Micronesia Challenge: Protected Areas Network


Boundaries of all known protected areas within Micronesia as compiled by the Micronesia Challenge, a commitment launched in 2006 by Micronesian governments to strike a critical balance between the need to use their natural resources today and the need to sustain those resources for future generations. Five Micronesian governments--the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the U.S. Territory of Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)--have committed to "effectively conserve at least 30 percent of the near-shore marine resources and 20 percent of the terrestrial resources across Micronesia by 2020." This region-wide initiative evolved from local conservation projects across Micronesia and is now a large-scale partnership between governments, nonprofit and community leaders, and multinational agencies and donors. Partners include NOAA, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Conservation International, and others. For further information, please see: http://www.micronesiachallenge.org

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Distributor The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Pacific Islands
Point of Contact The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Pacific Islands
asiapacific@tnc.org
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Originator The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Pacific Islands
asiapacific@tnc.org
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Publisher Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
info@pacioos.org
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Dataset Point of Contact Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
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Associated Documentation Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
Date(s) creation: 2016-01-25
issued: 2016-01-25
revision: 2016-01-25
creation: 2016-01-25
issued: 2016-01-25
revision: 2016-01-25
creation: 2016-01-25
issued: 2016-01-25
revision: 2016-01-25
creation: 2016-01-25
issued: 2016-01-25
revision: 2016-01-25
Purpose PacIOOS provides timely, reliable, and accurate ocean information to support a safe, clean, productive ocean and resilient coastal zone in the U.S. Pacific Islands region.
Use Limitations The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Spatial Bounding Box Coordinates N: 21.3977947261937° S: 2.79623770639863° E: 171.998484947768° W: 131.722000124223°
Theme keywords GCMD Science Keywords
  • Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Boundaries > Administrative Divisions
  • Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Environmental Governance/Management
  • Earth Science > Human Dimensions > Environmental Impacts > Conservation

Data Center keywords GCMD Data Center Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Place keywords GCMD Location Keywords
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Federated States of Micronesia > FSM
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Guam
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Marshall Islands > Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI)
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Northern Mariana Islands > Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)
  • Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Western Pacific Ocean > Micronesia > Palau

Project keywords GCMD Project Keywords
  • PacIOOS > Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System

Use Constraints The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, University of Hawaii, PacIOOS, NOAA, State of Hawaii nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
Lineage Statement 2016-01-25T00:00:00Z OGC web services (WMS and WFS) enabled by PacIOOS via GeoServer. Original data from source provider may have been reformatted, reprojected, or adjusted in other ways to optimize these capabilities.
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