This resource is a zip file containing the aggregated catch data (.csv) for the Solomon Islands Exclusive Economic Zone, relevant literature, and methods/metadata for the tabular catch data.
This resource is a zip file containing the aggregated catch data (.csv) for the Timor-Leste Exclusive Economic Zone, relevant literature, and methods/metadata for the tabular catch data.
This resource is a zip file containing the aggregated catch data (.csv) for the Tokelau Exclusive Economic Zone, relevant literature, and methods/metadata for the tabular catch data.
This resource is a zip file containing the aggregated catch data (.csv) for the Tonga Exclusive Economic Zone, relevant literature, and methods/metadata for the tabular catch data.
This resource is a zip file containing the aggregated catch data (.csv) for the Tuvalu Exclusive Economic Zone, relevant literature, and methods/metadata for the tabular catch data.
This resource is a zip file containing the aggregated catch data (.csv) for the Vanuatu Exclusive Economic Zone, relevant literature, and methods/metadata for the tabular catch data.
This resource is a zip file containing the aggregated catch data (.csv) for the Samoa Exclusive Economic Zone, relevant literature, and methods/metadata for the tabular catch data.
This resource is a zip file containing the aggregated catch data (.csv) for the Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone, relevant literature, and methods/metadata for the tabular catch data.
CSV file containing species richness values and mapping parameters for marine species (with a probability of occurrence > 0.5) derived from AquaMaps. A total of 33,512 species were used in the generation of this file.
Coordinate system is WGS84 (ESPG 4326) with coordinates expressed in longitude and latitude.
Fields in this file are:
C-Square Code: unique identifier for grid
Longitude: longitude in decimal degrees
Latitude: latitude in decimal degrees
Species Count: number of species modeled at given point
Zip file containing shapefile and metadata for deepwater bioregions of the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Thirty, mainly physical, environmental variables were assessed to be adequately comprehensive and reliable to be included in the analysis. These data were allocated to over 140,000 grid cells of 20x20 km across the Southwest Pacific. K-means and then hierarchical cluster analyses were then conducted to identify groups of analytical units that contained similar environmental conditions.
Zip file containing shapefile and metadata for reef-associated bioregions of the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Thirty, mainly physical, environmental variables were assessed to be adequately comprehensive and reliable to be included in the analysis. These data were allocated to over 140,000 grid cells of 20x20 km across the Southwest Pacific. K-means and then hierarchical cluster analyses were then conducted to identify groups of analytical units that contained similar environmental conditions.
Pacific islands region exclusive economic zones (EEZs)
AquaMaps are computer-generated predictions of natural occurrence of marine species, based on the environmental tolerance of a given species with respect to depth, salinity, temperature, primary productivity, and its association with sea ice or coastal areas. These 'environmental envelopes' are matched against an authority file which contains respective information for the Oceans of the World. Independent knowledge such as distribution by FAO areas or bounding boxes are used to avoid mapping species in areas that contain suitable habitat, but are not occupied by the species.
Bioregions, of course, are just one of the important data layers in indentifying an ecologically representative system of marine protected areas. To be truly ecologically representative and comprehensive, one must also consider all available information about habitats, species and ecological processes. In addition, socio-economic and cultural considerations are vital in the spatial planning process. This report is focussed upon one important, but only one, input to marine spatial planning: the development of marine bioregions.
Bio-ORACLE is a set of GIS rasters providing geophysical, biotic and environmental data for surface and benthic marine realms. The data are available for global-scale applications at a spatial resolution of 5 arcmin (approximately 9.2 km at the equator).
Linking biodiversity occurrence data to the physical and biotic environment provides a framework to formulate hypotheses about the ecological processes governing spatial and temporal patterns in biodiversity, which can be useful for marine ecosystem management and conservation.
This dataset contains templates of policies and MoU's on data sharing.
You can download the Word-templates and adapt the documents to your national context.
These instructional videos walk users through the portal and its different features.
Forest area for pacific island countries
Raster data representing the mean levels of calcite in µmol/m3 for the surface water layer. The data are available for global-scale applications at a spatial resolution of 5 arcmin (approximately 9.2 km at the equator).
Marine data layers for present conditions were produced with climate data describing monthly averages for the period 2000–2014, obtained from pre-processed global ocean re-analyses combining satellite and in situ observations at regular two- and three-dimensional spatial grids.