November 10, 2018
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The world has two years to secure a deal for nature to halt a ‘silent killer’ as dangerous as climate change, says biodiversity chief. Click on the link below to read the full article.
November 10, 2018
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There is nothing quite like experiencing the reality of a small island/large ocean state to gain a true appreciation of its vulnerability and the remarkable resilience of its people.
November 10, 2018
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We use Modern PortfolioTheory to identify coral reef locations globally that, in the absence of other impacts, are likely to have a heightened chance of surviving projected climate changes relative to other reefs.
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November 10, 2018
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Climate-related drivers of change – such as ocean warming, acidification, and deoxygenation – will alter ocean conditions and lead to changes in marine ecosystem structure and functioning, as well as the redistribution of the services that the oceans provide.
November 10, 2018
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Four Pacific coral reef World Heritage sites have been selected for a four-year, USD$9 million project that will build climate resilience leadership - Rock Islands Southern Lagoon (Palau), Lagoons of New Caledonia (France), Ningaloo Coast and the Great Barrier Reef (Australia).
November 10, 2018
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Fiji has been labelled a bigger brother in the Pacific by the President of Kiribati.Taneti Maamau made the statement while visiting the Koroipita Model Town in Naikabula, Lautoka on October 29. This was followed by a meeting on climate change adaptation and solutions.
Field Note - Discovery of a recovering climax Acropora community in Kanton Lagoon in the remote Phoenix Islands Protected Area
An expedition in 2002 to the Phoenix Islands Protected Area in the Republic of Kiribati documented an extensive and delicate community of staghorn and tabular Acropora colonies...
Risk-sensitive planning for conserving coral reefs under rapid climate change
Coral reef ecosystems are seriously threatened by changing conditions in the ocean. Although many factors are implicated, climate change has emerged as a dominant and
rapidly growing threat. Developing a long-term strategic plan for the conservation of coral reefs is urgently needed yet is complicated by significant uncertainty associ-
ated with climate change impacts on coral reef ecosystems.
An attainable global vision for conservation and human well-being
A hopeful vision of the future is a world in which both people and nature thrive, but there is little evidence to support the feasibility of such a vision. We used a global, spatially explicit, systems modeling approach to explore the possibility of meeting the demands of increased populations and economic growth in 2050 while simultaneously advancing multiple conservation goals.
November 2, 2018
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As climate change causes ocean temperatures to rise, coral reefs worldwide are experiencing mass bleaching events and die-offs. Click on the link below to read the full article.