Pacific Vision is for a region of peace, harmony, security, social inclusion, and prosperity, so that all Pacific people can lead free, healthy, and productive lives.
The Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (1986), along with its two additional Protocols, entered into force in 1990. The Convention is a comprehensive umbrella agreement for the protection, management and development of the marine and coastal environment of the South Pacific Region, and represents the legal framework of the Action Plan for managing the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific adopted in 1982 on behalf of the South Pacific Conference on Human Environment.
The Atlas is intended as an introduction to the many linkages between mining and the SDGs and complements other resources on the role of mining and the private sector in sustainable development.
Thisstudy provided the repeatable analysis framework to estimate the coastal population by utilizing the best available global and national datasets in Pacific (poor data environment).
FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization). 2014. Linking farmers to markets: Realizing opportunities for locally produced food on domestic and tourist markets in Palau
Otobed, Demei and Iosefa A. Maiava. 1994. Republic of Palau: State of the Environment Report 1994. Apia, Western Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme.
State of Environment Report published in 2004 for Palau.
State of the Environment Report published in 2017
Soil properties that affect land use are described in this soil survey. Broad areas of soils are shown on the general soil map. The location of each soil is shown on the detailed soil maps. Each soil in the survey area is described. Information on specific uses is given for each soil.
2019 State of the Environment Report Republic of Palau, May 2019. National Environmental Protection Council (NEPC).
The NISSAP has not been endorsed.
There is no record of this Plan having been formally approved or adopted.
This is a user-friendly version of the required report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). As requested by the CBD, the original version of this report was submitted using the online Clearinghouse Mechanism (CHM) of the CBD. It may be accessed at: https://chm.cbd.int/database/
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In 2019, UNEP contracted Asia Pacific Waste Consultants (APWC) to conduct a waste audit in Palau. Baseline data was obtained in November 2019 relating to current waste management, generation and characterisation through waste audits conducted on households, commercial premises and landfills in Palau.