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Strengthen the Climate Resilience and Well-Being of Pacific communities through Biodiversity Conservation
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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The Pacific ocean's exceptional terrestrial and marine biodiversity offers invaluable services to communities. But for this part of the world is particularly vulnerable to climate change, which has a direct impact on ecosystems and traditional way of life. The KIWA initiative is a multi-donor program that aims to strengthen the climate resilience of ecosystems, communities and economies in the Pacific countries and territories by using Nature-based solutions (NbS) to protect, restore and sustainably manage biodiversity.
Climate of Guam - Natural history of Guam
Climate Change Resilience
Available Online
An introduction of climate change presentation
Traditional knowledge of weather and climate in the Pacific.
Climate Change Resilience
Available Online
2019
Increasing Community Resilience to Climate Extremes and Natural Disasters. By closely observing their local environment, communities in the Pacific have developed skills that enable them to build coping strategies for extreme weather and climate events. They are able to make their own predictions for weather and climate variables based on traditional knowledge that has evolved through observation and experience over a considerable period of time.
A database for traditional knowledge of weather and climate in the Pacific
Climate Change Resilience
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Chambers, Lynda E.

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Dossis, Tom

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Hiriasia, David H.

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Malsale, Philip

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Martin, David J.

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Mitiepo, Rossy

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Plotz, Roan D.

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Tahera, Khadiza

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Tofaeono, Tile I.

2017
Growinginterestintraditionalknowledge(TK),particularlyinrelationtothepredictionofweatherorclimate extremes, raises issues concerning the appropriate storage and management of the information collected. The Traditional Knowledge Database (TK Database) for the storage and use of TK associated with weather and climate prediction in the Paci c was designed with the following principles in mind: (1) preservation of the knowledge, maintaining cultural context wherever possible; (2) respect for intellectual property and cultural sensitivities around data sharing and use; (3) appropriate system design, accounting for ongoing costs of system maintenance and often intermittent Internet access; and (4) moving beyond data preservation to ensure continued use and growth of the TK. The TK Database was successfully deployed to four countries in the south Paci c and is regularly used by their national meteorological services, and partner organizations, both to preserve TK related to weather and climate and as a tool to assist in monitoring the TK indicators. As the rst database of its kind, the TK Database lls a critical gap in the appropriate storage and application of TK and provides an important foundation for future developments.
Climate Crab
Climate Change Resilience

Brad Murphy

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Christopher Barlett

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Climate Crab project team :

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Jill Rischbieth

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Phillip Malsale

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Rebecca McNaught

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Salesa Kaniaha

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Ula Majewski

2013
The Contribution of Agriculture to the State of Climate
Environmental Monitoring and Governance, Climate Change Resilience

C. de Kimpe

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M.V.K. Sivakumar

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R.L Desjardins

2007
Samoa Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review
Climate Change Resilience
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United Nations Development Programme

2012
This Samoa Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) is one of five pilot CPEIRs that test a new methodology for reviewing public expenditure related to climate change, including both adaptation and mitigation, and the way in which this is guided by policy and managed by institutions. The five pilots are being coordinated by UNDP and undertaken by ODI with national and international experts, working closely with governments. The Samoan CPEIR took place be-tween March and May 2012.
What is Climate? : a teaching unit for years 7 -10 children
Climate Change Resilience

Pacific Argo Regional Center / SEREAD

2002
• Provide teaching resources that complement current teaching curriculum and demonstrate the value of scientif ic knowledge through realistic and locally relevant applications. • Teach students about the fundamental measur|ements that are used to describe and measure changes in climate. • Help teachers and students to understand how scientists use data. • Provide opportunities for interaction between scientists and teachers.
Pacific country report on sea level & climate : their present state : Solomon Islands; Marshall Islands; Palau; Cook Islands; Papua New Guinea; Vanuatu; Federated States of Micronesia ; Samoa
Island and Ocean Ecosystems

South Pacific Sea Level and Climate Monitoring Project - Phase 111

2004
The red vented-bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer): invasion dynamics and ecological impacts of an introduced pest bird in New Caledonia and implications for management
BRB
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Martin Thibault

2018
Suite à la soutenance de thèse effectuée en juillet 2018 à l’Université de Massey, le manuscrit de Martin Thibault, intitulé « Le bulbul à ventre rouge (Pycnonotus cafer): dynamique d’invasion et impacts écologiques d’un oiseau introduit en Nouvelle Calédonie. Invasive alien species are a major cause of biodiversity loss globally, especially on islands where high species richness and levels of endemism accentuate their impacts. Various international institutions have constructed lists of the most harmful invasive species to help environment managers at both global and local scales to prioritize their efforts. The red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer) is a passerine bird species considered among the three worst invasive birds on the planet. This species is currently spreading over the tropical archipelago of New Caledonia, one of the 36 world biodiversity hotspots. This dissertation presents the findings of a PhD study conducted in New Caledonia with two objectives: 1) to describe this introduced population, and 2) to evaluate the threats from its dispersal using both existing knowledge and new in-situ and ex-situ data and a variety of analysis techniques. From the literature, I identified three key impacts explaining the species’ status: i) damage to agricultural crops, ii) noxious seed dispersal, and iii) competition with other avifauna. I estimated the local population size (approx. 140,000 individuals), its habitat use (inhabited areas), its density along an urbanization gradient (30-120 ind/km2), and I produced lists of consumed plant and animal species and identified a colour preference in the foraging strategy of the red-vented bulbul. Exploration of each impact category revealed i) substantial losses on fruit production (18% of tomato production), ii) impact on the abundance of nine native bird species that may be driving a spatial reassembly of the community, and iii) a short distance dispersal (77-92 m) that could promote the dispersal of introduced plant species at the expense of endemic species. Finally, through modelling, I estimated the climatic niche of the species at a global scale and identified that most island territories as suitable for the establishment of this invasive bird species. Regardless of whether the red-vented bulbul deserves its status as “world worst” species, quantitative impact assessments in its alien range such as the studies presented here are needed to prevent the dispersal and harmful impacts of this species on human activities and sensitive ecosystems. Implications for management are discussed.

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