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Below are the broad targets for Tuvalu as complemented in the Tuvalu National Biodiversity Action Plan and NSSD. Ø To prevent air, land , and marine pollution To control and minimise invasive species To rehabilitate and restore degraded ecosystems To promote and strengthen the conservation and sustainable use of Tuvalu’s biological diversity To recognize, protect and apply traditional knowledge innovations and best practices in relation to the management, protection and utilization of biological resources To protect wildlife Ø To protect seabed and control over harvesting in high seas and territorial waters

Protected areas presently cover less than 0.5% of land and seascapes of the Solomon Islands. These Islands were known to have a wide range of animal and plant species that are endemic and unique. For instance, of the 163 land bird species found in Solomon Islands, 72 are found nowhere else in the world and another 62 are represented by unique races or subspecies Initiatives have already been taken to protect highlands (e.g. Bauro highlands) and coastal and marine areas (eg. Arnavon Islands).

According to the World data base on Protected Areas, as on 2010, as on 2010, while 1.34% of Samoa’s terrestrial surface is protected only 0.06% of its territorial waters are protected. Therefore, based on the ecological gap analysis and other assessments conducted under PoWPA, the realistic national targets for terrestrial and marine for target 11 are 18% terrestrial and 14% marine by 2020.

The Pacific Strategy for the New Millennium1 of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) focuses on the core objectives of (i) continuing support for economic growth, good governance, and public sector reform; (ii) promoting private sector development as the engine for growth; and (iii) supporting sustainable environmental management and equitable social development. A new regional strategy is being prepared for ADB operations in the Pacific, which will focus on the priority needs of the poor, as defined by an extensive program of qualitative and quantitative poverty assessment, based on listening to the voices of those in hardship or poverty. The new strategy will focus on improving access to basic services and creating employment opportunities. As the Government is beginning preparation of its Strategic Development Plan 8 (SDP8) for 2005-2007, it is timely to review ADB’s strategy and program for Tonga.

In 2004, the Government of Tonga reaffirmed its commitment to achieving the development objective of improving living standards, set out in the Strategic Development Plan 7 (SDP7) for 2001-2003. Throughout that period, the Government focused on implementation of the Economic and Public Sector Reform Program (EPSRP), which aims at maintaining a stable macroeconomic environment and achieving sustainable economic growth, led by private sector development and supported by an efficient and effective public sector. Through SDP7, the Government plans to achieve social and economic objectives of individual fulfillment, gender equity, political stability, and a stable economic and financial environment.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) joined forces to organize a high-level regional consultation for the Pacific water sector in preparation for the 3rd World Water Forum that will take place from 16 to 23 March 2003 in Kyoto, Japan.