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Technical report

This First Country Report to the Conference of the Parties for Niue is being submitted around the same time as the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP) and 2nd Country Report, to complete the outputs under a UNDP-funded Enabling Activities project. Given its timing it has been decided to format this First Country Report according to the headings used for the ‘Synthesis of Information contained in National Reports... ‘ (UNEP/CBD/COP/4/11/Rev.1). More detailed information is available in the NBSAP.

It may be possible to tell that a species is likely to be invasive, for example because it has been a problem elsewhere. However it will be difficult to say with certainty that a species will not be invasive. A species in it's natural place is not considered invasive may behave differently in a new environment.