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The study indicated that the sampling locations at an industrial site of Suva City is highly predominated with almost all of the studied metals and is a concern to the general public who live and work within the vicinity of Walu Bay industrial area.

At present in the Fiji Islands, no guidelines are available only for biological parameters for receiving water bodies commonly used for recreational activities. The ANZECC (2000) guidelines recommend the use of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Enterococci (Faecal Coliforms) as indicator organisms for fecal contamination of fresh and marine recreational water. This study compiled results for 3 biological parameters, namely, Total Coliforms (TC), E. coli and Faecal Coliforms (FC) at 3 sites in Fiji, namely; My Suva park, Wailea settlement and Centre Point.

Module 3 of the Inform E-learning GIS course

By the end of this module, you should be able to  have some basic understanding of 

  • What  a GIS is?
  • Understand the key components and  functions of a GIS
  • Understand how spatial data is represented in a GIS.
  • Understand how data are stored and accessed to use in mapping

At the end of this module we hope that you will understand the

  • steps of downloading and installing QGIS software on your computers?
  • Be able to open up GGIS and familiarize yourself with the software interface and
  • Know how to add both vector and raster data to QGIS

 

Learning Objectives

  • Layout manager and Map Composer
  • Basic Map Composition
  • Loading Map Elements
  • Exporting the Map
  • Saving and Closing Project

Concept Note and Agenda

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

The Strandings of Oceania database is a collaborative project between SPREP, WildMe and the South Pacific Whale Research Consortium to record stranding and beachcast data for whales, dolphins and dugongs throughout the Pacific. We use a platform called Flukebook. An account is needed to view or use data within Flukebook but the data is available for download here. You can submit data direct into Flukebook (preferably while logged in) or send a completed data form to SPREP for upload. Guidance on using the database is available :

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

"Comparison of the average hard coral cover between the three five-year periods comprising the last 15 years (2005-09, 2010-14, 2015-19, Tab. 9.3) indicated that there was a high degree of confidence (93%) in the long-term decline, despite the uncertainty in individual yearly estimates. Further, the vast majority (90%) of this decline occurred between 2010-14 and 2015-19, suggesting that the rate of decline in hard coral cover has accelerated during the last five years"

 SPREP

In the South-West Pacific region, 2020 was the second or third warmest year on record, depending on the data set. Near-surface temperatures over the land and ocean averaged across the region were about 0.37–0.44 °C above the 1981–2010 average.

 SPREP

Circular 21/150

Inform Plus proposed 5 pillars

  • Component 1: Environmental Governance
  • Component 2: Monitoring and field data collection for environmental standards and standardised environmental indicators
  • Component 3: Data management utilising the Pacific Island Network Portal (PEP). Production of information products for decision makers based on existing data sets.
  • Component 4: Enhance and expand GIS use for data collection, analysis and presentation to inform decision makers
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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Coral reefs in every region of the world are threatened by climate change, no matter how remote or well protected. Identifying and protecting climate refugia is a popular recommendation for coral reef management. Climate refugia are locations that maintain suitable environmental conditions for a resident species even when surrounding areas become inhospitable.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Map showing the EEZ of the Pacific 

 Government of Fiji

This study reports the concentration of the metals, such as Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, Cu, Pb, Zn, and Fe, in the road dust and the roadside soil of Suva City. A total number of 45 road dust and 36 roadside soil samples were collected at 18 different locations around Suva City with potential traffic influence and analysed.

 Government of Fiji

The purpose of this research is to develop a robust water quality baseline data of relevant physical, chemical and biological parameters, over an 8-month period, 4 months in summer and 4 months in winter, at both low and high tides for three main estuaries along the Suva foreshore, where an increase in recreational water activity has been noted, as a result of urbanisation. Such a baseline is currently not available in the Fiji Islands. This investigation used affordable advanced and approved standard methods.

 SPREP

This dataset holds all materials for the Inform E-learning GIS course

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 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

Information related to the GIS course launch on Wednesday 18th May 2022

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

marine material spillage international oceans

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

KoBoToolbox is a tool for mobile data collection in the field. This dataset contains all relevant information to get started.
* KoBoToolbox website: https://www.kobotoolbox.org/
* Create an account: https://kf.kobotoolbox.org/accounts/register/#/
* Support portal: http://help.kobotoolbox.org

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