Ministerial Conference on

Environment and Development

in Asia and the Pacific 2000

Kitakyushu, Japan 31 August - 5 September 2000

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Pacific Islands
Background Information

This page provides links to background information on the state of the environment, action programmes, national and international agencies engaged in sustainable development activities in the Pacific islands.

The background files are arranged by subject, in alphabetical order:

Action Plans - a summary of action plans for sustainable development

Agriculture and environment

AOSIS 1999 Statement to the UN General Assembly

AOSIS a history of the Association of Small Island States

Appreciative Inquiry, a new method of community participation

Barbados Conference statement on Energy

Biodiversity in the Pacific islands

Biological Invasion in the Pacific islands

Barbados Programme of Action - this is a complete text file, zipped up for downloading.

Barbados Programme of Action as a www file

Climate Change

Coastal Fisheries

Conflicts over conservation issues

Conservation Areas:

Tuvalu

Samoa

Vanuatu

Conservation and community participation in the Pacific islands

Constraints to sustainable development

Constraints - Information and communication issues

Demographic issues - population increase and urbanization

Disasters and disaster prevention

Drift Net Ban

Environment Units in the Pacific islands

Fisheries

 
Coastal

Community Participation and Fisheries

High Seas (Tuna)

MHLC meetings on tuna resources

Forestry

Forestry and NGOs in New Zealand

Forests and Trees Support Programme

Forum Vision Statement

Forum Information Economy Vision

Freshwater

Funding for Sustainable Development in the Pacific islands

GEF-World Bank strategy

Indicators for Sustainable Development

Internet Vision Statement

Internet and Telemedicine

Land Management and Community Participation

New Zealand's Resource Management Act

Organizations - Regional and Sub-Regional

Planning for Sustainable Development

PNG fisheries project

Pollution and Waste issues

Regional and sub-regional organizations

Samoa Conservation Area

Strategic Action Plan for International Waters

Sea Surface Microlayer, the endangered nursery for ocean life

SIDSnet.org the internet site for small island developing states.

SPARCE - Pacific island schools participate in climate change science

SWOT analysis for sustainable development in the Pacific islands

Tongan Community Giant Clam Sanctuaries

Tourism and environment

Trade and the Pacific Islands

Tuvalu statement on climate change

Vanuatu conservation area

Vanuatu Community Giant Clam Sanctuary

Vanuatu Land Use Planning Office

Vulnerability Index

Whaling

 



Last updated: May 18, 2000.