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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

Physical Description: 33 p. ; 29 cm

Tokelau has not commited itself to any international environmental convention or treaties as the New Zealand Government acts and safeguards the rights of Tokelau's political development, New Zealand declared Tokelau's Exclusive Economic Zone on April 1, 1980, which then, introduces Tokelau to international laws.

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Call Number: VF 1179 [EL]

Physical Description: 5 Pages

Policy to protect Vanuatu and to safeguard the national wealth,
resources and environment in the interests of the present
generation and of future generations".

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Available online

Call Number: VF 1181 [EL]

Physical Description: [various paging]

The Western Samoan Government (WSG) has approved
and now awaits printing of the Fourth Five Year Plan 1980-84.
The Plan, for the first timer contains a chapter (14) specifically
on the environment, "Environmental Planning for Development", which
tends to be more descriptive of problems than prescriptive of
action to be taken on environmental issues. The WSG is possibly
the sole island signatory to the draft "Convention for the
Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific 1976" for which

A generalized policy of consideration of environmental
factors in resource development exists, but has not been
clearly expressed nor effectively enforced.

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Call Number: VF 1183 [EL]

Physical Description: 8 Pages

Tuvalu consists of nine coral islands, rarely reaching more than 4
metres in highest elevation, with a total land area of 2,511 hectares.
Funafuti, Nanumea, Nui, Nukufetau and Nukulaelae are atolls, generally with
narrow strips of land on the east and reef with scattered islets on the
west. Nanumanga, Niulakita and Niutao are reef islands consisting of
single islets with brackish internal lakes. Vaitupu is intermediate in
type, with a large but virtually land-locked central lagoon.

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The Territorial Assembly of Wallis and Futuna adopted a "Long-term Economic and Social Development Plan".

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Call Number: VF 1185 [EL]

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This Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for
International Waters of the Pacific Islands Region was
initiated and developed by the thirteen Pacific
island states participating in the work of the Global
Environment Facility (GEF). It represents a
pioneering effort by our group of small island
developing states (SIDS) to integrate our national
and regional sustainable development priorities
with shared global environmental concerns for
protecting International Waters.

International Waters is one of four focal areas of the Global
Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF was created in 1994
to fulfill a unique niche - that of providing financing for
programmes and projects to achieve global environment
benefits in four focal areas: biodiversity, climate change,
international waters, and ozone layer depletion — and in
land degradation as it relates to these focal areas.

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Call Number: VF 4259 (EL)

The Aleipata area surveyed includes .the south-eastern coast of Upolu Island, Western Samoa. The survey consisted of general descriptive ecology and morphology for the Aleipata coastal fringing reef and the
fringing reefs of the two detached islands, Nu'utele and Nu'ulua. The area behind the coastal fringing reef to the shoreline was a shallow (<4 m deep) area of sand, rubble, seagrass beds and mixed coral

Project monitoring is now a standard requirement in natural resource management programs, bringing opportunities for greater accountability, adaptive management and social learning. While

There is no shortage of provisions relating to waste management issues in the current laws of Kiribati. While it may be useful to consider the opportunities for recognising the role of the community in waste management under the laws of Kiribati, there would appear to be only limited scope for effective legislative action in this regard. The role of Local Government Councils is clear and this is effectively provided for the in the Local Government Act 1984.

The International Waters Project (IWP) aims to strengthen the management and conservation of marine, coastal and freshwater resources in the Pacific Islands region. It is financed through
the International Waters Programme of the Global Environment Facility, implemented by the United Nations Development Programme, and executed by the Secretariat of the Pacific
Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), in conjunction with the governments of the 14 participating independent Pacific Island countries.

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One of the most critical factors influencing the success of the IWP pilot projects has been the choice of sites. Communities that choose to be involved in the project were committed to the

The objectives of this project are to prepare and conduct an ecological baseline survey of the nearshore reef fisheries at proposed MPA sites in each of four IWP communities in Yap. prepare a monitoring plan and support the involvement of the community in baseline assessment and monitoring work.

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Call Number: 333.91714 [EL]

ISBN/ISSN: 978-982-04-0365-9

Physical Description: iv, 34p. ; 29cm.

This report was prepared for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). The report reviews the state of the environment and development in the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) and the constraints and opportunities for sustainable development, in preparing this report, the RMI has used the term sustainable development to mean maintenance of

At the regional level, coordination of the implementation of the Pacific Plan is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. This is consistent with the 2004 decision by Leaders that the primary functions of the Secretariat are to provide policy advice, coordmation and assistance in implementing their decisions. The Secretariat has therefore been restructured to more effectively undertake these responsibilities.

Pacific islands are extremely vulnerable to climate change. Pacific island culture, traditions, economy and environment will be affected by the effects of climate change, marking an urgent
call for partnerships and collaboration to increase the resilience of communities to adapt to these changes.

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Call Number: VF 6900 [EL]

Physical Description: 10 Pages

It contains the Waigani Convention which is a convention to ban the importation into forum countries of Hazardous and radioactive wastes and to control the transboundary movements and management of hazardous wastes within the South Pacific Region (1995)

Fully interactive full text website|Also available as a standalone CD. IRC copy Kept in CD collection|Also available as Chemical Conventions Workshop website hosted by the National Toxics Network of Australia - see http://www.ntn.org.au/cchandbook/index.html

Management of hazardous materials, hazardous wastes and contaminated sites has become an increasingly important issue for Pacific Island Countries (PICs). In 1997, the Australian