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Samoa entered this period with detailed knowledge of the best lowland and upland ecosystems remaining based on surveys in the 1990s. One of the highest priority lowland sites has been included within a Marine Protected area project, and major upland ones are included in a mediumsized project proposal to the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

L'Oceanic et ses 22 pays1 et territoires2 presentent un large eventail de caracteristiques physiques, demographiques, Culturelles, economiques etpolitiques. Elle couvre 30 millions de kilometres canes, soit pies d'un sixieme de la surface de la terre. et est trois fois plus grande que les Etats-Unis ou la Chine. Plus de 98 % de sa superficie est constitute d'oceans et les 2 % restants sont occupes par environ 7 500 lies dont seulement 500 sont habitees. La population totale de la region s'eleve a environ 8 millions d'habitants, dont 5.1 millions en Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinee, et le taux de croissance demosraphique annuelle y est d'environ 2.2 % (CPS, 2002).

Solid waste management strategy for the Pacific

The current regional Marine Species Programme Framework (MSPF) 2003-2007 was endorsed by SPREP members in 2003 and subsequently commended by Forum Leaders in the same year. The MSPF 2003-2007 consists of Actions Plans for three groups of marine animals of special interest, whales and dolphins, sea turtles and dugongs.