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This island nation contains many marine eco-systems, from globally significant coral reefs to mangroves, seagrass areas, seamounts and deep-sea trenches supporting at least 769 fish species, including sharks and rays, as well as whales, dolphins and sea turtles.

Statement of purpose, the 2010 Pacific forum leaders' and Forum economic ministers' directive on reporting acknowledged the need to streamline global, regional and national reporting to reduce the reporting burden at the national level in the Pacific. For the environment sector, member countries of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) endorsed plan for the establishment of a regional state of environment framework by 2012 and streamlined reporting by 2015. These goals are formalised in the SPREP Strategic plan 2011-2015. A workshop was jointly convened by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and SPREP in March 2012 in Fiji to provide a vision for more effective and streamlined reporting in the Pacific region. This process will be taken forward by relevant regional mechanisms such as the Pacific Plan, Forum Compact and the Council for Regional Organizations in the Pacific (CROP) to achieve the vision presented here.