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We reviewed feral cat eradication campaigns on islands with the primary intent of assessing the approaches, successes, and challenges of these conservation actions to help facilitate future island conservation programs. We reviewed documented impacts of feral cat populations on island ecosystems and the recovery of native populations after cat removal. We then analyzed key aspects of these eradication campaigns to identify future directions and challenges of cat eradication. We compiled data from published and gray literature and personally communicated with over 60 researchers and conservation practitioners, covering most of the world’s insular regions.

Oceans play a crucial role in, amongst others, global biogeochemical cycles, in regulation of the climate and in the provision of food to sustain human populations. In particular people living in coastal areas in developing countries depend on marine food as their major source of proteins. Therefore it is not surprising that coastal zones are heavily populated.

Wastewater causes serious environmental and human health problems, especially in coastal zones.These is no single solution to solve such problems, because of the large variation in economic, social, cultural and physical characteristics in an area.

A video record of a training course on project evaluation and permit procedures for coastal resource management in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Saipan in May 1985 by Richard Chester (Ph. D.) of the Marine Research Foundation, for SPREP, the South Pacific Commission, and the Coastal Resources Management Office. This video was made to complement the written report and assist the coastal Resource Management officers with future training courses. The Coastal Resource Management Program measures the impact of any development in Northern Mariana by implementing an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). It guarantees sustainability through close monitoring of any development.

Highlights how soil is developed, it's importance, and activities which results in soil erosion. Human activities have led to much soil erosion and ways of recovering this eroded soil. These are outlined such as tree replanting, plants rotation, and a good choice of crops.