Fifth South Pacific Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas - vol.2 : Conference papers, 4-8 October 1993, Queen Salote Hall, Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Abstract

The Fifth South Pacific Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas held in Nuku'alola. Kingdom of Tonga, on 4-8 October 1993, continued the series of conferences held in Now Zealand (1975), Australia (1979), Western Samoa (1985) and Vanuatu (1989). Until the conference in Western Samoa, the series was known as the 'National Parks and Reserves' conferences. At the Western Samoan conference the name was changed to the present one, to better reflect the importance of the wider issues of biological diversity conservation to the region.