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Parks and Reserves in the South Pacific / by P.H. Lucas ...[et.al]

South Pacific Commission

    "National Parks belong to the people. Every man, woman and child in the country has, as a heritage, these areas which are set aside forever to give pleasure to present and succeeding generations. Thus, those who use the parks have responsibility...

    Pacific Islands Trust Fund for Nature Conservation An overview

    South Pacific Commission

      The Pacific Islands' biodiversity is unique. Over 50 per cent of the region's terrestrial plant species are found nowhere else on earth. The terrestrial animals include rich arrays of birds, reptiles, land snails and insects. Its national and...

      Country Report No.5 French Polynesia

      South Pacific Commission

        "Overall environmental policy" exists in French Polynesia for the time being, which strictly speaking, would imply the definition of priorities concering the protection of natural resources and their distribution in space, the enactment of...

        Country Report No.10 Papua New Guinea

        South Pacific Commission

          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...