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Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Country Profiles Directory

Compiled by the SPREP IRC and Library the Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Country Profiles Directory is a browsable directory of country profiles and national environment reports for the countries of the Pacific Islands. The intention of the PEIN Country Profiles Directory is to provide a browsable access point for the range of environmental indicators and country documents produced under the various environment programmes in effect in the Pacific. Contributions of documents, whether in hardcopy or digital form are welcome and can be sent to irc@sprep.org.

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Country Profiles

Earthtrends Thematic Country Profiles [WRI]
Agriculture and food, Biodiversity and protected areas, Climate and atmosphere, Coastal and marine ecosystems, Economics, business and the environment, Energy and resources, Environmental governance and institutions, Forests, grasslands and drylands, Population, health and human well-being, Water resources and freshwater ecosystems.

Environment Statistics - Country Snapshots [UN; 2007]
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.

Environmental Vulnerability Index - Country Profiles [SOPAC / UNEP]
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Northern Marian Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System
Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

FAO Land and Water Information Country Profiles
Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa

Fishbase Biodiversity Country Profiles (all fish)
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

Fisheries Resources Profiles
Fiji (1994?; 704kb) , Palau [*draft] (1994?; 3.57mb), Solomon Islands (1990; 2.4mb), Solomon Islands (1994; 2.29mb), Tonga (1994; 5mb), Vanuatu (1993; 5.62mb), Vanuatu (2007; 1.87mb)

Forestry Department Country Profiles [FAO]
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

see also State of the World's Forests 2007: Asia and the Pacific [FAO] (2008; 1.77mb)

Global Biodiversity Information Forum [GBIF] Country Profiles
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

see also GBIF Google Earth Country Links
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

Integrated Coastal Management Profiles
Fiji , Solomon Islands

Integrated Water Resource Management Profiles [SOPAC]
Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Invasive Species : Country Profiles [ISSG]
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

see also PIER reports on invasive species in Pacific islands:
American Samoa , Commonwealth of the Northen Mariana Islands - Rota , Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia - Chuuk, Kosrae, Kiribati, Niue (2000) / Niue (2004), Micronesia (all) , Palau, Samoa, Tonga

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Country Profiles
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

Marine Resource Profiles
Cook Islands (?; 1.24kb) see also Cook Islands [MMR website], Nauru (2002; 634kb), Palau (1991)

see also:

State of Coral Reef Systems
American Samoa (2005; 2.5mb), Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (2005; 4.53mb), Federated States of Micronesia (2005; 1.45mb), Fiji (2007; 611kb), French Polynesia (2004), Guam (2005; 1.52mb), Marshall Islands (2005; 1.2mb), New Caledonia (2004), Palau (2005; 1.37mb), Tonga (2002; 1.45mb), US Pacific Remote Island Areas (2005; 3.69mb), Wallis and Futuna (2004)

see also:

The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States:2005 (2005; 5.47mb)

see also:

State of the marine environment in the South Pacific Region (1990; 3.48mb)

see also:

Reefbase Country Profiles (coral reefs, reef fish, biodiversity)
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

Mapservers containing country level data on land utilisation, forestry, minerals etc.
Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Mongabay Rainforest profiles:
American Samoa, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu

Pacific Biodiversity Information Forum Country Data:
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

Political Reviews [Contemporary Pacific]
Cook Islands , Federated States of Micronesia , Fiji , French Polynesia , Guam , New Caledonia , Northern Mariana Islands , Palau , Samoa , Solomon Islands , Tuvalu plus Tuvalu update , Vanuatu , Wallis and Futuna

SOPAC Country Profiles:
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Tonga , Vanuatu

SPREP Country Profiles: Exchange of Information by Members:
National Developments related to Natural Resource Management Priority of the Action Plan [2007]
see Agenda Item 6.1: Country Profiles of the Report and record of the 18th SPREP Meeting of Officials in Apia, Samoa on 11th to 14th September 2007

State of Forest and Tree Genetic Resources [* REPORTS PRESENTED AT THE
PACIFIC SUB-REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON FOREST AND TREE GENETIC RESOURCES, 1999]
Cook Islands (1999; 24kb), Kiribati (1999, 106kb), Marshall Islands (1999, 911kb)

State of Mangrove Wetlands [ *from Proceedings of the Pacific Regional Workshop on Mangrove Wetlands Protection and Sustainable Use . SPREP, 2002.]
American Samoa (2002; 297kb), Fiji (2002; 247kb), Federated States of Micronesia (2002; 158kb), Marshall Islands (2002; 148kb), New Caledonia (2002; 208kb), Palau (2002; 203kb), Papua New Guinea (2002; 203kb), Samoa (2002; 675kb), Solomon Islands (2002; 255kb), Tonga (2002; 1.82mb), Vanuatu (2002; 191kb)

see also: A Directory of Wetlands in Oceania [1993]
see also: IWMI Global Wetlands - Interactive Web Map Server - includes countries of Oceania

Sustainable Development Profiles (UN Agenda 21)
Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia , Fiji , Kiribati , Marshall Islands , Nauru , Niue , Palau , Papua New Guinea , Samoa , Solomon Islands , Tokelau , Tonga , Tuvalu , Vanuatu

UNEP Country Profiles [* poorly maintained and little information available]
American Samoa, Cook Islands,Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea , Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

WHO Environmental Health Profiles
Cook Islands , Federated States of Micronesia , Fiji , Kiribati , Marshall Islands , Nauru , Niue , Palau , Papua New Guinea , Samoa , Solomon Islands , Tonga , Tuvalu , Vanuatu

World Bank Country Profiles [country summary / statistics]
Federated States of Micronesia / Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji / Fiji , Kiribati / Kiribati, Marshall Islands / Marshall Islands, Palau / Palau, Samoa / Samoa, Solomon Islands / Solomon Islands, Tonga / Tonga, Vanuatu / Vanuatu

World Database on Protected Areas - Pacific site profiles
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji , French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu , Wallis and Futuna

see also: Protected Areas of the Pacific Islands profiles [UNEP / WCMC]
Maps of the Pacific Islands
Wetlands in Oceania - country profiles and wetlands information - American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna

World Factbook Country Profiles [CIA]
American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.

World Ocean Database 2005 [NOAA]
Geographically sorted data for the Pacific Ocean [datasets]

see also Environmental indicators: South Pacific (UNEP: 2004; 6.23mb)
see also Polynesia / Micronesia Biodiversity Hotspot Ecosystem Profile (2007; 1.16mb)

see also Cook Islands Biodiversity Website and Database
see also Paciifc Biodiversity Information Forum website and databases
see also Papua New Guinea Herpetofauna Database
see also Plants and environments of the Marshall Islands

National Reports

Access and benefit sharing and the protection of traditional knowledge
Samoa (2003; 1.86mb),

ADB Country Environmental Analysis Reports
Fiji (2005; 590kb), Kiribati (2006; 737kb), Marshall Islands (2005; 1.23mb), Samoa (2006; 1.27mb) and Samoa climate risk profile (2006; 2.38mb)

Barbados Programme of Action + 10 (BPoA)
National Assessment Reports: Cook Islands (2003; 315kb),Fedrated States of Micronesia [draft] (2003?; 142kb), Fiji (2003; 396kb), Marshall Islands (2004; 537kb), Nauru (2004; 515kb), Palau (2005; 558kb), Papua New Guinea (2005; 316kb), Samoa (2003; 242kb), Tonga (2003?; 546kb), Tuvalu (2003; 57kb)

Pacific Environment Outlook (2005; 30.99mb)

The Conference on Small Island Developing States (Barbados Conference, 1994) highlighted the importance of island biodiversity as an ecological corridor linking major areas of biodiversity around the world. The conference called for international co-operation and partnership to support the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in their efforts to conserve, protect and restore their ecosystems. The Barbados Plan of Action recognizes the importance of the coastal zone as a source of subsistence and economic development.

Country Strategy Papers and National Indicative Programmes [European Union]
Cook Islands (2002-2007; 500kb), Federated States of Micronesia (2002-2007;547kb), Marshall Islands (2002-2007; 109kb), Papua New Guinea (2002-2007; 263kb), Solomon Islands (2002-2007;152kb), Tuvalu (2002-2007; 1.17mb)

GEF Country Portfolio Evaluations
Samoa :1992-2007 (2007; 82kb) and Management response (2007; 132kb)

Least Developed Country [LCDs] reports
Kiribati (2006; 1.9mb), Samoa (2006?; 258kb), Solomon Islands (2004; 3.82mb), Tuvalu (2006?; 389kb)

see also 'Voices of the Least Developed Countries of Asia and the Pacific' (2005; 1.46mb)

Legislative Reviews
Cook Islands (1992; 14.82mb), Federated States of Micronesia (1992; 15.21mb), Fiji (1992; 5.53mb), Fiji (2006; 261kb), Kiribati (1993; 9.62mb); Kiribati - review (2004; 200kb) / Kiribati - analysis (2004; 100kb), Marshall Islands (1992; 22.5mb) , Niue (1993; 4.77mb), Niue - analysis (2007; 382kb), Niue - review (2007; 437kb), Palau(1994; 9.66mb), Samoa (1993; 3.56mb) , Samoa (2004; 164kb), Solomon Islands (1992; 22.27mb), Solomon Islands (2003; 166kb), Tokelau (1993; 4.46mb),Tonga (1992; 10.12mb), Tonga - analysis (2006; 118kb), Tonga - inventory (2006; 283kb), Tuvalu (1994; 9.22mb), Vanuatu (1991; 5.6mb), Vanuatu (2004; 474kb)

Millenium Development Goals National Reports
Cook Islands (2005; 1.29mb) , Fiji (2004; 482kb), Marshall Islands (2005; 621kb), Papua New Guinea (2004; 2.67mb), Tuvalu (2006; 1.09mb), Vanuatu (2005; 1.57mb)

Pacific Islands Regional MDG - Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability (2004; 324kb)
Pacific Islands Regional MDG Full Report

see also ADB Key Indicators 2006 for progress towards Millenium Development Goal 7: ensuring environmental sustainability (2006)

see also Millenium Ecosystem Assessment Website and Reports

National Air Pollution Control Strategies
Fiji (2007; 219kb)

National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plans (NBSAP)
Cook Islands (2002; 1.12mb), Federated States of Micronesia (2002; 1.16mb) - Chuuk State (2004; 211kb), Kosrae State (2004; 128kb), Pohnpei State (2004; 5.32mb) ,Yap (2004; 1.85mb) - - - see also FSM 'blueprint' (2004; 2.3mb) , Fiji (1999; 1.86), Fiji (2007 rev.; 8.7mb) , En France d'outre-mer (2004), France - incl. French Territories (2004), Kiribati (2005; 571kb), Marshall Islands (2000; 142kb), Niue (2001; 1.66mb), Palau (draft only - not for citation; (2005?; 490kb), Papua New Guinea (2007; 3.4mb), Samoa (2001; 754kb), Tonga (2006; 1.52mb), Vanuatu (Eng.) (1999; 5.13mb), Vanuatu (Fr.) (1999; 5.14mb)

NBSAP Stocktake Reports: Federated States of Micronesia (marine biodiversity) (2002; 85kb), Federated States of Micronesia (terrestrial biodiversity) (2002; 231kb), Tonga (2004; 5.64mb)

see also National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans: Pacific Regional Review (2007; 269kb)

National Biosafety Frameworks
Niue (2006; 295kb), Papua New Guinea (2005; 1.65mb), Samoa (2004; 835kb), Tonga (2004; 328kb), Vanuatu (2005; 313kb)

National Capacity Self Assessment (NCSA)
Inception Reports: Cook Islands (2005; 1.38mb)
Stocktake Reports: Cook Islands (2005; 2.81mb), Niue (*draft) (2006; 240kb), Solomon Islands (2006; 884kb)

Thematic Assessment Reports:
Biodiversity: Kiribati (2007; 941kb), Samoa (2006; 3.52mb), Solomon Islands (2006; 615kb)
Climate Change: Kiribati (2007; 720kb)
Land degradation: Kiribati (2007; 7.42mb), Samoa (2006; 848kb), Solomon Islands (2006; 567kb)

Cross-cutting Analysis: Samoa (2006; 245kb), Solomon Islands (2006; 854kb)

National Environment Strategic Action Framework (NESAF)
Cook Islands 2005-2009 (2004; 2.23mb)

National Environment Management Strategy (NEMS) [*currently being digitised]
Cook Islands (1993; 9.9mb), Federated States of Micronesia (1993; 12.46mb), Kiribati (1993; 8.07mb), Marshall Island (Part A) (1993; 8.54mb), Marshall Islands (Part B) (1993; 5.02mb) , Nauru (1996; 2.18mb), Niue (1993; 6.74mb), Samoa(1993; 9.87mb), Solomon Islands (1993; 13.12), Tonga (1993; 26.6mb), Tuvalu (1997; 8.86mb)

National Integrated Water Resource Management : Diagnostic Reports - drafts only [SOPAC]
Fiji (2007; 350kb), Kiribati (2007; 665kb), Marshall Islands (2007; 642kb), Nauru (2007; 604kb) , Niue (2007; 1mb), Palau (2007; 1.38mb), Papua New Guinea (2007; 2.61mb), Samoa (2007; 1.49mb), Solomon Islands (2007; 1.93mb), Tonga (2007; 672kb), Tuvalu (2007; 815kb), Vanuatu - vol. 1 / vol. 2 (2007),

National Invasive Species Strategy
Palau (2004; 1.37mb)

see also Invasive alien species in the Austral-Pacific region: national reports and directory of resources [GISP] (2002; 3.75mb)

see also Invasives Species on Pacific Islands [reports] - HEAR / PIER project website

National [Sustainable] Development Plans / Strategies
Cook Islands 2007-2010 (draft only - not for citation) (2006; 479kb), Federated States Of Micronesia 2004-2023 (Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3) and FSM Strategic Planning Matrix: Environment (2004: 151kb), Kiribati 2004-2007 (2003; 712kb), Nauru 2005-2025 (1.1mb), Niue 2003-2008 (2003?; 418kb), Papua New Guinea 2005 - 2010 (2004; 820kb), Samoa 2005 - 2007 (2005; 605kb), Tonga (2006-2009 (2006?:1.44mb)

National Assessment Reports: Cook Islands (2006; 156kb), Federated States of Micronesia (2006; 300kb), Fiji (2006; 200kb), Kiribati - Review (2002; 45kb), Nauru (2006; 153kb), Niue (2006; 327kb) , Solomon Islands (2006; 395kb), Tuvalu (2003; 826kb)

Status Reports: Fiji (2003; 11kb), Kiribati (2004; 30kb), Vanuatu (2004?: 9kb)

Indicators: Fiji (2003; 19kb), Vanuatu (2004?: 19kb)

ADB Reports: Cook Islands (2003; 1.38mb), Fiji (2004; 386kb), Federated States of Micronesia (2005; 638kb), Kiribati (2004; 328kb), Papua New Guinea (2005; 450kb), Marshall Islands (2004; 461kb), Samoa (2004; 252kb), Solomon Islands (2004; 218kb), Tonga (2004; 224kb), Tuvalu (2003; 325kb), Vanuatu (2004; 781kb)

ADB Economic Reviews: Cook Islands (2000; 65kb), Federated States of Micronesia (2000; 465kb), Papua New Guinea (2000; 168kb)

Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change [PACC]

Reports arising from in-country consultations for the following countries are currently in preparation. Publication is scheduled for 2008.

Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

*Drafts of some of these documents are available to be viewed by SPREP project staff - SPREP access only

Impact Reports: Palau (2001; 2.49mb)

Pacific Regional Consultation on Water in Small Island Countries - Country briefings
Cook Islands (2003; 161kb), Fiji (2003; 170kb), Federated States of Micronesia (2003; 211kb), Kiribati (2003; 273kb), Nauru (2003; 127kb), Niue (2003; 93kb), Papua New Guinea (2003; 181kb), Samoa (2003; 357kb), Solomon Islands (2003; 409kb)

Pacific Regional Energy Assessment: Country Reports (PIREP)
Cook Islands (2004; 1.43kb), Federated States of Micronesia (2004; 883kb), Fiji (2004; 2.64mb), Kiribati (2004; 1.37kb), Marshall Islands (2004; 2.78mb), Nauru (2004; 832kb), Niue (2004; 1.25kb), Palau (2004; 756kb), Papua New Guinea (2004; 2.39mb), Samoa (2004; 1.42mb), Solomon Islands (2004; 1.8mb), Tokelau (2004; 768kb), Tonga (2004; 1.67mb), Tuvalu (2004; 1.81mb), Vanuatu (2004; 3.4mb)

Regional overview report (2004; 2.59mb)

Peristant Organic Pollutants (POPs): Country Plans
Cook Islands (2003; 431kb), Federated States of Micronesia (2003; 855kb), Fiji (2003; 915kb), Kiribati (2003; 311kb), Marshall Islands (2003; 255kb), Nauru (2003; 278kb), Niue (2003; 395kb), Palau (2003; 471kb), Samoa (2003; 359kb) - , Solomon Islands (2003; 524kb), Tonga (2003; 399kb), Tuvalu (2003; 313kb), Vanuatu (2003; 496kb)

National Implementation Plans
Fiji (2005; 1.6mb), Samoa (2004; 2.12mb)

National Assessment Reports
Samoa (2004; 642kb)

National inventories
Samoa (2004; 419kb)

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Basel Convention, 1989), the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (Rotterdam Convention, 1998) and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (Stockholm Convention, 2001) together provide an international framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous chemicals throughout their life cycles.

Priority Environmental Concerns (PECs) Reports
Cook Islands (2004; 563kb), Fiji (2004; 323kb), Niue (2004; 373kb), Papua New Guinea (2004; 552kb)

Sea Level & Climate: their present state: Country reports
Cook Islands (2006; 2.07mb), Federated States of Micronesia (2006; 2.11mb), Fiji (2006; 2.76mb), Kiribati (2006; 1.94mb), Marshall Islands (2006; 2.08mb), Nauru (2006; 2.1mb), Niue (2006; 979kb), Palau (2006; 2.16mb), Papua New Guinea (2006; 2.04mb), Samoa (2006; 2.07mb), Solomon Islands (2006; 2.07mb), Tonga (2006; 2.26mb), Tuvalu (2006; 2.14mb), Vanuatu (2006; 2.51mb)

see also:

Climate Risk Profiles
Cook Islands (2005; 534kb) , Federated States of Micronesia (2005; 474kb), Kiribati (2006; 749kb), Samoa (2006; 2.38mb)

Solid Waste Characterisation and Management Plans
Fiji (2000; 289kb), Fiji 2006-2010 (*draft only; 1.02mb), Kiribati (2000; 273kb), Papua New Guinea (2000; 232kb), Samoa (2000; 249kb), Solomon Islands (2000; 253kb), Tonga (2000; 244kb), Tuvalu (2000; 240kb), Vanuatu (2000; 290kb)

State of the Environment Reports [*currently being digitised]
American Samoa (2002; 1.67mb), Cook Islands (1992) , Federated States of Micronesia (1992; 3.9mb) , Fiji (1992; *IUCN), Kiribati (1994; 5.65mb), Kiribati (2004; 7.64), Marshall Islands (1993; 8.54mb) , Palau (1994; 9.37mb) , Niue (1994; 5.43) , Samoa (1993; 8.99mb) , Samoa - draft only -(2007 draft; 7.52mb) , Solomon Islands (1992; 4.88) , Tuvalu (1993) , Tokelau (1994; 3.94mb),

see also The New Guinea Challenge: development and conservation in societies of great cultural and biological diversity pt. 1 & pt. 2 (CSIRO. 2003)
see also The Papua New Guinea Environment Monitor 2002 [World Bank] (2002; 733kb)

see also State of the Environment of the South Pacific 1983 (UNEP: 1983; 1.66mb)
see also State of the marine environment in the South Pacific Region (1990; 3.48mb)
see also State of the Environment of the South Pacific 2005 (2005; 382kb; see also ~ http://www.unescap.org/esd/environment/soe/2005/mainpub/ ~)
see also Regional perspectives: Asia and the Pacific (UNEP, GEO-4. 2007; 382 kb)

see also the archive of SPREP Country Reports between 1980-1983 as follows:
American Samoa (1980; 379kb), Australia (1981; 1.68mb), Cook Islands (1980; 409kb) , Fiji (1980; 1.05mb) , French Polynesia [En ; Fr] (1980; 347kb), Kiribati (1980; 385kb), New Caledonia (1980; 963kb) , Niue (1980; 308kb), Papua New Guinea (1980; 1.04mb), Samoa (1980; 341kb), Solomon Islands (1981; 271kb) , Tokelau (1980; 150kb), Tonga (1980; 606kb), Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1980; 3.42mb), Tuvalu (1981; 589kb), Vanuatu (1980; 163kb), Wallis and Futuna (1982; 536kb) see also the 1982 Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific (1mb) plus working papers (1.84mb).

State [U.S.] Wildlife Action Plans [Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategies - CWCSs]
American Samoa (2006; 1.54mb), Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (2005; 6.4mb), Guam (2006; 5.9mb)

United Nations. Common Country Assessments
Kiribati (2002; 801kb), Papua New Guinea (2001; 2.82mb), Samoa (2002; 1.87mb), Solomon Islands (2002; 921kb), Tuvalu (2002; 828kb), Vanuatu (2002; 605kb)

see also United Nations. Development Assistance Frameworks 2003-2007:
Kiribati (2002; 609kb), Papua New Guinea (2002; 524kb), Samoa (2002; 444kb), Solomon Islands (2002; 2.75mb), Tuvalu (2002; 464kb), Vanuatu (2002; 429kb)

see also United Nations Country Programme 2008-2012
Papua New Guinea (2007; 999kb)

United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED: Brazil, 1992)
Country Reports : Cook Islands (1992; 3.63mb), Federated States of Micronesia (1991 ; 290kb), Fiji (1992: 6.12mb), Kiribati (1992; 7.07MB), Marshall Islands (1992; 2.01MB), Niue (1991; 630kb), Solomon Islands (1992), Tokelau (1992; 2.32mb), Tonga (1992; 2.83mb), Tuvalu (1992; 42mb), Vanuatu (3.11mb)

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, 1992) and the Rio Declaration highlighted the need for sustainable development-socially responsible economic development that protects the resource base and the environment for the benefit of future generations. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which was one of the outcome instruments of the UNCED process, also highlights the need for conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.

United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)
National Reports: Federated States of Micronesia 1 (2001 ; 122kb), Federated States of Micronesia 2 (2001 ; 274kb), Fiji 1 (1997 ; 83kb), Fiji 2 (2001 ; 319kb), Kiribati 1a (1999 ; 770kb) , Kiribati 1b (1999 ; 1.33mb), Kiribati 1c (1999 ; 834kb), Kiribati 2 (2001 ; 274kb), Marshall Islands 1 (1997; 40kb), Marshall Islands 2 (2001 ; 286kb), Niue 1 (2001; 53kb), Niue 2 (2001; 278kb), Niue 3 (2005; 796kb), Palau (? ;39kb), Palau Thematic report on protected areas (?; 1.78mb), Samoa 1 (1998 ; 135kb), Samoa 2 (?; 275kb), Samoa 3 (2006 ; 3.22kb), Samoa - thematic report on forest ecosystems (2001; 155kb), Solomon Islands 2 (2001 ; 290kb), Tonga - thematic report on protected areas (2003; 32kb), Vanuatu 1 (1998 ; 372kb), Vanuatu 2 (2000 ; 316kb), Vanuatu 3 (2006 ; 5.74mb)

see also Country profiles compiled by the Secretariat for the UNCBD.

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which was one of the outcome instruments of the UNCED process, highlights the need for conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Land Degradation) (UNCCD)
National Reports: Cook Islands (2002; 2.35mb), Federated States of Micronesia preliminary report (2002; 152kb), Fiji (2002; 159kb), Kiribati [draft only - not for citation] (2002; 641kb); Kiribati (2007; 7.42mb), Marshall Islands (2002; 170kb), Nauru (2002; 438kb), Niue [summary only] (2002; 12kb), Palau (2002; 14kb), Papua New Guinea (2002; 138kb), Samoa (2002; 2.36mb), Solomon Islands (2002; 66kb), Tonga (2002; 116kb), Tuvalu (2002; 42kb), Vanuatu (2002; 468kb).

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is an agreement to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
(i) National Communications and In-depth Reviews
Cook Islands (2000; 1.66mb), Federated States of Micronesia (1997; 199kb), Fiji (2005; 6.29mb), Kiribati (1999; 823kb) , Marshall islands (2000; 1.91mb), Nauru (1999; 1.27mb), Niue (2000; 3.09mb) , Papua New Guinea (2000; 1.53mb), Samoa (1999; 784kb), Solomon Islands (2001; 2.12mb), Tonga (2005; 4.03mb), Tuvalu (1999; 5.37mb), Vanuatu (1999; 583kb)

(ii) National Action Plans on Adaptation (NAPA)
Kiribati (2007; 1.66mb), Samoa (2005; 473kb), Synthesis Report (2004; 1.93mb) and framework (2004; 402kb), Tuvalu (2007; 2.2mb)

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC,1992) is concerned with global warming and the consequent rise in sea levels that may result in the flooding of coastal areas, and submerging islands, which could adversely affect coastal communities. The treaty aims at reducing emissions of greenhouse gas in order to combat global warming. Although the treaty as originally framed set no mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual nations and contained no enforcement provisions; it did include provisions for updates (called "protocols") that would set mandatory emission limits. The principal update is the Kyoto Protocol.

World Summit on Sustainable Development [Rio+10 - Johannesburg 2002]
Country profiles: Fiji (2002; 376kB),Tonga (2002; 334Kb)

National Assessment Reports:
Cook Islands (2002; 594kb), Federated States of Micronesia (2002; 564kb), Kiribati (2002; 226kb), Marshall Islands (2002; 301kb), Niue (2002; 217kb), Palau (2002; 421kb), Papua New Guinea (2002; 669kb), Samoa (2002; 429kb), Solomon Islands (2002; 227kb), Tokelau (2002; 207kb), Tonga (2002; 974kb), Vanuatu (2002; 171kb)

Pacific WSSD Regional Assessment (2002; 91kb) and Pacific Position Paper (2004; 91kb)

The WSSD Plan of Implementation calls for the management of the natural resources base in a sustainable and integrated manner. In this regard, to reverse the current trend in natural resource degradation as soon as possible, it is necessary to implement strategies which should include targets adopted at the national and, where appropriate, regional levels to protect ecosystems and to achieve integrated management of land, water and living resources, while strengthening regional, national and local capacities.

The Johannesburg Declaration and the Plan of Implementation arising from the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD, 2002) reconfirmed the commitment of States to advance and strengthen the interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development-economic development, social development and environmental protection-at the local, national, regional and global levels.

see also:

The Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Regional Frameworks and Strategies Directory [SPREP]

SPREP Library and IRC collection [SLIC] - includes online full text access to a wide range of Pacific environment materials.

The Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Virtual Library - full text publications from SPREP, SOPAC, SPC and other CROP agencies, Pacific govt. environment depts. , regional institutions, and NGOs active in the area of environment conservation.

Pacific Environment Databases and Recommended Internet Resources

see also:

SPREP's International Instruments' webpage
"International instruments relevant to SPREP's work in the areas of Sustainable Economic Development, Ecosystems Management, Climate Change, and Waste Management."

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Compiled by Peter Murgatroyd. Last updated 29 April 2008.

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