Country report for UNCED: Kiribati
Biodiversity Conservation
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) (SPREP) with financial assistance from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
1992
As stressed in the September 1991 "Policy Statement" of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Development: "the incorporation of 'Environment' in the new name of this Ministry expresses the serious concerns that this Government has over a number of environmental issues and particularly over the potential dangers of 'sea level rise'." In stressing the need to take into account environmental considerations in its development planning efforts it was stated: