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To carry out a gap analysis on the adequacy of waste reception facilities in Apia port for vessels normally calling at the port. To carry out a gap analysis on the adequacy of waste reception facilities in Apia port in preparation for the P&O cruise vessel Pacific Jewel which will be in port during the United Nations Conference on Small Island Developing States during September 2014 (SIDS Conference 2014).

The Regional Capacity Development Workshop on Wetlands Management with Focus on the Ramsar Convention in the Pacific Island Countries was held in Nadi Fiji, from 9-13 March 2009. The workshop was made possible through funding under the Pacific Island Wetlands Initiative, which is an Initiative operating within the framework of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. The workshop was jointly organized and delivered by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), The Ramsar Convention Secretariat and the IUCN regional office for Oceania (See annex 1 for the workshop program).