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With increasing pressure on the environment of our fragile island nations, it is clearer that assessing the environmental impact of development must be part of the development process. This video lists examples of environmental problems in the Pacific Islands that could have been avoided if proper environmental impact assessment had been carried out. The video also looks at projects where EIA's have helped the developers. We follow a developer (Mr. Tony Hill), through the process of having the EIA done, from the first contact with the Department of Environment, and right through to the public hearing and granting of a business license. This video can be used as a teaching tool or as a stand-alone film about Environmental Impact Assessment.

This 16-minute video documents the historic plenipotentiary meeting held in Apia, Samoa, from June 14 to 16, 1993, where the Agreement Establishing the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) was signed. The treaty transformed SPREP into an autonomous intergovernmental organization dedicated to environmental protection and sustainable development in the Pacific region.

The main purpose of this booklet is to provide a ready and simple guide for using Environmental Impact Assessment as a planning and management tool for decision making in the South Pacific Region. It is primarily for government officials who are normally too busy to look at voluminous reference manuals, and also for private developers, non-government officials and interested individuals.

Think of a challengeing conservation problem you have encounteres - protecting a rare species, winning support for legislation, cleaning up a river, or sustainably managing a forest.|Presentation given in the 3rd Vertebrate Pest Conference, Preceedings collect of Conference includes this wich speaks of broad impacts of rats on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

The National Environment Pollution Awareness Workshop conducted at Funafuti in Tuvalu on 11 - 13 May 1993 came about as a result of the assembling of environmental priorities within countries of the South Pacific under the National Environment Management Strategy (NEMS) Programme. The identification of the lack of proper waste management and pollution control measures were regarded as priorities that had to be addressed.

This Annual Report notes the major achievements of SPREP in supporting Pacific island countries and territories to address issues relating to: biodiversity and ecosystem management, waste management and pollution and environmental monitoring and governance