Ecotourism demonstrates the potential for direct economic gain inherent in the non-extractive use
of the natural environment based on its aesthetic and educational value. It requires for the natural
environment to be intact and relatively pristine in state. Properly managed, ecotourism and nature
conservation will complement and reinforce each other. But there are challenges in translating the
ideal of ecotourism into an economically and ecologically viable venture for operators and owners
of local sites and resources.
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The concept that waste is not a waste, as generally thought, but a resource that can be put
to several uses needs promotion. This requires a new and useful way of looking at waste.
The way to go about is to segregate waste into various types and show how each type can
be used to our benefit.
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Call Number: 363.728 SOU [EL]
Physical Description: 136 p. ; 29 cm
The sustainability of conservation area projects presently supported by the South Pacific
Biodiversity Conservation Programme is a major concern as the programme winds down
to its termination in December 2001. The development and implementation of transition
strategies is currently preoccupying the Programme. This initiative seeks to ensure a
smooth transition for each project to the post-SPBCP era. The challenge is to determine
the most effective ways of using remaining SPBCP resources to ensure viable and
sustainable conservation area projects.
The tropical seas are liberally sprinkled with coral islands.
Many of them are associated with continents and large continental islands, in relatively shallow water, rising from continental shelves. Many, also, are in deep water - atolls, barrier reef islets round high islands, almost atolls', tops of drowned karsts, and a few moderately elevated atolls. These last are among the most fascinating of all, scientifically.
An article taken from the Atoll Research Bulletin No.272|Kept at Greg's collection|Available online
Call Number: VF 1564 [EL}
Pesticides as covered in the project include acaricides,
biological pesticides (bacteria, viruses), defoliants,
dessicants, fumigants, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides,
molluscicides, nematicides, rodenticides and synergists.
Pesticides included are those used in plant protection, in
animal health (products for external use only), in human
health programmes and for urban pest control.
The effects of marine resource development, aggravated by the rise of population in some Pacific countries, are disturbing those elements on which life depends. Modem technology is making it possible for distant water fishing nations (DWFNs) to fish the Pacific Ocean and sometimes within the exclusive economic zones of Pacific Island countries. The coastal zones, the breeding grounds for marine life, are under pressure from overfishing, coastal run-offs and wastes dumped in the
The WMO/SPREP/United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS)
workshop on the year 2000 (Y2K) problem opened at the Heliconia Conference Room, Double Tree Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, at 8.00 am
on 9 November 1998. Mr Penehuro Lefale, SPREP Representative, called the meeting into session. He welcomed the participants and noted the importance of the year 2000 problem and its
Economic benefits to the communities of Liku and Hakupu from the Huvalu Conservation Area have been limited to date, with only a few individual operators deriving an income directly from the natural resources existing within the forest. Those who are utilizing the CA are generally only deriving a modest income ($1,500 - $2,000p.a.) The initial P.P.D. placed an expectation on forecast growth in the tourist sector to provide income
The environment and economic health of marine and coastal waters are linked to individual people, community, regional, national and international levels. The interdependence of the island economy and their environment are very well known.
Photocopy kept in vertical file collection
Call Number: VF 2643 [EL]
Physical Description: [9 p.] ; 29 cm
The same macro-economic factors which stimulated the depopulation of remote rural towns in New Zealandor Nebraskaapply to Niue. Niueans, having received an academic education that is more focused on the kinds of work and life found in urban New Zealand than on those found in rural Niue, and having been encouraged to prefer desk work to physical work, are not adequately equipped for identifying, creating, and earning livelihoods in Niue.