The Cook Islands National Environment Service has strengthened its foundation for informed decision-making. Having easy access to content to help this has been one of the roles of the Cook Islands Environment Data Portal.
It houses information that can help identify past challenges and future trends to help bring about a sustainable, resilient environment.
The Cook Islands National Environment Data Portal currently has just under 500 data sets and four data set dashboards. The data set dashboards are the different groupings of types of information. All of this content can help guide decision-making and policy development.
The staff of the Cook Islands National Environment Service worked with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) to continue cataloguing and management of this data as well as the sharing of content. A three-day training programme was held in the Cook Islands in July.