The amended Code of the Federated States of Micronesia states in section 104 that the exclusive economic zone is contiguous to the territorial sea. The inner boundary of the exclusive economic zone of each island or atoll is the seaward boundary of the territorial sea, and the outer boundary is a line, every point of which is two hundred nautical miles seaward of the nearest point on the baseline.
Environment related legislation review
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This report reviews the past and present status of natural resources and their uses and indicates what trends are occurring to determine future resource uses and impacts of uses. It suggests possible priorities for incorporation into the FSM
Nationwide Environmental Management Strategy Optimal socio-economic development in the Federated States of Micronesia requires a long-term, inter-generational perspective on management of the limited but valuable natural
resources and the environment.
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This is a continuation of the survey of islands in Micronesia and American Samoa for invasive plant species requested by the Pacific Islands Committee, Council of Western State Foresters. A
survey of other Micronesian islands was conducted in 1998 and was discussed in a previous report". This report is based on a survey of several islands of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, from 30 March to 4 April 2000. The objectives, as with the previous survey, were three-fold: (1) To identify plant species on the islands that are presently causing problems to