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These guidelines are for when turtles are sighted from non-motorised vessels (boats, kayaks, canoes, sailings dingeys, stand-up paddleboards, surfboards etc.)

Ces directives s’appliquent lorsque des tortues sont aperçues depuis des embarcations non motorisées (bateaux, kayaks, canoës, dériveurs, planches de paddle, planches de surf, etc.).

Ol rul ia oli blong ol bot we i no gat enjin (kayak, kenu, selbot, padelbot, bot blong ski..):

Wiawi is an important turtle-nesting site in Vanuatu known for hawksbill and green turtles. The significance of the area came to light after independence in the 1980s following forest conservation interests by the Forestry Department, which resulted in the setting up of the Wiawi Conservation Area. With the support of the Wan Smolbag (WSB) turtle monitoring programme in the 1990s, the community of Wiawi embarked on interventions towards strengthening sea turtle monitoring and conservation in Wiawi through the request from Chief Timothy and his brother Chief Konel Nihapi. These two community elders had worked very hard to establish the Wiawi Conservation Area and invested their time and energy to making Wiawi one of the leading community-based turtle conservation areas in the country.

Bamboo Bay is an important turtle nesting site in Malekula especially for green and hawksbill turtles. The community has been monitoring and conserving turtles, their nests and hatchlings since the 1990s. A village elder, Noel Kaibaba, was the first turtle monitor in Bamboo Bay trained by the Wan Smolbag Theatre turtle programme. The WSB turtle programme has been instrumental in promoting and supporting community turtle monitoring activities through funding support from SPREP projects. While turtle monitoring continues to be undertaken, there are challenges in sustaining interest for a voluntary activity and ensuring consistent financial support.

Samoa has been termed "The Heart of Polynesia". The Samoa Visitors Bureau has prepared this promotional video as a guide to assist tourists and visitors with information concerning the services and facilities offered by the Tourism Industry and local communities within Samoa, providing footage of the town of Apia, rental companies, and a visit to the tomb of famour writer/poet; Robert Louis Stevenson.

Remote sensing has been proven as a powerful tool for the monitoring and management of natural resources, this cool is now finding application in the countries of the South east Asian region. While some countries, such as Thailand are already advanced in the use of remote sensing, others are only now transferring this technology into the role of resource management. Recent developments in microcomputer based systems have brought digital image processing within the reach of scientists and resource managers.

The increasing westernisation of the indigenous cultures of the Pacific Islands has resulted in a decreasing dependence of these cultures on the plants and vegetation in their environment.

National Hepor!.s to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) were prepared under the direction of the National Task Forces in 12 Pacific island countries with the financial and technical assistance of the Asian Development Bank and United Nations Development Programme. This assistance was coordinated by Gerald Miles through the South Pacific Regional Environment Programmll (SPREP). For the Cook Islands, this report was drafted by Teariki Rongo and Bob Thistlethwaite, ane! endorsed by their government for presentation to the United Nations.

This report is the outcome of the technical group's effort. This subject is vast and the report necessarily lengthy and in some places somewhat technical.