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A Greenpeace report called "The Plantation Effect" critized the New Zealand Tree Plantation Industry for working on an unsustainable basis. This is a discussion of issues involved including a brief background of the report, with interviews from the author of the report, Grant Rosanyn, and a response from Ken Sherley (Exe. Dir of NZ Forest Owners Association). Anthony Lewis of the South Pacific Commission Fisheries Programme, talks about the South Pacific Regional Tuna Resources Assessment Management Project : (SUPA TRAMP). He explains reasons for the establishment of this project and the role it undertakes.

This Environmental Legislation Review for Tuvalu has been produced as an important component of the National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) Project. The NEMS Project was developed to address sustainable environmental development and planning issues in a number of Pacific island countries. It was funded by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB) and implemented through the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) as part of a broader UNDP assistance project called PMI: Planning and Implementation of Pacific Regional Environment Programme which concentrates oil regional and in-country institution strengthening and training of environmental managers.