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Prolnvest have supported South-pacific.travel to develop a Strategic Action Plan for South Pacific Green Tourism Focus of study is on Climate Change and formulating a 'market led' response from the Tourism Sector Work Undertaken: Literature review,Country consultations (Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Tonga).Industry surveys and country (Email and PATAMART).Findings and emerging Strategy and Actions will be discussed and comments included into Final document.Tourism accounts for approx 1.7 bn US$ in direct expenditure in the South Pacific.Tourism is the region's largest export earner and a significant source of poverty alleviation and environmental protection. Favourable climate provides the region with competitive advantage (generally). Land and sea based natural attractions form the basis of the South Pacific touism products.Tourism in the region depends on a healthy environment but is also highly dependent upon (air) transport – a balanced approach is required to development.

This report briefly summarises the opening ceremony for the new Lateu settlement in the Torba Province, Vanuatu. It is part of the Capacity Building for the Development of Adaptation in Pacific Island Countries project (CBDAMPIC) funded by the CIDA and executed in the Pacific region by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). Proceedings are described as they unfold. A short background is also provided to give context to the event. This short account of the opening ceremony also serves to inform the climate change community oil the progress that has been made in one of the first relocation programmes globally to be undertaken due to the adverse effects of climate change.

The National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) declares the development journey for a better quality of life for every Nauruan. It is a road map that reflects the reforms needed to be put in place and the strategies for implementation, as the platform for a better life today and tomorrow. The NSDS therefore marks a key milestone in Nauru's development process.

Solomon Islanders rely heavily on marine resources and have one of the highest per capita rates of seafood consumption in the world. In 1982, the national average annual consumption of fish per person was estimated to be 25.7 kg, ranging from 10 kg in rural Guadalcanal and San Cristobal, to 54 kg in the Western Province (Cook, 1988). Another survey conducted in Honiara in 1992, found that 31 per cent of households consumed fresh fish each day and that 82.4 per cent of meals containing animal protein were based on fish. The annual per capita consumption of fish was estimated to be 45.5 kg, comprising 36.7 per cent fresh fish, 31.0 per cent frozen fish and 32.3 percent canned fish (Crossland & Phihpson, 1993).

Solomon Islands consists of many islands extending over 1,400 kilometers of ocean in the western equatorial Pacific between 5 and 13 degrees south and 155 and 158 degrees east. It has an estimated total land area of 29,000 square kilometers, a 12 mile territorial sea and approximately 1.3 million square kilometers of ocean within its 200 mile exclusive economic zone. The total coastline has been estimated to be 4,023 kilometers long. The islands have little or no continental shelf area but support some of the world's largest lagoons and extensive fringing and barrier coral reefs.

The purpose of this paper is to set out the essential requirements for a successful regional agreement for sea turtles in the South Pacific. To achieve this, the current Regional Marine Turtle Conservation Program (RMTCP)2 which runs under the auspice of the South Pacific Regional Environmental Program (SPREP) will be juxtaposed against the 'best practice' in this area, as evinced by current development in international environmental law and a number of other regional agreements which focus exclusively on sea turtles.

Field and Garden Plants of Guam is designed as a botanical field guide and its purpose is to provide a way for interested people to learn the names of the plants that they see around them. Like most other places, Guam has a flora that is well documented for use by specialists of the scientific world. Reliable reference tools for students and interested amateurs, however, are almost nonexistent and it is for these individuals that this book is intended.

Local trees in the Northern Mariana Islands are some of our most precious resources. For centuries our people have relied on native trees and plants for food, medicine, building materials, and countless other uses. Trees also provide much-needed shade, help control soil erosion and serve as watershed areas which store our life-giving water. Birds, fruit bats and other animals also depend on plants for food and habitat needs. Today, much endemic vegetation is disappearing with increased land clearing for housing and development. Introduced plants often replace native species at development sites, and with the loss of native vegetation, losses in culture, tradition, and important ecological values also occur.

Guam is the largest and southern-most island in the Marianas chain. It lies about.13° North latitude and has a wet and dry season of approximately equal lengths. The island is about 30 miles long and ranges from four in the middle to eight miles in width and is oriented in a northeast, southwest direction. The pre- vailing winds are easterly and bring an average annual rainfall of about 85 inches. A range of hills extends from the waist toward the south on the western side. The highest of these hills, 1300 feet, is Mt. Lamlam which lies toward the south end and commands a view of the entire island. A fringing reef on the western side extends from north to south and to the middle of the island on the east. A number of beautiful bays and sandy beaches occur in this section of the coast line. On the north end, sheer limestone cliffs rise to 600 feet elevation and descend in a series of wave-cut ter- races to an algal bench just above sea level. The bench, composed of coral and coralline algae, is flat and contains numerous tidal pools rich in marine algae and invertebrates.

The Pacific islands are uniquely vulnerable to a variety of unpredictable events - natural disasters, including potential climate change impact, as well as health emergencies. The region is made up of mainly very small countries with poor socio-economic development. These and other contextual factors result in unique challenges in building systems, skills and experience necessary to maintain and promote a well functioning national society. Also, due to a lack of economies of scale, running these national societies, International Federation offices and actions in the region entails a relatively large cost. By promoting and facilitating greater coordination and cooperation between the national societies and the wider Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, these challenges can be mitigated to a certain extent, helping to lower the vulnerability of the general population in the island countries to health and natural disaster emergencies.