Report on the Symposium on Conservation of Nature and Reef and Lagoons, Noumea, New Caledonia, 5th - 14th August 1971

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--, R E P 0 R T ON THE SYMPOSIUM ON CONSERVATION OF NATURE REEF AND LAGOONS NOUMEA, NEW CALEDONIA, 5th - 14th AUGUST 1971 BY \ .J...) 3~ -... ,. '1 z 'WOD KAZIMIERZ WODZICKI, Ph.D. (KRAKOW), F.R.S.N.Z. WELLINGTON, N.Z. OCTOBER, 1971 !J!i" l"tV tleUTH PAClFJC COMMI§§J§f'l -- ... ;:!.. ... ·• ·c- TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 1 Participants 2 Conservation Problems of the Territories in the South Pacific Commission Region 2 Conservation Problems of the Pacific Islands and Ways of their Solution 11 Section II - General Ecological Assessment of Pacific Islands 12 Section III - Problems of Conservation and Planning for their Solution 14 Section IV - Suggestions of Appropriate Legislation concerning Conservation 24 Section V - The Role of International Organizations Section VI - Conservation Education Recommendations Discussion Acknowledgments References Appendix I. List of Participants, 4 pp Appendix II. Programme of Technical Discussions, 2 pp. Appendix III. Resolutions,