The SPREP meeting approved the new Action Strategy for Nature Conservation in the South Pacific 1994-1998 which provides practical guidelines for Pacific island countries seeking to protect their fragile environments.
Waste managemment and pollution control remains one of the most pressing environmental issues facing the Pacigic region. Cleaner Pacific 2025 Pacific regional waste and pollution management strategy 2016-2025 is a comprehensive long-term strategy for integrated sustainable waste management and pollution prevention and control in the Pacific Islands region until 2025, providing strategic management framework to address waste, chemicals aand pollutants that will reduce associated threats to sustainable development of the region.
La stratégie Cleaner Pacific 2025 est une stratégie globale á long terme portant sur la gestion durable des déchets et le contróle et la prévention de la pollution de maniére intégrée dans les ;iles du Pacifique, sur les dix prochaines années (2016/2025) Cleaner Pacific 2025 fournit un cadre de gestion stratégique pour répondre aux problématiques sur la gestion des déchets, des produits chimiques et des polluants (WCP) et permet dátténuer les menaces associées qui pésent sur le déve;oppement durable de la région.
Local communities are the most important owners and managers of the resources that we would like to protect and without their support, understanding and more importantly involvement, conservation objectives will not be achieved said Dr Fuavao.
