This report provides an analysis and assessment of legislation, policies, strategies and plans relevant to management and use of the Solomon Islands oceans and will contribute to the development of both the oceans policy and plan.
This report summarizes the main findings of an analysis and assessment of 54 instruments of legislation, policies, strategies and plans relevant to management and use of the Solomon Islands oceans and will contribute to the development of both the oceans policy and plan.
A factsheet explaining marine ecosystem services developed by MACBIO.
Factsheet developed by MACBIO on Economic Valuation of Marine Ecosystem SServices. What are ecosystem services? The case for economic valuation of marine ecosystem servces in the Pacific. How can economic values for ecosystem services be used in decision making in the Pacific?
A factsheet developed by MACBIO on the methods of ecosystem services valuation in the Pacific. Topics explained:
* What are ecosystem services and why are they important in the Pacific?
* How can we value marine ecosystem services in the Pacific?
* Cost based valuation methods.
* Production based valuation methods.
* Revealed preference valuation methods.
* Stated preferences methods.
A factsheet developed by MACBIO covering the topic of Marine Ecosystem Services in the Pacific.
* What marine and coastal ecosystem services exist in the Pacific and why are they important?
PDF file of a presentation by MACBIO on the process and products of the national MESV process in the Solomon Islands. This provides a quick overview of the process itself and the developed material, that are combined in this dataset.
Poster summarizing the values of the marine ecosystem services of Solomon Islands calculated by MACBIO based on data of 2013.
Infographic about the value of Solomon Islands' marine ecosystem services as calculated by MACBIO based on 2014 data.
Solomon Islands Marine Assessment: Technical report of survey conducted May 13 to June 17, 2004. By The Nature Conservancy.
The MACBIO project classify the entire marine environment within the MACBIO participating countries to inform, in particular, their national marine spatial and marine protected area planning efforts. The draft outputs are marine bioregions that include reef-associated and deepwater biodiversity assemblages with complete spatial coverage at a scale useful for national planning. Results for the Solomon Islands have been presented to the marine experts and government of the Solomon Islands for review.
The Solomon Islands State of Environment (SoE) Report presents an overview across seven thematic areas: Culture and Heritage, Atmosphere and Climate, Coastal and Marine, Freshwater Resources, Land, Biodiversity and Built Environment. The report uses the ‘Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact and Response’ (DPSIR) model to describe the environment. As far as possible the report is based on quantitative data relating to the state of the environment, supplemented by stakeholder input to describe causal relationships and environmental effects.
Technical report of survey conducted May 13 to June 17, 2004.
The resulting marine bioregions of the Solomon Islands as stated in this report will provide a biological and environmental basis for the nation’s MSP process. Specifically, it allows for the identification of candidate sites for an ecologically-representative system of MPAs in the country.
Forum Leaders embrace Pacific regionalism as:
*The expression of a common sense of identity and purpose, leading progressively to the sharing of institutions, resources, and markets, with the purpose of complementing national efforts, overcoming common constraints, and enhancing sustainable and inclusive development within Pacific countries and territories and for the Pacific region as a whole*
Principal objectives are;
This list of indicators was developed through the Inform project at SPREP for use by Pacific Islands countries (PICs) to meet their national and international reporting obligations. The indicators are typically adopted by PICs for their State of Environment reports and are intended to be re-used for a range of MEA and SDG reporting targets. The indicators have been designed to be measurable and repeatable so that countries can track key aspect of environmental health over time.