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The Republic of the Fiji Islands has generally returned to normalcy after a period of political unrest and uncertainty. Instability over a period of nearly two decades, highlighted by the military coups that occurred in 1987 and again in 2000, has brought into focus the urgent need to achieve peace and security, in order to restore private sector confidence, and to accelerate various proposed public sector reforms needed to promote sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) uses the country environmental analysis (CEA) as the tool to assist with early incorporation of environmental considerations into the country strategy and program (CSP) for its developing member countries. The CEA provides targeted information necessary for informed decision making on environmental constraints, needs, and opportunities, including those that impinge upon poverty partnership agreements, as appropriate. The focus is on adding value to planned and ongoing development initiatives by reducing environmental constraints and exploiting environment related opportunities.

The Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) is not only intended to assist the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in updating its Country Partnership Strategy with the Government of Vanuatu but also to assist Vanuatu’s other development partners by providing a roadmap to address the current environmental issues. Prepared in a participatory manner, the CEA provides background information on Vanuatu’s environmental constraints, needs, and opportunities, describes the environmental issues that are most important to Vanuatu’s sustainable development strategy, and outlines the possible role that ADB and other development partners could play in helping to address the critical environmental constraints.