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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.

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Conservation Status of Marine Biodiversity in Oceania.

Samoa Protected Areas (PA) data from the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA), downloaded August 2019. This dataset includes both tables and spatial data.

Biological Rapid Assessment Program (BIORAP) was conducted from July 16 to August 3, 2016 in three Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) in Samoa: * the Central Savai’i Rainforest KBA * Falealupo Peninsula Coastal Rainforest KBA on Savaii

The island of New Guinea hosts the third largest expanse of tropical rainforest on the planet. Papua New Guinea—comprising the eastern half of the island—plans to nearly double its national road network (from 8,700 to 15,000 km) over the next three years, to spur economic growth.

Maps on Species Richness developed by MACBIO as resource for the bioregions workshop (Feb 2018). The tool AquaMaps was used to show predictions of relative probabilities of species occurences in a global grid of half-degree latitude and longitude cell dimensions.

BIORAP survey conducted by Ridge to Reef team in collaboration with department of environment,fisheries and agriculture.

Data on Palau's Marine Biodiversity including data on Palau's marine protected areas

The purpose of these regulations are to; * establish a shark sanctuary in Kiribati water to ensure conservation of sharks * protect the balance of the marine ecosystem include commercially important fish species and the health of marine habitats such as coral reefs