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Fourteenth session of the commission on sustainable development; National sustainable development strategy workshop; PIF-Organized programmes and activities

Coral reefs are an important natural resource in American Samoa providing protection, food, and other benefits. American Samoa's reefs have suffered numerous natural and anthropogenic destructive impacts including crown-of-thorns starfish infestations, coral bleaching events, cyclones, sedimentation and pollution. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are one form of management that can be used to address some of these threats to the reefs. Studies have shown that well-designed no-take reserves are particularly effective in maintaining biodiversity, productivity and ecological integrity of coral reefs (NOAA, 2002). MPAs also protect trophic systems and ecosystem resilience. On August 2, 2000 then-Governor Tauese Sunia requested a plan be developed for coral reef protection to reach the goal of protecting twenty percent (20%) of Territorial coral reefs as "no-take" MPA's (Sunia, 2000). To ensure effective management, the American Samoa Government has acknowledged the need for a Coral Reef MPA Strategy that can guide the creation of new no take MPAs. The American Samoa Coral Reef MPA Strategy covers the coral reef ecosystems in American Samoa, which are understood to include coral, seagrass, macroalgae, coralline algae, turf algae, emergent vegetation and mangroves.

La Polynésie française, conformément à la convention sur la diversité biologique, aussi appellee convention de Rio, se dote d’une stratégie de conservation de sa biodiversité afin de sauvegarder les espèces animales et végétales, marines, terrestres ou aquatiques qui participent à l’équilibre de ses écosystèmes et qui sont aussi source de nombreux services indispensables au développement durable de la Polynésie : tourisme, agriculture, pêche, perliculture, artisanat… Une démarche participative, grâce à une large concertation, a permis de définir une stratégie de protection de la biodiversité de Polynésie française qui soit un reflet des enjeux locaux. Ainsi, plus d’une centaine d’organismes ont été sollicités lors d’ateliers de consultation menés dans les 5 archipels afin de prendre en compte leurs spécificités. A la suite de ces consultations, une table ronde a été organisée sur la base des résultats obtenus lors des ateliers de concertation, afin de déterminer les priorités à prendre en compte dans cette stratégie. L’analyse des résultats de la concertation menée associée aux données scientifiques récentes a permis de structurer une stratégie pour la protection de la biodiversité, pour une durée de cinq années, autour des points suivants : • Mettre en oeuvre les moyens de gérer les espaces naturels protégés, notamment avec la création d'un conservatoire des espaces naturels et du littoral ; • Classer en espaces protégés les sites de conservation importants et prioritaires en Polynésie avec pour objectif de protéger 10 % du territoire terrestre et lagonaire en cinq ans ; • Poursuivre les acquisitions de données sur la biodiversité en soutenant notamment les inventaires écologiques; • Créer un observatoire de la biodiversité et des changements climatiques; • Mener des actions spécifiques de sauvegarde d'espèces patrimoniales menacées et de lutte contre les espèces menaçant la biodiversité ; • Continuer à sensibiliser les élus, décideurs, politiques, responsables ainsi que le grand public à la nécessité de protéger la biodiversité ; • Assurer un financement durable de la protection de la biodiversité. • Réglementer l’accès et le partage des avantages issus de la biodiversité. Cette stratégie devrait permettre de limiter la perte de la biodiversité et de valoriser cette richesse. Elle sera prochainement traduite en plan d’action détaillé.

With the passage of the Commerce, Justice, and State Appropriations Act of 2001, Congress mandated that each state and territory develop its own comprehensive strategy. The strategy is required to have eight elements including a description of the status of species determined to be a species of greatest conservation need, important habitats and their condition, conservation actions, monitoring of these species, and gauging conservation success. Important in the development is a "good faith effort" to include the public in the development.

Waste management is widely recognised as a major concern for PICTs, with the potential to negatively impact on national development activities, including tourism and trade, food supplies, public health and the environment. The Solid Waste Management Strategy and Action Plan sets out a long term programme for addressing waste management issues in the region to avoid these adverse social, economic and environmental effects.

The EU and the Pacific ACP countries can look back on more than 30 years of cooperation in the context of the EU-ACP partnership. This long-standing relationship is based on the legacy of a shared history, common values, economic and trade cooperation. Today, developments on both sides warrant renewal of this partnership and establishment of a fully-fledged strategy on the Pacific ACP countries. There are compelling reasons for proposing this first ever EU strategy for the Pacific.

At the regional level, coordination of the implementation of the Pacific Plan is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat. This is consistent with the 2004 decision by Leaders that the primary functions of the Secretariat are to provide policy advice, coordmation and assistance in implementing their decisions. The Secretariat has therefore been restructured to more effectively undertake these responsibilities. Political oversight and guidance to the Secretariat is provided by a Pacific Plan Action Committee (PPAC), chaired by the Forum Chair and comprising representatives of all Pacific Island Forum Countries. The Forum Chair (as Chair of the PPAC), will report to Leaders on the implementation of the Plan on a quarterly basis. A small implementation unit (the Pacific Plan Office - PPO), reporting directly to one of the Deputies Secretary General, has been established in the Secretariat to support the PPAC and progress the Plan.

The aim of this report is to assess if the five key principles of the internationally agreed National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) requirements (UNDESA 2005) are adequately incorporated into Fiji's national priorities and targets, strategies, indicators, and institutional framework. A national sustainable development strategy is a tool to integrate the national policies and plans from the various sectors with the aim of ensuring that economic development is socially responsible and maintains an adequate natural resource base for future generations.

The Biodiversity in this context means all terrestrial and marine ecosystems, all plants and animal species and varieties found in these ecosystems including the knowledge, uses, beliefs and language that the people of Kiribati have in relation to their ecosystems and species. Biodiversity Conservation is always considered along with sustainable use. It has been confirmed that the present state of biodiversity in the Republic of Kiribati is being degraded socially, economically, politically and even judicially. As a nation with very limited resources we just cannot afford to sit back and let this serious degradation continues. If the biodiversity is not conserved or used on a sustainable basis, and if traditional sustainable management practices, and the knowledge and relevant language are not maintained or strengthened then future development would not be able to sustain the people in the long term. The main key in the whole process is the resource owners and users at the community level who hold the longlasting key to biodiversity conservation.