National assessment report to the World Summit on Sustainable Development : Niue

Abstract

It is ten years since the United Nations Conference on Environment & Development (UNCED) or first Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The 2002 Summit is being organised to undertake a comprehensive review and assessment of progress in the implementation of UNCED commitments. Regional and national assessments are being undertaken to facilitate that. This report is to contribute to Niue's national assessment by identifying its priority environmental concerns, the key issues and their context, including past work and outlining future planned work to address these.