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The Waigani and Basel Conventions are key frameworks to promote regional and global cooperation in the field of environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes. In becoming Parties, countries have committed themselves to effectively protect their population and their environment from the adverse effects of hazardous wastes and to help each other to solve problems arising in the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes.

The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), under its Pacific Ocean Pollution Prevention Programme (PACPOL) formulated a Regional Strategy to address the issues related to World War II wrecks in the Pacific. This CD-Rom contains all the relevant regional and country by country level information relating to World War II wrecks in the Pacific.

This Annual Report notes the major achievements of SPREP in supporting Pacific island countries and territories to address issues relating to: biodiversity and ecosystem management, waste management and pollution and environmental monitoring and governance

The very high level of representation and the composition of the delegations to this meeting have clearly demonstrated the importance of the environment to the people of the South to the desire, particularly of the island countries, to conclude this Treaty and allow SPREP to concentrate fully on fulfilling its mandate of addressing the environment concerns of the South Pacific

The Pacific Environment and Natural Resource Information Centre (PENRIC) Terminal Report (1994–1997) outlines SPREP's initiatives to enhance environmental information management in the Pacific region. The project aimed to strengthen SPREP's Geographic Information System (GIS) Unit, improve environmental reporting, and build national capacities for data collection and exchange.​

The Eighth SPREP Meeting was convened in Apia, Western Samoa, from 11 to 13 October 1995. Representative of the following eligible SPREP countries and territories attended: American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zeeland, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna and Western Samoa. Advisers also attended from the South Pacific Commission and the South Pacific Forum Secretariat. A range of Countries, regional, international and non government organisations were also present. A list of participants is at Annex – I.

This Annual Report notes the major achievements of SPREP in supporting Pacific island countries and territories to address issues relating to: biodiversity and ecosystem management, waste management and pollution and environmental monitoring and governance