Republic of the Marshall Islands: review of the priorities of the Mauritius strategy for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States

Abstract

RMI’s EEZ represents approximately 2 million square kilometres of ocean. Vision 2018 calls for maximising rents from the fisheries sector within sustainable limits and recognises the importance of research and monitoring of fish stocks. In response to the 2004 Convention on Biological Diversity, Micronesian leaders from RMI, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau took this a step further in 2006 and established a sub-regional arrangement known as the Micronesian Challenge with a secretariat based in Palau. The objectives of Micronesian Challenge are the conservation of 30 percent of near shore marine resources and 20 percent of terrestrial resources by 2020.