As populations grow in Pacific Island Countries, urbanisation and development expand and pressure on the coastal zone increases. Demands are made for land reclamation and coastal stabilisation. The coast is expected to provide more and more resources ranging from construction materials to food, to ab-
sorb growing amounts of domestic and industrial refuse, as well as to continue to retain its cultural importance.
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Call Number: 333.917099 SHE [EL]
Physical Description: 40 p. : col. photos ; 20 cm
A report for the Government of Niue|1 copy and also available online
Call Number: 333.715 ONO [EL]
Physical Description: 19 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Assessments of the general condition, stocking, composition, and growth of mangroves on the islands of Pohnpei and Yap and at one area on Kosrae were undertaken at the request of these states. Methods used included: reconnaissance on foot, by air and by boat; use of 1976 aerial photographs; remeasurement of forest inventory plots installed by the US Forest Service in 1983; and installation of new inventory plots, examination of public records, and reviews of published data (Pohnpei).
Environmental Impact Assessment is the assessment of the impact that a development project will have on the environment.
EIA is a management activity, like architecture, engineering design, economic assessment, and market, research. The goal of an EIA is to predict how a development project will effect the natural and human environment, and to minimize the effects.
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The Regional Seas Programme was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1974 in response to the selection of the oceans as a priority area by the UNEP Governing Council. It is a global programme implemented through regional
components under the guidance of the Oceans and Coastal Areas Programme Activity Centre at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi.
Each regional action plan is formulated by the Governments concerned to respond to the needs of the region for a comprehensive approach to controlling both the consequences
The paramount policy objective of the Niuean Government is to work for the maintenance of a 'living community'. The promotion of economic development in Niue is essential to the maintenance of a living community because it provides a sense of purpose which can no longer be derived from traditional subsistence activities, or even from Public Service employment, unless there is a wider community to serve. This sense of purpose becomes
The Republic of Nauru is a single raised limestone island or makatea with a total area of only 22 km2 (Figure 1), but with jurisdiction over 320,000 km2 of ocean surrounding the island under the United Nations Law of the Sea convention. The island consists mainly of a flat plateau that descends to a narrow coastal fringe where most of the population dwell. The plateau interior contains extensive deposits of phosphate bearing rock which have been mined since the beginning of the twentieth century.
Until recently, pollution of the environment was considered a
serious problem only in the highly industralised and heavily
populated areas of the world. However, with the steady
increase in population, urban migration and an increase in
industrial development, the need to reduce pollution of the
air, water resources (both fresh and estuarine) and in some
cases of land in developing countries is becoming quite
critical. This, is particularly important in the South Pacific
in view of the geographical isolation and the ecological
The paramount policy objective of the Niuean Government is to work for the maintenance of a "living community" in Niue. This
resulted in the publication, in 1987, of the Niue Concerted Action Plan (NCAP) 1988-1990. This document continued to serve as the planning document until June '1991, due to Cyclone Of a in 1990, and it has been quoted extensively in this report.
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) contracted
with SPREP's Climate Change Programme to act as an independent
regional consultant to determine likely environmental impacts of locating and operating an Atmospheric Radiation and Cloud Station (ARCS) in the Republic of Nauru. In particular, ARM is concerned with the appropriate improvement of the seawall at the proposed ARCS site.
Call Number: 333.7109685 ONO [EL],VF 0783
ISBN/ISSN: 982-04-0175-5
Vanuatu hemi wan long olgeta kaontris long South Pacific we hemi gat gudfala envaeromen. Hemi rij long bus wetem o! wael laev mo tu ol animols we oli stap long solwota. Be yumi luk se populesen blong Vanuatu hemi stap kro kwik taem mo plante divelopmen i stap tek pies. Risal blong hem yumi luk se plante bus blong yumi I distroe, namba blong ol animols long land mo solwota i stap ko daon bigwan. Yumi fraet se sapos yumi no mekem sam kontrol o gud manejmen long ol risoses blong yumi bambae yumi lusum plante long olgeta.
Korel rif emi wan impotan ples we emi gat fulap difren kaen laef long hem. I gat fis, selfis, worn, mo animol blong solwota olsem kaofis ko kasem olgeta smosmol animol, we man i no save luk long ae, i liv long hem. Olgeta plan tu oli liv mo gro long hem. Korel rif emi olsem wan dak bus we fulap animol mo plans oli stap long hem.
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The Strategy and Work Programme states that there is little information available on the level of shipping activities operating through, into, and within the region, and on the types of cargoes involved. Accordingly, the document proposes that a study of shipping activities in the region be carried out. Recent information suggests that the study may be funded through SPKEP in the foreseeable future.
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ISBN/ISSN: 982-04-0156-9
The report suggests that bodies such as the World Conservation Union, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Asian Development Bank, the Global Environment Facility and some of the relevant non-government organisations operating In the Pacific region have roles, or further roles, to play in delivering environmental law services in the Pacific region. The
coordinating role of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme in the provision of these services is seen as crucial, in terms of consistency and cost-effectiveness. Specific actions
The American Samoa Government (ASG) is now in receipt of the
Economic Development Plan 1979-1984 (EDP). It anticipates receipt in the
near future of a companion document, the Quality of Life Plan (QLP). The
recently complied Coastal Zone Management^. (CZMP) has been authorized
by the ASG with effect from 1 September 1980 but has yet to receive
(tne anticipated) Federal endorsement. The EDP and the QLP together form
the comprehensive Development Plan for American Samoa, while the CZMP is a
The fifteen Cook Islands are distinguished by being vastly separated from
each other and varying greatly in terms of their population numbers and
resource endowments. The necessity therefore arises in this Country Report
to make a distinction, geographically, between environmental concerns on
the larger, more densely and more technologically developed Rarotonga;
the other southern Cook high islands with their mixed volcanic and limestone
soils, balanced populations and reasonably harmonious development? and
French Polynesia comprises approximately 130 islands,
including one hundred of which are atolls and thirty high islands
somewhat larger.
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The Government of Kiribati in th eNational Development Plan 1979-82 statedthat it would introduce measures "to protect the environment from pollution and irresponsible commercial depredation".
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Call Number: VF 1174 [EL]
Physical Description: 12 Pages
The Niue Government is in receipt of its first National Development
Plan (NNDP 1980-1985) which contains chapters on social development
(4 1Macroplan') and social services (Chapters 19 to 23); comprehen-
sive physical or regional plans for land and coastal resource use
are hampered mainly due to the existing tenure system.
The major resource utilisation activities are agriculture and
inshore fishing. There is no physical plan co-ordinating these
activities. Government priorities in the Development Plan are
The Government of Papua New Guinea passed an environment and
conservation policy statement in September 1975, following the
adoption of an explicit reference to environmental matters in
the Five National Goals and Directive Principles of the
Constitution.
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Call Number: VF 1177 [EL] VF 1297
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