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This policy applies to SPREP’s own data as well as data held by SPREP on behalf of government agencies and partners within the Pacific.

Brief overview on the vision and benefits of the PIPAP portal

This policy applies to SPREP’s own data as well as data held by SPREP on behalf of government agencies and partners within the Pacific.
The purpose of this policy is to:
• encourage the free exchange of data with other government agencies and partners within the Pacific and with the public in the Pacific and beyond
• promote the benefits of data sharing, and its links to good governance, accountability, public participation and the rule of law

State of Environment (SoE) reports provide in-country partners with a process to gather data on current environmental indicators, document their status, and formulate a plan for keeping these indicators on track or developing policies and programs as needed. This SoE Toolkit dataset contains resources that serve as guides to help create up-to-date State of Environment reports.

This dataset contains a guide for policy makers and legislative drafters in the context of plastic regulations

These guidelines detail the process, timeline, and steps taken to complete a State of Environment Report.

This guide assists PICs to build on existing laws and institutions to protect their environments, economies and societies from plastic pollution, improve waste management and recovery, and find alternative and practical solutions to avoidable plastic use.

In light of the many existing guidebooks already available to support CBA (cost benefit analysis), this document is intended only as an introductory guide with a focus on the practical application of CBA in the Pacific. It indicates key questions and issues to address but it does not explain the theoretical concepts underpinning CBA.

A fact sheet on aquatic invasive species.

The purpose of this document is to support economic analysis in Pacific island countries (government and non-government organisations) by:

* illustrating the various steps involved in conducting a CBA using examples that are familiar to Pacific Islanders in context, content and challenges;

* providing practical tools to support local CBA; and

* promoting a consistent approach to CBA.

This fact sheet covers info on;

* What are aquatic invasive species?

* How are aquatic invasives introduced?

* Some facts about aquatic invasives

This guide introduces environmental indicators and provides an overview of SPREP’S core indicators for Pacific island countries. In 2012, the SPREP members approved the development of a set of standardised indicators for use by member countries at the SPREP meeting. Through the Inform project, SPREP programmes then developed a set of 34 indicators that was endorsed by members at the 2018 SPREP meeting. This document explains the development and use of environmental indicators in Part 1 and provides a summary of each of the 34 ‘core’ indicators in Part 2.

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This map illustrates impact of the Hunga Tonga-hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption and subsequent tsunami in the Atata island (Kolovao district, Tonga) and the related damage assessment as detected from a Pleiades image acquired on 18 January 2022.

Source : :United Nations Satellite Centre(UNOSAT)
 

This map illustrates effects of the Hunga Tonga-hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption in Nomuka island (Mu'omu'a district, Tonga) and damage assessment as detected from a Pleiades image acquired on 17 January 2022.

250 structures identified. 104 structures were analyzed in the cloud-free area and 41 structures were identified as damaged and almost all the structures were covered with ash. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field

The report describes Preliminary Satellite-Derived Damage Assessment Status for the Kingdom of Tonga - Affected structures and affected facilities observed in all island after tsunami triggered by volcanic eruption.

Source : UNOSTAT

This map illustrates effects of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga- Ha'apai volcanic eruption in Mango island and damage assessments as detected from a Kompsat-3 image acquired o 18 January 2022. UNOSTAT identified 26 structures as damaged and/or destroyed and 1 structure as potentially damaged. The entire island appears to be covered with ashes. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field

This dataset contains preliminary impact assessments of the Hunga-Tonga-Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption and induced tsunami in January 2022.

The eruptions sent a plume of ash, gas and steam 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) into the air. Satellite imagery showed a massive ash cloud and shockwaves spreading from the eruption. Ash was falling from the sky in the Tonga capital, Nuku'alofa, Saturday evening and phone connections were down. The eruption was likely the biggest recorded anywhere on the planet in more than 30 years, according to experts.