The ReefBase Pacific Education Center is a virtual resource center providing easy access to materials that support reef related education and outreach activities. These have been developed by various organisations and projects working in the region with the aim of mobilizing important information in a non-technical form to communities, school groups and the general public.
Sharing such resources through the ReefBase Pacific Education Center will help to ensure that important information can be widely dispersed to support reef education within the Pacific and beyond.
We encourage contributions of relevant resources to this collection. Please contact ReefBase.
Keyword Search Tips
Simple search will search for the text you have specified within all fields of the
collection. Advanced search will seach for the text in the field the text is entered.
Selecting a tab below will refine your search to a particular collection or select
the 'All' tab to seach accross all collections.
Using the advanced search you can select to include the ReefBase Pacific Species
Profiles in your search results.
Search with keywords such as "and", "or", "not" to fine-tune your search results.
1. coral and reefs
Search for records which contain words coral and reefs
2. coral reefs
Search for records which contain words coral and reefs. Same as the "and" function.
3. coral or reefs
Search for records which contain words coral or reefs.
4. "coral reefs"
Search for records which contain exact phrase "coral reefs".
5. coral not acropora
Search for records which contain words coral and not acropora.
Advanced Search
Search Virtual Marine Resource
Education Center
|
Title
|
|
|
Author
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Caption
|
|
|
Source
|
|
|
Keyword
|
|
|
Year
|
|
|
Country
|
|
|
Island
|
|
|
Organization
|
|
|
Project
|
|
|
Type
|
|
|
Language
|
|
|
Document
|
|
|
|
|
Search Result: 74 records
|
|
|
|
World Resources Institute,
2011
|
|
|
|
Reefs At Risk Revisited: Pacific
Reefs At Risk Revisited. Feb 2011. World Resources Institute. Burke, L., K. Reytar, M. Spald. Washington DC. 2.
|
Ref ID
|
E0000006495
|
|
|
Author
|
World Resources Institute
|
|
|
Year
|
2011
|
|
|
Title
|
Reefs At Risk Revisited: Pacific
|
|
|
Source
|
Reefs At Risk Revisited. Feb 2011. World Resources Institute. Burke, L., K. Reytar, M. Spald. Washington DC. 2.
|
|
|
Keywords
|
status, monitoring, threat,Reef Dependence,Fisheries and Resource Extraction,Livelihoods,Coastal Protection,Natural System,People & Livelihoods,Institutions & Governance,External Threats & Opportunities
|
|
|
Caption
|
REGIONAL KEY POINTS
• Spanning almost half the globe, the Pacific is home more than a quarter of the world’s reefs – nearly 66,000 sq km.
• About 7.5 million people live on the coast within 30 km of a coral reef in the Pacific, representing 50 percent of the total population of the region.
• After Australia, the Pacific is the least threatened region, with slightly less than 50 percent of reefs affected by local threats (coastal development,
marine-based pollution and damage, overfishing and destructive fishing, or watershed-based pollution), of which only 20 percent are at high or very high threat.
• More than 920 Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are located in the Pacific, and include 13 percent of the region’s reefs.
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
Online Documents
|
- Copies of papers downloaded from ReefBase may be used and reproduced for non-commercial
purpose only.
- If you encounter any problem viewing the PDF files, please use the latest version
of
Adobe Reader.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SPREP,
2008
|
|
|
|
Aquatic Invasive Species Factsheet
|
Ref ID
|
A0000004585
|
|
|
Author
|
SPREP
|
|
|
Year
|
2008
|
|
|
Title
|
Aquatic Invasive Species Factsheet
|
|
|
Source
|
|
|
|
Keywords
|
Marine, aquatic species, ballasting, invasives, fish, invertebrates. algae,Natural System,People & Livelihoods,External Threats & Opportunities,SPREP (Pacific Regional Enviro
|
|
|
Caption
|
|
|
|
Abstract
|
What are aquatic invasive species?
How are aquatic invasives introduced?
Some facts about aquatic invasives
Survey methods
Ballast water management tips
Perform open ocean exchange (if safety permits)
Keeping records of ballasting operations
Reduce invasions via hull and anchor fouling
minimize ballasting in ports and coastal areas
Avoid ballast uptake at night
|
|
|
Online Documents
|
- Copies of papers downloaded from ReefBase may be used and reproduced for non-commercial
purpose only.
- If you encounter any problem viewing the PDF files, please use the latest version
of
Adobe Reader.
|
|
|
|
|
|
SPREP,
2008
|
|
|
|
Seagrass in the Pacific factsheet
|
Ref ID
|
A0000004586
|
|
|
Author
|
SPREP
|
|
|
Year
|
2008
|
|
|
Title
|
Seagrass in the Pacific factsheet
|
|
|
Source
|
|
|
|
Keywords
|
seagrass, underwater grass,Natural System,SPREP (Pacific Regional Enviro
|
|
|
Caption
|
Headings.
Underwater seagrass.
Seagrass beds.
Food.
Reproduction.
Harnessing the sun's power.
Erosion control.
Shelter.
Nursery for sea life.
Threats to seagrass.
|
|
|
Abstract
|
Seagrasses provide food, shelter, breeding grounds and nursery areas for many marine organisms, including fish, prawns, shellfish, jellyfish and octopus. Big animals graze on it; little animals live amongst it. Research has found that 400 square metres of seagrass can support 2,000 tonnes of fish a year. For people who enjoy catching and eating fish, the long-term health of our commercial and recreational fisheries relies heavily on the survival of seagrasses.
|
|
|
Online Documents
|
- Copies of papers downloaded from ReefBase may be used and reproduced for non-commercial
purpose only.
- If you encounter any problem viewing the PDF files, please use the latest version
of
Adobe Reader.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SPREP,
2008
|
|
|
|
Mangroves in the Pacific factsheet
|
Ref ID
|
A0000004589
|
|
|
Author
|
SPREP
|
|
|
Year
|
2008
|
|
|
Title
|
Mangroves in the Pacific factsheet
|
|
|
Source
|
|
|
|
Keywords
|
Mangroves, SPREP, White mangroves, Avicennia, Red Mangroves, Rhizophora, Bruguiera ,Natural System,People & Livelihoods,SPREP (Pacific Regional Enviro
|
|
|
Caption
|
Headings.
Types of mangroves.
Why are mangroves important?
Mangroves are a valuble and renewable resource for coastal people.
Mangroves provide a home for many marine species used by people as food.
Mangroves provide shelter for many plants and animals and birds.
Mangroves protect and build up shorelines.
Whys of protecting mangroves.
|
|
|
Abstract
|
What are mangroves?
Mangroves are amazing trees which live halfway between the land and the sea. Unlike other plants, mangroves grow with their roots in an alternating environment of sea water and fresh water runoff from the land.
|
|
|
Online Documents
|
- Copies of papers downloaded from ReefBase may be used and reproduced for non-commercial
purpose only.
- If you encounter any problem viewing the PDF files, please use the latest version
of
Adobe Reader.
|
|
|
|
|
|
SPREP,
2008
|
|
|
|
Reef Talk, The 2008 campaign newsletters.
ReefTalk. Feb2008. 1-8pp.
|
Ref ID
|
A0000004592
|
|
|
Author
|
SPREP
|
|
|
Year
|
2008
|
|
|
Title
|
Reef Talk, The 2008 campaign newsletters.
|
|
|
Source
|
ReefTalk. Feb2008. 1-8pp.
|
|
|
Keywords
|
Reef, Marine, Sprep, Coral reefs,Natural System,People & Livelihoods,SPREP (Pacific Regional Enviro
|
|
|
Caption
|
|
|
|
Abstract
|
Future objectives of marine and coral reef projects in the Pacific region, as well as lessons learnt in the past, have been translated into the two key messages for the 2008 Pacific Year of the Reef (PYOR) campaign by SPREP and its partners. The two key messages embody the campaign slogan of ‘strong reefs, strong islands’ and reflect the current and potential pivotal roles of reefs in Pacific island life.
This campaign runs for twelve months from February 2008-February 2009.
|
|
|
Online Documents
|
- Copies of papers downloaded from ReefBase may be used and reproduced for non-commercial
purpose only.
- If you encounter any problem viewing the PDF files, please use the latest version
of
Adobe Reader.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|