You can now register for the 10th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas hassle-free online by making full payment through the conference website using credit card or PayPal.
Tourism in parks and protected areas can be a boon to local conservation efforts or it can afflict biodiversity conservation and environmental management. How can visitation be developed and maintained in a responsible manner?
IMET - Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool
IMET (the Integrated Management Effectiveness Tool) was developed in the context of the BIOPAMA (Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management) programme to contribute to improving protected area management effectiveness and meeting conservation targets. This tool concerns the planning, monitoring and evaluation of protected areas and it directly support managers on the field and at national agencies level. IMET version 2.2 was released on 25 June 2021, with many new features. The latest version (2.10.6) is now available.
We live on a changing planet. Unnaturally rapid global warming is altering everything, including lands and waters. Evidence shows we've already emitted enough greenhouse gases to alter the structure of ecosystems and interactions within them.
The 10th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas has opened for registration and interested members of the public and organisations are now invited to register online! Discounted registration is available from now until end of January 2020.&nbs
Almost a third of the Earth will need to be protected by 2030 and pollution cut by half to save our remaining wildlife, as we enter the planet's sixth era of mass extinction, according to a United Nations agency. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity released a draft plan
A proposed update to the global treaty governing plant and animal life on Earth calls for nearly a third of the planet to be designated as protected by 2030.
Framework for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas in the Pacific Islands Region, 2014-2020
The 9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas held in Suva, Fiji, December 2013 produced and adopted a new Framework for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas in the Pacific Islands Region 2014-2020.
Protected Areas Working Group (PAWG) Action Plan 2014-2020
The Protected Areas Working Group (PAWG) Action Plan 2014-2020 aligns with the Framework for Nature Conservation and Protected Areas (Framework) in terms of time span and objectives. The Action Plan was developed during a series of planning meetings and the Annual meeting of PAWG held in July 2015.
Pohnpei Protected Areas (PAs)
Protected areas that are active and proposed on Pohnpei main islandPohnpei