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This project - Disaster Risk Reductino and Climate Change Impact Survey if Cultural Sites in the Republic of Palau: Reconnaissance Survey is the first phase of a longer-term initiative to examine archaeologically and culturally significant sites across the archipelago and assess their vulnerability to climate change, including but not limited to modelled projections of rising sea levels and sedimentation and erosion of sites vis-a-vis tidal inundation and rainfall.

The medium term development strategy (MTDS) –described as ―Actions for Palau‘s Future‖ –sets out the key strategies and actions to help achieve economic, social, environmental and cultural goals over the 5 year period 2009 to 2014. The MTDS establishes meaningful priorities and recommends credible policies and practical actions to address those priorities.

The project to develop this National Action Program (NAP) began in December of 2001 when Palau held its first National Awareness Seminar on Combating Land Degradation and Mitigating the Drought Effects in Palau. As a result of this seminar, the Office of Environmental Response and Coordination (OERC) developed a National Report to the UNCCD, which was completed and submitted in April of 2002. As follow up to that National Report, OERC, together with other key stakeholders, have been gathering information, conducting assessments, and analyzing key issues, which have lead to the development of this NAP.