The Australia/SPREP coastal vulnerability initiatives for atoll states : workshop report / edited by, Roger McLean...[et al.]

Abstract

The Australia/SPREP Vulnerability Initiative was proposed at the South Pacific Environment Ministers Meeting in Brisbane in 1995. when the Australian Minister for the Environment offered to support a joint Australia/SPREP project. The project aims to build upon previous work done by SPREP. the preparatory vulnerability assessment missions which have been undertaken in the South Pacific and the work of both the US Country Studies Program and Japan. A key element of the Initiative is that workshop development and subsequent training focus 011 direct face to face contact with Pacific Island environmental management staff within their home countries wherever possible.