1990 to 2000 from 56 developing countries, we show using generalized linear and mixed?effects models contrasted with information?theoretic measures of parsimony that flood frequency is negatively correlated with the amount of remaining natural forest and positively correlated with natural forest area loss (after controlling for rainfall, slope and degraded landscape area). The most parsimonious models accounted for over 65% of the variation in flood frequency, of which nearly 14% was due to forest cover variables alone. During the decade investigated, nearly 100?000 people were killed and 320 million people were displaced by floods, with total reported economic damages exceeding US$1151 billion. Extracted measures of flood severity (flood duration, people killed and displaced, and total damage) showed some weaker, albeit detectable correlations to natural forest cover and loss. Based on an arbitrary decrease in natural forest area of 10%, the model?averaged prediction of flood frequency increased between 4% and 28% among the countries modeled. Using the same hypothetical decline in natural forest area resulted in a 4–8% increase in total flood duration. These correlations suggest that global?scale patterns in mean forest trends across countries are meaningful with respect to flood dynamics. Unabated loss of forests may increase or exacerbate the number of flood?related disasters, negatively impact millions of poor people, and inflict trillions of dollars in damage in disadvantaged economies over the coming decades. This first global?scale empirical demonstration that forests are correlated with flood risk and severity in developing countries reinforces the imperative for large?scale forest protection to protect human welfare, and suggests that reforestation may help to reduce the frequency and severity of flood?related catastrophes.
Recruitment dynamics of invasive species in rainforest habitats following Cyclone Larry
BRB
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Bradford, M.J.

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Ford, A.F.

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Galway, K.E.

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Metcalfe, D.J.

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Murphy, H.T.

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Sydes, T.A.

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Westcott, D.J.

2008
In tropical forests, natural disturbance creates opportunities for species to claim previously utilized space and resources and is considered an important mechanism in the maintenance of species diversity. However, ecologists have long recognized that disturbance also promotes exotic plant invasions. Cyclones cause extensive defoliation, loss of major branches and multiple tree falls, resulting in a significantly more open canopy and increased light and heat levels in the understorey. The widespread and massive disturbance caused by cyclones provides ideal conditions for rapid recruitment and spread of invasive species. The ecological roles of invasive species in rainforest habitats following such a severe disturbance are poorly understood. Severe category 4 Cyclone Larry crossed the North Queensland coast in March 2006 causing massive disturbance to rainforest habitats from Tully to Cairns and west to the Atherton Tablelands. We established 10 plots in an area extensively damaged by this cyclone near El Arish in North Queensland. On each plot nine 2×2 m quadrats were established with three quadrats per plot in each of the following treatments: (i) complete debris removal down to the soil layer, (ii) removal of coarse woody debris only, and (iii) uncleared. We monitored recruitment, growth and mortality of all native and invasive species in the 90 quadrats every 3 months since the cyclone. Here we present the recruitment dynamics of invasive species across the study area in relation to the level of disturbance, the type of quadrat treatment, and the diversity and abundance of the native recruiting flora over the first 12 months post?cyclone. Our results suggest that invasive species will mostly comprise a transient component of the flora in the early stages of the successional response. However, some species may have longer?term effects on the successional trajectory of the rainforest and future forest composition and structure.
UN Volunteers: Changing the world online
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United Nations (UN)

2010
Pacific Islands fisheries sector engagement strategy
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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World Bank

2012
The World Bank’s 11 Pacific Island member countries are a diverse group in terms of economic and social conditions. Five are least developed countries, with annual per capita GDP as low as US$ 700, while in some of the territories average incomes are comparable to those in wealthy industrialized countries. Population densities and growth rates, land areas and the level of urbanization all display similarly wide ranges. There is a great diversity of cultures and languages.
Pacific Invasive Ant Toolkit
Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB
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Pacific Biosecurity

2022
The Pacific Invasive Ant Toolkit is a collection of resources to help prevent and control invasive ants in the Pacific. We call this the PIAT for short. The PIAT is mostly targeted at helping developing and remote Pacific Nations, who often do not have access to pest control locally and depend on outside help. But anyone is welcome to use it. We decided that the PIAT was needed as the resources available to deal with invasive ants were in many different places and sometimes hard to find. So some of the resources you will find here have been specifically developed for PIAT, but others are available in other places. We always provide links to the original sources of information.
ECOLOGIE ET IMPACTS D’UN PREDATEUR INTRODUIT AU SEIN D’UN HOT-SPOT MONDIAL DE BIODIVERSITE - LE CHAT HARET FELIS CATUS DANS L’ARCHIPEL NEO-CALEDONIEN
BRB
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Pauline Palmas

Le chat haret est l’un des prédateurs invasifs les plus dommageables pour la biodiversité insulaire. Sa présence est associée à une perte de biodiversité sur l’ensemble des îles sur lesquelles il est établi, et où il constitue une menace pour de nombreuses espèces de vertébrés souvent endémiques et menacés. En Nouvelle-Calédoniedes populations de chats harets sont présentes dans tous les milieux et habitats et l’étude de son écologie et de ses impacts sur la faune ont fait l’objet de ce travail de thèse. L’analyse du régime alimentaire sur 14 sites d’études représentatifs des 4 habitats majeurs a révélé un régime très diversifié et une forte prédation sur les vertébrés natifs et notamment sur le groupe des scinques, des roussettes et des pétrels. Parmi les 44 espèces de vertébrés retrouvées dans le régime alimentaire de ce prédateur invasif, la plupart sont endémiques et 20 sont listées comme menacées sur la liste rouge mondiale de l’UICN. Le suivi des déplacements d’une dizaine d’individus équipés de colliers GPS au niveau d’une presqu’île de la côte ouest abritant une importante colonie d’oiseaux marins, a permis de mettre en évidence de grands domaines vitaux pour les mâles, des domaines vitaux petits pour les femelles et des patrons de déplacements importants liés aux différentes étapes du cycle reproducteur des oiseaux marins. Ces éléments, couplés aux analyses de régime alimentaire suggèrent une prédation à la fois sur les adultes reproducteurs mais également sur les jeunes oiseaux proches de l’envol, et ceci à une large échelle géographique puisque certains des chats harets concernés avaient le coeur de leur domaine vital situé à plus de 3km de la colonie. Une opération expérimentale de contrôle d’une population de chats harets a été conduite sur cette presqu’île et a montré une faible durabilité des effets de la suppression des individus sur les densités observées et une rapide recolonisation du site. Les résultats de ce travail plaident pour la mise en place de mesures de limitation des impacts occasionnés et permettent en particulier de cibler les habitats de maquis et forêt humide comme prioritaires en matière de limitation des abondances. Ces travaux nous éclairent également sur l’emprise spatiale et l’intensité des futures mesures de contrôle à conduire dans le contexte d’îles de grande superficie et fortement envahies.

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