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| Bottrill, Madeleine C; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland; m.bottrill@uq.edu.au; Hockings, Marc; School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Queensland; m.hockings@uq.edu.au; Possingham, Hugh P; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland; h.possingham@uq.edu.au. |
| Evaluation, the process of assessing the effectiveness of programs and activities, has gained increasing attention in the conservation sector as programs seek to account for investments, measure their impacts, and adapt interventions to improve future outcomes. We conducted a country-wide evaluation of terrestrial-based conservation programs in Samoa. Though rarely applied, the benefit of evaluating multiple projects at once is that it highlights factors which are persistent and influential across the entire conservation sector. We found mixed success in achieving goals among conservation programs; yet this result is surrounded by uncertainty because of the quality of existing evidence on project outcomes. We explore the role of different components of... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Conservation; Effectiveness; Evaluation; Pacific Islands; Success. |
| Ano: 2011 |
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| The genus Alyxia is revised for Australia and the islands of the Pacific Ocean as the second and final part of a complete revision of the genus. 39 species are recognised for this area of which three are new to science, two are new combinations and one is a new name. 14 species are found in Australia and its offshore territories, 21 species in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands, and seven species in the other islands of the Pacific. There is relatively little overlap between regions: two species are found in Malesia and Australia; one species is found in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands; one species in Vanuatu and New Caledonia; and A. stellata is found in Australia, New Caledonia and into the Pacific as far as Hawaii and Henderson Island. Keys and... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Alyxia; Apocynaceae; Australia; New Caledonia; Pacific Islands; Taxonomic revision. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/524530 |
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| McMillen, Heather L; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; hmcmille@hawaii.edu; Ticktin, Tamara; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; ticktin@hawaii.edu; Friedlander, Alan; National Geographic Society-Pristine Seas Project; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; alan.Friedlander@hawaii.edu; Jupiter, Stacy D; Wildlife Conservation Society Fiji Country Program; sjupiter@wcs.org; Thaman, Randolph; University of the South Pacific; randolph.thaman@usp.ac.fj; Campbell, John; University of Waikato; j.campbell@waikato.ac.nz; Veitayaki, Joeli; University of the South Pacific; joeli.veitayaki@usp.ac.fj; Giambelluca, Thomas; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Nagoya University; thomas@hawaii.edu; Nihmei, Salesa; SPREP; salesan@sprep.org; Rupeni, Etika; IUCN/Locally Managed Marine Network; etika.rupeni@iucn.org; Apis-Overhoff, Lucille; University of the South Pacific; lu.overhoff@gmail.com; Aalbersberg, William; University of the South Pacific; william.aalbersberg@usp.ac.fj; Orcherton, Dan F.; Centre for Sustainable Technology and Development, Fiji National University; dan.orcherton@fnu.ac.fj. |
| Understanding how social-ecological systems are and can be resilient to climate change is one of the world's most crucial problems today. It requires knowledge at local and global scales, the integration of natural and social sciences, and a focus on biocultural diversity. Small Pacific Islands and the knowledge-practice-belief systems of their peoples have a long history of resilience to environmental variability and unpredictability, including in areas with marginal habitats and with periodic, severe disturbance (e.g., drought, flood, storms, and tsunami). We review the state of research on these knowledge systems as it pertains to resilience and adaptation, and we highlight critical research needs to address the interrelated areas of: (1) local-scale... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Synthesis |
Palavras-chave: Biocultural diversity; Climate; Customary; Indigenous and local ecological knowledge; Pacific Islands; Social-ecological resilience. |
| Ano: 2014 |
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| Hoverman, Suzanne; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland; suzannehoverman@optusnet.com.au; Ross, Helen; University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland; Helen.Ross@uq.edu.au; Chan, Terence; Water Studies Centre, Monash University, Victoria; terence.chan@sci.monash.edu.au; Powell, Bronwyn; International WaterCentre Brisbane, Queensland; b.powell@watercentre.org. |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Catchment risk assessment; Collective social action; Deliberative democratic theory; Developing countries; Integrated Water Resources Management IWRM; Knowledge systems; Social learning; Solomon Islands; Pacific Islands. |
| Ano: 2011 |
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| Janif, Shaiza Z.; Research Office, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands; shaiza.janif@usp.ac.fj; Nunn, Patrick D.; Australian Centre for Pacific Islands Research, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia; pnunn@usc.edu.au; Geraghty, Paul; School of Language, Arts and Media, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands; Department of Linguistics, University of New England, New South Wales, Australia; paul.geraghty@usp.ac.fj; Aalbersberg, William; Institute of Applied Sciences, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands; william.aalbersberg@usp.ac.fj; Thomas, Frank R.; Oceania Centre for Arts, Culture and Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands; frank.r.thomas@usp.ac.fj; Camailakeba, Mereoni; Fiji Museum, Suva, Fiji Islands; camailakeba@gmail.com. |
| In the interests of improving engagement with Pacific Island communities to enable development of effective and sustainable adaptation strategies to climate change, we looked at how traditional oral narratives in rural/peripheral Fiji communities might be used to inform such strategies. Interviews were undertaken and observations made in 27 communities; because the custodians of traditional knowledge were targeted, most interviewees were 70-79 years old. The view that oral traditions, particularly those referring to environmental history and the observations/precursors of environmental change, were endangered was widespread and regretted. Interviewees’ personal experiences of extreme events (natural disasters) were commonplace but no... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptation; Climate change; Community; Fiji; Oral traditions; Pacific Islands; Resilience; Rural. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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