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Conservation science is having a reckoning with parachute science. In the parachute science models, scientists drop into a foreign country with preconceived notions, seeking to validate their assumptions without genuine
engagement with local people, ideas, epistemologies, methodologies,
and knowledges, and leave without giving back to the
place from which they extracted.Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 4 p.

Palau became a signatory to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1998, and on January 6, 1999 the National Congress, the Olbiil Era Kelulau (OEK), ratified the treaty.Available onlineCall Number: [EL]Physical Description: 183 p

Environment related legislation reviewAvailable onlineCall Number: [EL]Physical Description: 20 p. ; 29 cm

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Updated version of the Palau SOE - Indicator 96

To date, few quantitative assessments of the marine resources of Palau have been conducted. For the off-shore tuna fishery, reasonable data time-series are available for the foreign access tuna fishery, but data for domestically based tuna operations are incomplete. For the near-shore fishery, reef resources are exploited by subsistence, commercial and recreational fishermen. Very few data are available that document trends in production for most reef-resident and reef-associated fisheries resources in Palau, except for the trochus fishery.

The Government of the Republic of Palau has developed this National Spill Contingency Plan
(NATPLAN) as part of its commitment to protecting our valuable coastal and marine
resources from an eminent or substantial threat to the marine environment or public.
NATPLAN has been developed to reflect the essential steps necessary to initiate, conduct and
terminate an emergency spill response on, or into the navigable waters of the Republic of
Palau, on the adjoining shorelines, the waters of the contiguous zone or into waters of the

Developed in 1994, the NEMS highlights strategies for the development of policy and planning mechanisms for sustainable development, human resource management, pollution control,
education and information, preservation of cultural, archaeological and historical resources, and recommendations for long-term sustainable management plans for tourism development, marine resources protection, and agriculture.
Available online
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Physical Description: 18 p.