Workshop to Develop a National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) based on the existing Vanuatu National Environment Policy
NEMS began in April 1991 and concluded in April 1994. NEMS programmes addressed basic environmental issues for the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Samoa. Strategies for Nauru, Palau and Tokelau are in their final stages of preparation. Tonga already had an Environmental Plan, and similar projects were undertaken in recent years in Fiji, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea with bilateral funding. The NEMS state each country's environmental principles, and a detailed plan for realizing their long-term environmental goals. These strategies were coordinated in-country by a task force, comprising senior representatives from government departments, NGOs and the private sector. Each country developed then its own strategies, unique to its own economic, physical, cultural and social situation. The existing knowledge on the environment has been summarized in State of Environment Reports, which outline major environmental issues for key sectors in each country, such as forestry, fisheries, agriculture, tourism and conservation. Such reports have been produced for the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Samoa. Implementing the NEMS will involve relevant Environment Departments or Sections working closely with other governments' departments, NGOs, community groups and the private sector.
View the existing draft Vanuatu NEP here: http://www.nab.vu/national-environment-policy-draft
For more INformation, contact: Touasi Tiwok ttiwok@vanuatu.gov.vu