About
- Terms of Reference
- Action Plan 2014 – 2020
- PAWG Presentation at Annual Meeting, Suva, Fiji, July 2015
Members
- American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency
- Conservation International (CI)
- Coral Reef Advisory Group (CRAG) – American Samoan Government
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- Marine Areas Network (FLMMA)
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature - Oceania Regional Office (IUCN-ORO)
- Protected Areas Learning and Research Collaboration (PALRC)
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
- World Wide Fund (WWF)
- Wildlife Conservation Society – Fiji Country Programme
- Wildlife Conservation Society, Melanesia Program
Note - As of November 2022, the PAWG has been rebranded to the Pacific Area-based Conservation Network (PACoN), with a new terms of reference and membership. More information to come - WATCH THIS SPACE...
What determines the effectiveness of national protected area networks?
More than 15% of global terrestrial area is under some form of protection and there is a growing impetus to increase this coverage to 30% by 2030. But not all protection is effective and the reasons some countries’ protected areas (PAs) are more effective than others’ are poorly understood.
What's on the horizon for community-based conservation? Emerging threats and opportunities
Community-based conservation can support livelihoods and biodiversity, while reinforcing local and Indigenous values, cultures, and institutions. Its delivery can help address cross-cutting global challenges, such as climate change, conservation, poverty, and food security.
Why Human rights matter for marine conservation
Human rights matter for marine conservation because people and nature are inextricably linked. A thriving planet cannot be one that contains widespread human suffering or stifles human potential; and a thriving humanity cannot exist on a dying planet.
World Bank Global Biodiversity Data
We describe below the data and provide an overview of the specific variables that are constructed for the analysis in the papers: “Revisiting Global Biodiversity: A Spatial Analysis of Species Occurrence Data from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility” by Susmita Dasgupta, Brian
World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Oceania Newsletter No.1, 2020
The first edition of the Newsletter of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Oceania (WCPA Oceania) for 2020 is now available.
World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Oceania Newsletter No.2, 2020
The second edition of the Newsletter of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Oceania (WCPA Oceania) for 2020 is now available.
World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) Oceania Newsletter No.3, 2018
The third edition of the Newsletter of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Oceania (2018). IUCN's World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is the world's premier network of protected area expertise.
World Commission On Protected Areas (WCPA) Oceania Newsletter, No. 4 2019
The fourth edition of the Newsletter of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Oceania (2019)
World Database on Protected Areas
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the most comprehensive global database of marine and terrestrial protected areas, updated on a monthly basis, and is one of the key global biodiversity data sets being widely used by scientists, businesses, governments, International secretariats an
World Heritage Conservation in the Pacific: The Case of Solomon Islands
East Rennell (part of the island of Rennell, in Solomon Islands) was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1998. Its listing was a milestone in the development of the World Heritage Convention regime.
WWF Living Planet Report 2022 - Building a Nature-Positive Society
This edition of the Living Planet Report confirms the planet is in the midst of a biodiversity and climate crisis, and that we have a last chance to act. This goes beyond conservation.
