This dataset contains mapped point locations for protected areas within the Kingdom of Tonga. This dataset should be viewed in combination with the World Database on Protected Areas polygon locations to get a comprehensive view of all protected areas within Tonga.
This dataset contains mapped polygon locations for protected areas within the Kingdom of Tonga. This dataset should be viewed in combination with the World Database on Protected Areas point locations to get a comprehensive view of all protected areas within Tonga.
Pacific islands region land area
Date produced by The Institute for Marine Remote Sensing (IMaRS) at the University of South Florida (USF) was funded by the Oceanography Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide an exhaustive worldwide inventory of coral reefs using high-resolution satellite imagery.
Several GIS file types illustrating Tongan Coral reef geomorphic structure
Data originally produced by Millennium Coral Reef Mapping Project validated maps provided by the Institute for Marine Remote Sensing, University of South Florida (IMaRS/USF) and Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD, Centre de Nouméa), with support from NASA.
The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the most comprehensive global database of marine and terrestrial protected areas, updated on a monthly basis, and is one of the key global biodiversity data sets being widely used by scientists, businesses, governments, International secretariats and others to inform planning, policy decisions and management.
The map shows landcover and vegetation impact of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Haápai volcanic eruption on the Tonga Island group.
The maps highlights areas with significant shift in the shoreline by overlaying shoreline data from Nov 2021 and January 2022
The maps highlights areas with significant shift in the shoreline by overlaying shoreline data from Nov 2021 and January 2022
Map of the protected areas for the Pacific Islands Region with regional-level summary statistics on the amount of area under protection, count for each type of protected area (terrestrial or marine), and the count of their designation.
Dataset includes various regional-scale spatial data layers in geojson format.
Photos from the meeting....
Resources for the SPREP Inform workshop in Samoa
Redlist species of Samoa as of 09/04/2019
