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Country Report for UNCED: Cook Islands 1991
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Government of Cook Islands

1992
National Hepor!.s to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) were prepared under the direction of the National Task Forces in 12 Pacific island countries with the financial and technical assistance of the Asian Development Bank and United Nations Development Programme. This assistance was coordinated by Gerald Miles through the South Pacific Regional Environment Programmll (SPREP). For the Cook Islands, this report was drafted by Teariki Rongo and Bob Thistlethwaite, ane! endorsed by their government for presentation to the United Nations.
Giant clams in the sustainable development of the South Pacific : socioeconomic issues in mariculture and conservation
Biodiversity Conservation
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Tisdell, C., editor

1992
This chapter explores the giant dam meat export experience of Fiji, Tonga and Westem Samoa. This is done by reporting on interviews conducted during fieldwork in these countries and by presenting secondary data. For Fiji, the introduction of an export ban for giant dam products meant the interruption of an (unsustainable) export of more than 30 tonnes of dam meat per year. A future dam mariculture industry could therefore look towards at least recapturing this share of the export market. Western Samoa and, to a lesser extent, Tonga have limited experience in dam export due to limited natural availability of dam stocks. In Tonga, there is however some commercial export taking place in the Vava'u group. For export purposes, the Vava'u group appears to be in a better position than the Ha'apai group because of favourable air links to overseas markets
Environmental impact assessment (EIA) in the South Pacific region : course notes : Majuro, Marshall Islands, 31 August - 4 September 1992
Environmental Governance
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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) (SPREP)

1992
Environmental Impact Assessment is the assessment of the impact that a development project will have on the environment. EIA is a management activity, like architecture, engineering design, economic assessment, and market, research. The goal of an EIA is to predict how a development project will effect the natural and human environment, and to minimize the effects.
Coastal resources and systems of the Pacific basin : investigation and steps toward protective management
Biodiversity Conservation
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United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

1992
Assessments of the general condition, stocking, composition, and growth of mangroves on the islands of Pohnpei and Yap and at one area on Kosrae were undertaken at the request of these states. Methods used included: reconnaissance on foot, by air and by boat; use of 1976 aerial photographs; remeasurement of forest inventory plots installed by the US Forest Service in 1983; and installation of new inventory plots, examination of public records, and reviews of published data (Pohnpei). Average annual increment of mangroves on all islands was 6.9 m3 per hectare per year; increments on individual plots ranged from 0.9-16.7 m3 per hectare per year. The wide variation in growth rates suggests that management could do much to boost productivity. Production appears adequate to meet present consumption except for a few specific locations and products. Problems affecting mangroves on these islands include uncontrolled exploitation, excessive sedimentation, and alteration of natural drainage. Actions to conserve mangroves are recommended.
Country report for UNCED : Vanuatu
Biodiversity Conservation
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Bani Ernest

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Clarke Bill

1992
Human needs and desires demand economic development. Natural resources provide the physical basis for that development. But ever more evidence accumulates to show that human actions, whether through carelessness or through the necessity for development, are causing environmental degradation and resource depletion. This deterioration makes continued economic development more difficult both because damage to resources makes them less productive of economic goods and because funding and human effort must be diverted from development toward coping with environmental deterioration. In this situation there has come to be worldwide recognition that more attention must be given to keeping the environment healthy over the long term and to building safeguards into the development process to protect natural resources.
Protected areas of the world, a review of national systems : Papua New Guinea
Biodiversity Conservation
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IUCN

1992
Excerpt chapter from 'Protected areas of the world, a review of national systems : Vol 1' titled Papua New Guinea.
The South Pacific Regional Marine Pollution Assessment and Control Programme (SPREP POL) : an integral part of the 1991-2 Work Programme of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Biodiversity Conservation, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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Morrison, R.J.

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Tulega, Laisiasa C.

1992
This is a region-wide activity covering all the island territories of the region except Australia and New Zealand. Since most of the pollutants found in the South Pacific are land-derived, this will provide the data necessary for determining what pollutants are likely to be found in any given locality. Atmospheric transport of pollutants may be important in certain parts of the world, but recent studies have shown that the South Pacific atmosphere (apart from certain industrial areas) is the cleanest so far studied (Riley et al., 1989). Negotiations are nearing completion with IMO to undertake a complementary inventory of ship-based pollutant sources for the region.
Kiribati - vulnerability to accelerated sea level rise: a preliminary study - 1992
Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation
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Woodroofe, C.D McLean, R.F

1992
Air photo survey of coastal areas Upolu and Savaii, Western Samoa
Biodiversity Conservation
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Gillie, R. D.

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Woodward, P.

1992
This air photo survey was conducted primarily to assist with recovery operations associated with the serious damage of coastal areas caused by cyclone Val in December in 1991.
Trip report on the marine turtle survey of the Maskelyne islands, Vanuatu 6-22 November 1992
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Geermans, Suzanne H.

1992
This research and training expedition was organised in conjunction with the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Vanuatu Environment Unit. The survey follows up a questionnaire written in Bislama and sent to various islands in the Vanuatu Archipelago in 1989/1990. A survey was scheduled for November 1991, but was postponed and then cancelled due to typhoon damage. The area designated to be surveyed, the Maskelyne Islands, was chosen from the information provided in response to the questionnaire. The objectives of this research expedition were to estimate numbers of turtle nesting and the amount of harvest, and to train members of the Vanuatu Environment Unit, as well as any interested members in the local communities, in the methods of tagging, species identification, measurements of the curved carapace length (CCL) and tail length to the carapace (TLC), checking the turtle for damage, barnacles and fibropapillomas, and recording any other relevant information on turtles. Blood samples for genetic analysis were to be collected for the University of Queensland.

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