Convention for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region
Short Title: Noumea Convention
Contracting Parties: (26) American Samoa, Northern Mariaua Islands, Australia, Cook Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Pitcairn Islands, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Guam, Tokelau, Kiribati, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Nauru, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, New Zealand, Western Samoa, Niue
Year adopted: 24 November 1986 (UNEP 2001)
Entered into force: 22 August 1990 (UNEP 2001)
For full text of the Convention link to:
http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/texts/natural.resources.south.pacific.1986.html
Action Plan for Managing the Environment of the Pacific islands Region: 2001-2004
SPREP Members: (26) Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Marianas, Palua, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Samoa and American Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, United States of America, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futana (SPREP 2000).
The Action Plan is revised every four years. The revision adopted in 2000 defines four main programme areas: nature conservation; pollution prevention; climate change and variability; and economic development (UNEP 2001).
For full text of the Action Plan 2001-2004
http://www.sprep.org.ws/att/publication/000124_2001_2004_Action_Plan_complete.pdf
Background and information paper, constituting the Secretariat's Synthesis Report on the responses from members on their national evaluations of the current Action Plan is available at: http://www.sprep.org.ws/members/ActionPlanReview.htm .
Proposed Draft Action Plan 2005-2009 compiled by the Secretariat based on the evaluation responses from members on the review of the current Action Plan is available at: http://www.sprep.org.ws/members/ActionPlanReview.htm
Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping
Contracting Parties: American Samoa, Northern Mariaua Islands, Australia, Cook Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Pitcairn Islands, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Guam, Tokelau, Kiribati, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Nauru, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, New Zealand, Western Samoa, Niue
Year adopted: 1986 (UNEP 2001)
Entered into force: 1990 (UNEP 2001)
For full text of the Protocol link to:
http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/texts/pollution.dumping.south.pacific.protocol.1986.html
Protocol Concerning Co-operation in Combating Pollution Emergencies in the South Pacific Region
Contracting Parties: American Samoa, Northern Mariaua Islands, Australia, Cook Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Pitcairn Islands, French Polynesia, Solomon Islands, Guam, Tokelau, Kiribati, Tonga, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, Nauru, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, New Zealand, Western Samoa, Niue
Year adopted: 1986 (UNEP 2001)
Entered into force: 1990 (UNEP 2001)
For full text of the Protocol link to:
http://sedac.ciesin.org/entri/texts/
combating.pollution.emergencies.south.pacific.protocol.1986.html
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