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IMET (the Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool) was developed in the context of the BIOPAMA (Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management…
This tool guides an assessor through three steps to apply eight criteria which determine if a site qualifies as an OECM as set out under the…
This paper is designed primarily for coastal community members, leaders and supporting partner organizations to gain the knowledge and skills that…
The Green List Programme aims to recognise and increase the number of fair and effective protected and conserved areas. Using regionally and…
The MPA Resilience Self Assessment Tool (R-SAT) helps MPA managers better understand and prepare for emerging threats and change due to external…
The Enhancing Our Heritage Toolkit 2.0 offers a self-assessment methodology to evaluate management effectiveness in a World Heritage property or…
This is the first global assessment of a full ecosystem functional group across the planet using the Red List of Ecosystems and raises…
Other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) are sites outside protected areas that deliver effective and long-term in situ…
The UNI can be subdivided into six themes: consumption drivers, human pressures, habitat status, species status, nature’s contributions to people…
As world leaders and scientific institutions from across the globe gather to discuss the biodiversity crisis at COP16 and climate change at COP29…
The Convention on Biological Diversity Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework requires signatories to ensure that all areas within a…
The International Institute of Sustainable Development has launched the Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) Inventory for Fiji under their Climate…
The IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions self-assessment is an online tool that consists of eight criteria and associated indicators,…
The objective of monitoring and evaluation is to determine if the management plan and annual work plans effectively contribute to achieving …
The Pacific Islands are extremely vulnerable to the effects of a changing climate. However, incorporating climate change…
Most protected areas in the world are affected to some degree by invasive species. The spread of plants and animals across the world has…
Other useful resources
Pollution and the growing volumes of solid and hazardous wastes are major threats to the environments and sustainable development of the Pacific…
Community Based Management resources
Presented here are examples of management plans for various kinds of protected areas from strict nature reserves to local village fisheries…
Marine Resources provides a variety of documents and links to information on marine species, deep sea mining, coral reefs, fisheries, seamounts,…