National compliance action strategy to implement the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer in the Republic of Palau

Abstract

The Republic of Palau is the westernmost archipelago in the Caroline Islands of Micronesia. The curved archipelago is comprised of approximately 450 islands of which only eight are continuously inhabited. It lies to the north of Papua New Guinea, and to the east of the Philippines. The Republic has jurisdiction over territorial sea to 3 nautical miles offshore, an Exclusive Fishery Zone (3 to 12 nautical miles offshore), and an Exclusive Economic Zone 12-200 nautical miles offshore, encompassing 237,830 square miles.