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The State of the Environment Report for Niue was commissioned by the Government of Nine and "sponsored by the South Pacific Regional Environ- ment Pmgrauime as part ol the process of devel- oping a National Environmental Management Strategy (NEMS) for the island. This Strategy will form the basis of the government's ongoing environmental policy and project work and will set priorities for resource allocation in the future.

With the support of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the Government of Tuvalu is committed to the preparation of a National Environmental Management Strategy (NEMS). Before this Strategy can be prepared, the main environmental issues facing Tuvalu need to be described and assessed. The purpose of this state of the environment Report is to describe these issues and provide a background and context for the government in its next task of preparing the national strategy.