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Map of the protected areas for the Pacific Islands Region with regional-level summary statistics on the amount of area under protection, count for each type of protected area (terrestrial or marine), and the count of their designation.

Old black and white photograph of people fishing at Buada Lagoon

The map shows the different landcover classes in Nauru Island.

The map shows the different landuse classes in Nauru Island.

Locality of Nauru Island hydrology feature - Buada Lagoon.

 Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment

This policy provides a framework for Government leadership and coordinated and integrated action in the supply of safe, adequate as well as technically and environmentally sustainable water services and the promotion of appropriate sanitation services and hygiene practices to the people of the Republic of Nauru. It also provides direction for the protection, conservation, sustainable use and efficient management of Nauru’s water resources.

 Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment

OId image of community fishing

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is the most comprehensive global database of marine and terrestrial protected areas, updated on a monthly basis, and is one of the key global biodiversity data sets being widely used by scientists, businesses, governments, International secretariats and others to inform planning, policy decisions and management. The WDPA is a joint project between UN Environment and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

 Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment

Nauru faces many economic and environmental challenges. In the 1970s the country experienced an economic boom due to phosphate mining, however, because of mismanagement of the revenue, the country currently has limited financial resources to undertake many of its development programmes including environmentally sound waste management. In the face of a range of environmental, social and economic threats from poor waste management and pollution, and in the context of the limited resources, this National Solid Waste Management Strategy is developed as a matter of priority.

 Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority (NFMRA),  Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment

This dataset shows the Nauru Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary (EEZ) in relation to the Pacific Islands EEZ boundaries.

 Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
 Nauru Department of Commerce, Industry and Environment

Important conservation areas identified through the rapid biodiversity assessment of Nauru's biodiversity