Bioregions of the Solomon Islands

The MACBIO project classify the entire marine environment within the MACBIO participating countries to inform, in particular, their national marine spatial and marine protected area planning efforts. The draft outputs are marine bioregions that include reef-associated and deepwater biodiversity assemblages with complete spatial coverage at a scale useful for national planning. Results for the Solomon Islands have been presented to the marine experts and government of the Solomon Islands for review. Specifically, it allows for the identification of candidate sites for an ecologically-representative system of MPAs in the country. By ensuring that each bioregion is represented adequately within the Solomon Islands’ network of marine protected areas, the government will ensure that the network is ecologically representative as per their commitment under the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.

MACBIO项目旨在对MACBIO参与国家内的整个海洋环境进行分类，以期为各国的国家海洋空间规划和海洋保护区规划工作提供信息。其草案成果包括包含珊瑚礁相关和深海生物多样性群落的海洋生物区域，这些区域在国家级规划尺度上具有完整的空间覆盖。所获得的所罗门群岛的结果已提交给海洋专家和所罗门群岛政府进行审阅。具体而言，这有助于识别国家生态代表性海洋保护区系统的候选地点。通过确保每个生物区域在所罗门群岛海洋保护区网络中得到充分代表，政府将确保其网络符合国家生物多样性战略和行动计划下的生态代表性承诺。