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Western Samoa's statute law on environment and development issues is scattered amongst numerous statutes. Of the approximately sixty or more statutes pertaining to environment and development issues, a handful comprise the core. Chief amongst these - although itself subject to internal inconsistencies - is the Lands, Survey and Environment Act 1989.

This report on Tokelau has been prepared for the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Office for Tokelau Affairs (OTA) on the basis of the terms of reference set out in Annex I. It is written at a time of great administrative and organisational change for Tokelau. It also comes at a time of great environmental need and an increase in international environmental activities. On this scene Tokelau is a player with a great interest in and sympathy for the environment but with little or no law on environmental matters. The objective of this report is to explore the existing law to explain the nature of the law proposals that are awaiting promulgation for Tokelau. and to consider the future role for law in Tokelau in respect of the environment.