TECHNICAL CONSULTATION OF SOUTH PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

Report and Background Documents

Apia, Samoa, 6-9 May 1996

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 1998

Contents

PART A: REPORT OF THE CONSULTATION

I. SUMMARY REPORT OF THE CONSULTATION

1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

2. ORGANIZATION

3. OUTCOME AND FOLLOW-UP

II. PROGRAMME FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES IN AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

1. PREAMBLE

2. BASIS FOR ACTION

3. NATIONAL ACTION, POLICIES AND MEASURES

4. REGIONAL ACTION

5. INTERNATIONAL ACTION

6. PRIORITY AREAS OF ASSISTANCE

Appendix 1: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Appendix 2: OPENING SPEECH BY THE HON. MISA TELEFONI RETZLAFF, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTS, FISHERIES AND METEOROLOGY, SAMOA

Appendix 3: INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT BY MR. VILI A. FUAVAO, SUB-REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, FAO

Appendix 4: POLICIES FOR SUSTAINING FOOD AND AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

Appendix 5: SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM SECRETARIAT

Appendix 6: PRESENTATION OF AGENCIES' PROGRAMMES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

AusAID'S PROGRAMME IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC IN FISHERIES, FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

Natural resource conservation and use

Fisheries

Forestry

Food crop development

Agricultural industries and marketing

Food and agriculture information and analysis

Institutional capacity-building

RECENT AND ON-GOING PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED BY FAO IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

PIPELINE PROJECTS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

THE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH, EXTENSION AND TRAINING IN AGRICULTURE (IRETA), AND THE SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE (SOA)

MISSION AND OBJECTIVES

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

INTERNATIONAL BOARD FOR SOIL RESEARCH MANAGEMENT PACIFICLAND NETWORK

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND

THE PACIFICLAND NETWORK

SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FOR NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

SOUTH PACIFIC APPLIED GEOSCIENCE COMMISSION (SOPAC)

SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION (SPC)

INTRODUCTION

PROGRAMME GOALS AND STRATEGIES

PROJECTS

NETWORKING

POSSIBLE FUTURE DIRECTIONS

CONCLUSIONS

SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM FISHERIES AGENCY (FFA)

1. FFA ACTIVITIES

2. OFFSHORE FISHERIES

SOUTH PACIFIC FORUM SECRETARIAT

INTRODUCTION

SOUTH PACIFIC REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME (SPREP)

SYSTEMS CARIBBEAN LIMITED, BARBADOS (SCL)

INTRODUCTION

INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO)

INTRODUCTION

RETURNING TO THE CHAIR OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

ACTIVITIES

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC (USP)

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Appendix 7: Composition of Working Groups

ACTION, POLICY MEASURES AT THE NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS AND PRIORITY AREAS OF ASSISTANCE

Appendix 8: AGENDA AND TIMETABLE

Appendix 9: SUMMARY REPORT OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF SOUTH WEST PACIFIC MINISTERS FOR AGRICULTURE

BRIEF FOR SOUTH WEST PACIFIC MINISTERS OF AGRICULTURE

PART B: BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

POLICIES FOR SUSTAINING FOOD AND AGRICULTURE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Executive Summary

I. INTRODUCTION

II. ISSUES AND CONSTRAINTS

III. POSSIBLE ACTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

IV. CONCLUSION

APPENDIX 1: SOUTH PACIFIC SMALL ISLANDS: BASIC INDICATORS

APPENDIX 2: SOUTH PACIFIC IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

APPENDIX 3: PACIFIC PLATFORM FOR ACTION RETHINKING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR PACIFIC WOMEN TOWARDS THE YEAR 2000

STRATEGIES

APPENDIX 4: REVIEW OF POLICY ALTERNATIVES TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

REFERENCES

SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Executive Summary

I. INTRODUCTION

II. ISSUES AND CONSTRAINTS

III. POSSIBLE ACTIONS FOR NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

IV. MEANS OF IMPLEMENTATION

V. REFERENCES

SUSTAINABLE PRIMARY RESOURCES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Executive Summary

I. INTRODUCTION

II. CURRENT STATUS OF PRIMARY PRODUCTION

III. OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE PRODUCTION, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING SYSTEMS

IV. CONCLUSION

V. REFERENCES