Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
UNEP/CBD
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Nadi, Fiji
Physical Description:
4 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Fiji
Pacific Region
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
101
Legacy PEIN ID:
75418
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Biological diversity - Convention
Abstract
The Pacific region has benefited from a number of regional and national programmes to both assess the impacts of climate change on biodiversity and develop programmes to adapt to climate change. Such programmes are critical considering that the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1/ states that the Pacific region has already experienced temperature increases of as much as 1°C since 1910. Furthermore, studies found more than a doubling m the number of category 4 and 5 storms in the South-West Pacific from the period 1975-1989 to the period 1990-2004. Future predicted impacts of climate change in the Pacific call for increased beach erosion, a loss of sea-turtle nesting sites, more frequent coral-bleaching events, increased exposure to invasive alien species and increased cyclone-induced tree mortality and flooding.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
UNEP/CBD
Publication Year:
2009
Publication Place
Nadi, Fiji
Physical Description:
4 Pages
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Fiji
Pacific Region
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
101
Legacy PEIN ID:
75418
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 20-Mar-2009
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022