In April 2003, he National Marine Fisheries Service(NMFS,also known as NOAA Fisheries) transferred the responsibility for man aging the marine resources infederal waters surrounding the US Pacific Islands from NOAA Fisheries' Southwest Region based in california to the newly defined pacific islan
Difficulties in scaling up theoretical and experimental results have raised controversy over the consequences of biodiversity
loss for the functioning of natural ecosystems. Using a global survey of reef fish assemblages, we show that in contrast to
The biodiversity of the Pacific region is recognised as being globally significant. The Solomon Islands was recently included into the famous "Coral Triangle", the area of ocean considered to have the highest marine biodiversity in the world.
The term Marine Protected Area (MPA) includes any area of the coast and ocean that is under management to control potentially destructive activities and conserve the biodiversity resources. Other terms used in the Pacific to describe such an area are
Conservation biology involves protection and management of biodiversity (Metfe and Carroll 1994). This integrated discipline requires both an understanding of an ecosystem and its associated threats, as well as an understanding of the management of the system as a resource. In order to
In the Pacific Region marine areas and marine resources such as coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses and fisheries resources are very valuable because they sustain lives and livelihoods.
In this report we present the results of a study carried out between May 2004 and May 2005 as a contribution to the Tropical Rivers Inventory and Assessment Project (TRIAP) of Australia's Tropical Rivers Program.
Developed in 1994, the NEMS highlights strategies for the development of policy and planning mechanisms for sustainable development, human resource management, pollution control,
