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New Caledonia world of corals.

Payri, C E

Reef ecosystems are an important part pf the coastline of many countries in the intertropical zone.

Feasibility study for a Pacific based WMO regional training centre.

Love, G

Mamaeva, M

Wilson, J

This first report from the study team uses results from visits to 13 of the 15 NMHSs and the survey completed by 14 of the countries during June 2018 to examine the feasibility of a Pacific based WMO regional training centre.

Wetlands of Wallis and Futuna.

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

In 2014, with support from the French Government, Wallis and Futuna informed SPREP of its intention to identify nationally significant wetlands for future designation as wetlands of international importance (Ramsar Sites) under the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971).

Regional joint meeting of the ACPMEA2 and Inform projects.

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SPREPs Environmental and Monitoring Governance (EMG) Programme convened a regional meeting for participants to review the successes of the ACPMEA Project Phase 2, discuss and share experiences in implementing the ACPMEA project, and establish clear linkages to the Inform project.

Samfala wei fo aksesim wanfala ikol benefit searing taem yumi yusim Genetic Risosis. Wei fo aksesim an garem benefit taem yu yusim genetik risosis an olketa tradisnol nolej.

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

Disfala fea an ikol searing long benefit yumi tekem taem yumi yusim Genetic Resources hem wanfala long olketa three (3) fala bik objektiv long disfala miting (convention) blong Biology Diversity

Removing introduced hedgehogs from the Uists.

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Ferguson, J.M.

Thompson, R.C.

Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) are native to Great Britain but were introduced to the island of South Uist in 1974 and gradually colonised South Uist and Benbecula. In 1999 hedgehogs were confirmed in southern areas of North Uist. Hedgehogs eat the eggs and occasionally the chicks of waders, which breed at high densities in the Uists. Initial research by Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in 1998 suggested that predation by hedgehogs was having a significant effect on the wader populations in South Uist. In 2014, remote cameras were used on a sample of wader nests and found hedgehogs responsible for 52% of all predation in South Uist. The Uist Wader Project was set up in 2000 to remove hedgehogs from North Uist initially, but with a long-term aim to remove hedgehogs completely from the Uists. Various methods including lamping, trapping and the use of sni?er dogs were developed, trialled, and improved. We developed an Index of Abundance (IOA) of hedgehogs, using footprint monitoring tunnels. This IOA provides a means of confirming the impact of removal activities on the hedgehog population. In anticipation of scaling up, we carried out a removal trial on a two km² area at Drimore in South Uist. The trial demonstrated the e?ort required to reduce the abundance of hedgehogs from high density, 30 animals/km2, to zero and enabled the project team to estimate the resources required to eradicate hedgehogs from Benbecula, North and South Uist. The North Uist phase should be complete by the beginning of 2018, with only eight hedgehogs caught in 2016 and just one in 2017. Two years of monitoring are planned between 2018 and 2020, to confirm eradication.

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The Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing.

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing is a supplementary treaty adopted under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan on 29 October 201

Nagoya Protokol lo akses an benefit sharin.

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

Nagoya Protockol long Akses an Benefit- Sharin hem wanfala adisinal treaty olketa adoptem under long care blong disfala convention long biology diversity ( CBD ) long Nagoya , Japan long 29 October 2010.

Access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilization. Access and benefit sharing (factsheet)

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

The fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources is one of the three overall objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

Eradication of red deer from Secretary Island, New Zealand: changing tactics to achieve success

Island and Ocean Ecosystems

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Edge, K.A.

Macdonald, N.

Nugent, G.

Parkes, J.P.

Red deer (Cervus elaphus) established on 8,140 ha Secretary Island after swimming from the mainland in the early 1960s. Attempts to remove them began in the 1970s and after several starts and stops they were eradicated in late 2014. Since late 2006, 688 deer have been removed. Ground hunters killed 365 deer in 1,827 hunter-days, 320 deer were shot from helicopters in 211 ?ying-hours, two deer were trapped and one was known to have been killed by a ?sherman. The campaign since 2006 was planned in three phases an initial population reduction, a mop-up phase and a surveillance and rapid response to any new immigration phase. An initial reduction of 80% of the population, between 530 and 550 in 2006, was planned and achieved in the ?rst two years. The removal of surviving deer was planned to take a further four years but despite 114 being shot and probably less than 14 deer remaining in 2013 eradication was not achieved using the methods that succeeded in the initial phase. The change in tactics in 2014 that allowed for eradication was to (a) ground survey the island and use camera traps to locate areas with deer, (b) identify individual deer from faecal DNA to estimate numbers, know when they were shot or still alive, and to estimate potential new immigration from the mainland which was low, and (c) move from individual hunters seeking any deer within a widespread population, when about 10% of hunter-deer encounters led to a kill, to re-train hunters as teams using GPS/radio systems and integrate them with aerial hunting to seek individual deer at known locations, when 100% of encounters led to a kill. The change of tactics that led to eradication success required about half the costs, i.e. $25,000 to $10,500 per deer direct operational costs, expected if no change had been made.

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