Best Practices
For Sustainable Development in the key areas of:Agriculture, aquaculture, biosecurity/IAS, fisheries, forestry, housing, and sustainable tourismDisclaimer: Best Practices are listed here as a resource. They were not created through the GEF6 Project unless noted.Have a Best Practice to add? Email anu.bintorio@gmail.com
Agriculture
- How to start farming flyer (MNRET - GEF6)
- Species to Avoid (Black and White List)
- Upland farming ("sers") Video (PCS)
- Traditional uses of plants (Chapter 40, p.227; PICRC)
- Best Practices for Agriculture - Cultural, Structural, Holistic (BOA-GEF5)
- Best Practices for Agriculture - mulch, pig, crop, soil, tilling, etc. (BOA-GEF5)
- Types of Mulch (BOA-GEF5)
- Mulch (BOA-GEF5)
- Example of Mulch (how much) (NRCS)
- Improving soil nutrients, good soil (NRCS)
- Healthy Soils (FAO 2015)
- Traditional Soil Conservation (PCAA, PCC-CRE, BOA, NRCS, EQPB, PCS)
- Manual on Crop Production in Upland Areas of Palau (COM, PCC)
- Composting (PBS)
- Fruit Fly Prevention (BOA, FAO)
- How to grow Avocado (BOA)
- How to grow Dragonfruit (BOA)
- How to grow Longan (BOA)
- How to grow Mango (BOA)
- How to grow Passionfruit (BOA)
- How to grow Pineapple (BOA)
- How to grow Star Apple (BOA)
- How to grow Wax Apple (BOA)
Taro
- Taro Production in Palau (COM, PCC)
- Taro (PREL)
- Ngarchelong Mesei (PRI)
- Taro Production and Value adding (Robert Bishop)
- Taro as Food in Palau (PCC USDA)
- (How to make taro flour) Production of Cooked Taro Flour (Taiwan Technical Farm and Bureau of Agriculture, 2018)
Biosecurity/ Invasives (IAS)
What is invasive:- Species to Avoid (OFFICIAL Black and White RESTRICTED List) (BOA, 2020)
- Field guide to invasive species - pictures (NISC, 2020)Â
- Micronesia Invasive Species Guide - Includes pictures (MRISC, 2006)
- Invasive Plants of Palau - with pictures and Palauan language (NRCS & PNRC, 2002)
- Field guide to Invasive Plants for Protected Areas in Palau (Miles and I. Remengesau)
How to Control, Remove, Prevent:
- Fruit Fly Prevention (BOA, FAO)
- Removal of Kebeas-Merremia (BOA)
- Best Practices for Removal of Kebeas-Merremia (NISC, 2020)
- Removal of Teb-El-Yas_Mikania_Mile-A-Minute (Palau NISC, 2020)
- About Teb-El-Yas, Mikania, Mile-A-Minute (BOA)
- Controlling Teb El Yas (Mile-a-Minute) (Penn State, 2013)
Other (status, distribution, planning, management):
- Report on Invasive Species in Palau (2003) (Species recommendations page 20) (USDA)
- Update on invasive plant species (2008) (USDA)
- Report to Kayangel: 2015 Survey of Invasive Plant Species (BOA)
- Guidelines for invasive species planning and management on islands (IUCN, 2018)
- Guidelines for Invasive Species Management in the Pacific (SPREP, 2009)
- Report to Darwin Foundation on Kayangel Rodent Eradication (2013, PCS & Birdlife)
- Kayangel Feasibility Study _ IAS mammal Management _ 2008
- Kayangel Rodent Eradication - Operational plan_June 27 2011
- Kayangel Rodent Eradication - Lessons Learned - Things that went off plan-unexpected 2012
- Kayangel rat eradication - Monitoring and evaluation plan - Post-rodent eradication 2011
- Kayangel Biosecurity Plan-Post Rodent Eradication - July 2011
- RPPL-9-58 Biosecurity Act
- Plant & Animal Quarantines and Regulation with Amendments
- Quarintine Import Permit Application (Cats & Dogs Only)
- Quarantine Import Permit Application (General Items)
Tree Planting
- Forest Restoration Field Guide
- Species to Plant
- Species to Avoid (Black and White List)
- Planting on red soil/hillsides on Babeldaob
- Greenstrips (Fire prevention)
- Using Coconut Husks for mulch
- Erosion control - using pandanus, coconut fronds, coconut husks
- Starting your own nursery - continuous source of plants from green cuttings, seeds, seedlings
- Increasing organic matter from 1% to 17% - lime, compost, mulch
- Shade
- Creating Tree Islands and expanding out from existing tree lines (rather than planting in the middle of a bare area)
- Power auger, nutrient packets around seedlings
Forestry/Tree planting
- The Forest (Palauan way, rituals) (PREL)
- Forests of Palau (composition; 2008) (Kitalong)
- Pictures of Native Trees (JB Friday) Not official or vetted.
- A Field Guide: Native Trees of Palau (Kitalong)
- Keystone Palm Tree species (Chapter 8, p. 50); Mangrove species (Chapter 14, p.83) (PICRC)
Sustainable Tourism
- Tips for water conservation (MNRET, BWA, GEF R2R)
Water/Stormwater
- Erosion and Sediment Control (EQPB)
- SOPs - Stormwater and erosion, roads, bare soil (PCS-USAID)
- Water Conservation at home, office, school, hotels, restaurants, home gardens (MNRET, BWA, GEF R2R)
- Palau Marine and Freshwater Water Quality Regulations - Implementation Guidance Manual (EQPB)
- Public presentation on Palau Water Quality Regulations (EQPB, June 9, 2020)
Climate Resilience
- Draft Climate Smart Resilient Development Guide - Melekeok State (Copyright Melekeok State, Credit for all uses)
- Climate Change Projections and Expected Impacts
- Rate of Sea Level Rise (p. 14; CRRF). Pressures from climate change throughout (SOE 2019)
- Summary of results of a Climate Change Knowledge and Attitudes Survey in Palau (2016, EU-GCCA Project, K. Polloi)
Biodiversity Safeguards
- Abundance of Birds in Palau based on Surveys in 2005 (BNM/VanderWerf & Dittmar), 2020
- Endangered species (SOE 2019) Marine p. 50; Terrestrial p. 63. Not official.
Housing
- Contruction practices: Erosion and Sediment Control (EQPB)
Fire Best Practices
Fire Workshop (November 2020)
- Fire on Babeldaob PPT - Julian Dendy, CRRF
- Survey of Post-Fire Vegetation - Tarita Holm, 2015
- Decision Support Tool for Conservation on Babeldaob, Povak et al., 2020 - Journal Article
- Decision Support Tool for Conservation on Babeldaob, - Online tool
- Using Native Vegetation as Firebreaks to Prevent Wildfires - PDF of presentation, Susan Cordell
- A Wildfire Prevention and Protection Plan for Palau - PDF of presentation, Clay Trauernicht et al.
- Network For Fire Prevention - Workshop Notes Day 1 - Nov 16 2020
- Network for Fire Prevention - PAN, MOJ, Ebiil - 2020-2023
Teaching and Traditional Knowledge
Human Rights
- Palau Human Rights Report (US State Department, 2019)
- Palau Human Rights Report (US State Department, 2017)