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Environmental statistics are multi-disciplinary. Their sources are dispersed and a variety of methods are used in their compilation. The development of a regionally and globally cohesive system for the collection and analysis of environmental statistics will permit the synthesis of more quantitative an d standardised State of the Environment Reporting . Such quantitative SoE will in turn assist in the form ulation and evaluation of integrated environmental and social economic policies, more informed decision making on environmental management, and action plans focused more sharply on high priority environmental issues, both current and emerging.

The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) was established in 1982 within the framework of the Regional Seas Programme of UNEP. In 1993, it was accorded formal legal status to become an autonomous intergovernmental organization to ensure the sustainable development of the region through its main programme areas and priorities in support of national, regional and global initiatives. These are nature conservation, pollution prevention, climate change and variability and economic development. Its members comprise twenty five states and territories of which four are developed countries.