Pacific Island countries case study : inter-linkages synergies and coordination among Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)

Abstract

The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) was established in 1982 within the framework of the Regional Seas Programme of UNEP. In 1993, it was accorded formal legal status to become an autonomous intergovernmental organization to ensure the sustainable development of the region through its main programme areas and priorities in support of national, regional and global initiatives. These are nature conservation, pollution prevention, climate change and variability and economic development. Its members comprise twenty five states and territories of which four are developed countries.