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Mapservers containing country level data on land utilisation, forestry, mineral etc: Cook Islands; Fiji; Kiribati; Nauru; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu

Despite its extraordinary cultural and biological diversity and richness, the Pacific is recognised by the World Heritage Committee as one of the most under-represented regions on the World Heritage List. Moreover, the Pacific region requires special assistance for the more effective implementation of the World Heritage Convention, as it faces special challenges related to its unique geographical, cultural and social characteristics.

Thematic Frameworks for the cultural values of the Pacific / Ian Lilley and Christophe Sand|Pacific Islands World Heritage Tentative Lists / paul Dingwall|Developing the Solomon Islands Tentative List / Salamat Ali Tabbasum|The Cook Islands / Justina Nicholas and Ngatuaine Maui|Natural world heritage in Oceania: challenges and opportunities / Stuart Chape|bikini Atoll: a small remote atool of global significance/ Nicole Baker|Levuka, FijiL the heritage of culture contact in the Pacific / anita Smith, Sipiriano nemani and Anaseini Kalougata|Transnational Values in the development of a World heritage nomination for the Sacred site of Taputapuatea/Te Po of Opoa, French Polynesia / Ariihau Richard Tuheiava, Anith Smith|Yapese stone money: a transboundary serial nomination from Micronesia|Community as the First C: Conservation and development through tourism at Chief Roi Mata's Domain, Vanuatu / Meredith Wilson, Chris Ballard, Richard Matanik and Topie Warry|The ancient royal tombs of lapaha, Tonga : Community and world heritage / Geoffrey Clark, Christian Reepmeyer and Nivaleti Melekiola|Community participatory approach to heritage conservation in Samoa / Elisaia Talouli, Tuiolo Schuster|Samoan women: preservers of their cultural heritage / Luagalau Fo'isagaasina Etuati-Shon|Building Regional Capacity for World Heritage in the Pacific islands: toward a Pacific Heritage Hub / Anita Smith and Meretui Ratunabuabua|Safeguarding Nan Madol, Federated States of Micronesia / Diana Roma|The Kokoda initiativ, Papua New Guinea|UNESCO's World Heritage Programme for Small Island Developing States and the Global Strategy / Ron van Oers|Niue: a small island state in West Polynesia / Moira Enetama

The Marine Protected Area (MPA) Program Master Plan is meant to be a simple and easy to follow step-by-step roadmap to assist the American Samoa Government (ASG), Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources' MPA Program in meeting the goal to ensure protection of unique, various and diverse coral reef habitat and spawning stocks. This will also assist efforts to meet the Governor's mandate of protecting 20% of American Samoa's coral reefs by declaring no-take MPAs. The MPA Program Master Plan will provide new Program Leaders with a description of the activities that the MPA Program staff has been involved with, along with a vision of what is to come, and a foundation upon which to move forward. This structured guide will allow MPA Program Leaders to track their progress towards creating no-take MPAs. It is hoped that this plan will help to minimize the loss of institutional memory due to high staff turnover. The Master Plan will help the local staff to understand what activities the MPA Program plans to conduct. By having a plan, the MPA Program can be more transparent with the public by announcing opportunities for the public to be involved in implementing no-take MPAs. This long-term plan will help to guide the writing of future grant proposals and can assist the coordination of activities with other natural resource agencies and entities. This Master Plan is written with the assumption that the MPA Program staff and budget will remain at about the same level throughout implementation (1 program leader and 2- 3 staff, plus volunteers). If opportunities arise to increase staff and funding, the timeline may change for activities. Also, additional activities may be undertaken.