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Solomon Islands acceded to the Vienna Convention [1985] for the protection of the Ozone layer and the Montreal Protocol [1987] on the Substances that deplete the Ozone layer on 17 June 1993, the London Amendment [1990], the Copenhagen Amendment [1992] and the Montreal Amendment [1997] on 17 August 1999. Solomon Islands is classified as an Article 5 Country. In fulfillment of its obligation, Solomon Islands enter into agreement with UNEP – DTIE through which assistance is received to prepare a National Strategy and Action Plan for Monitoring, controlling and phase – out of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS).

A workshop was held 22-24 February 2001 in Honolulu to discuss current and planned activities of some of the organizations with a broad conservation interest in the Asia-Pacific live reef food fish trade (LRFFT) and to formulate strategies for taking better advantage of the relative strengths of these and other organizations and agencies.1 The workshop included representatives of international non-governmental organizations, private donor organizations, producer-country national governments, an intergovernmental organization, an industry association, and a university. This document is essentially a synthesis of the existing strategies of those organizations, further shaped by the recommendations made during the workshop. Each of the organizations and agencies with an interest in the LRFFT has its own mission or mandate. This strategy is not intended to address all those missions and mandates. Its scope is limited to addressing threats stemming from destructive fishing methods and overfishing, including the loss of biodiversity and threats to food production, food security, and livelihood opportunities in the communities and countries that supply the trade.

Nauru is a country in post-phosphate transition. After years of high economic growth fuelled by booming but unsustainable phosphate exports (and looming resource exhaustion), the economy of Nauru has, over the past decade, experienced an unprecedented economic downturn. The downturn has been characterized by mounting domestic and external debt service payments, falling revenues, high and unsustainable government expenditure, and a liquidity crisis in the financial sector (including the near collapse of the Bank of Nauru), that threatens the economic and financial stability of the country. The country and the citizens of Nauru (pop. 11,845). are currently experiencing a steep decline in GDP per capita, falling employment opportunities, a concomitant decline in income earning opportunities, and emerging hardship and social problems. Moreover, at the time of writing, unsatisfactory growth prospects pose a serious and palpable risk for sustainable human development.

Samoa signed the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in 2001 as part of its national and international commitment to the reduction and elimination of persistent organic and toxic substances. Since signing the Convention, Samoa has received an Enabling Activity Funding from the Global Environment Facility to facilitate the development of its National Implementation Plan (NIP) for POPs.