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What Conservation Strategies support the Adaptive Capacity of Coastal Ecosystems in three island states facing a changing climate in Micronesia?

Coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds, are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The degradation and loss of these ecosystems, stemming from the increased impacts of climate change-related drivers, threaten the well being of island communities in Micronesia, as they are very reliant on and connected with these coastal ecosystems.Call Number: [EL]Physical Description: 179 p.

tuna fishery. Credit - the Loop PNG
GEF support for oceanic fisheries in transition in the Western and Central Pacific
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After six years, the second Oceanic Fisheries Management Project in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) has come to an end...The aim of the project was to help the small island developing states of the WCPO ensure the sustainable management of their oceanic fisheries and to better unders

Guide to the Global Biodiversity outlook for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on the Occasion of SIDS Day, 10 May 2010, During the 18th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development

Today, May 10th, in addition to being SIDS Day, coincides with the release, in Nairobi, Kenya, of the third
edition of Global Biodiversity Outlook (GBO-3). This major new assessment of the current state of
biodiversity and the implications of its continued loss for human well-being was produced by the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the broadest international treaty for the conservation and
sustainable use of biodiversity and the equitable sharing of the benefits from the utilization of genetic