Chapter I Intro & Objectives - SPREP

PHOENIX ISLANDS PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN
Chapter III. Background, 7. Regulations, Laws and International Agreements
Draft 1 March 2007
The Government of Kiribati has made various commitments to international and regional,
legal instruments regarding coastal and marine resource conservation (Mangubhai 2002).
These international and regional agreements are listed in Table III-6.9 below.
Table III-6.9. International and regional legal instruments relating to
marine resources and coastal resources in Kiribati
Legal Instrument Year
International
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of 1982
Wastes and Other Matter (London Dumping Conservation) *1,2
Convention on Biological Diversity *1 1992
Convention on Climate Change *1 1993
World Heritage Convention *1 2000
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty *2
International Maritime Organization Convention *2
Maritime Pollution Convention (MARPOL) *2
Regional
Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific (Apia 1976
Convention) *1
South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention *1 1979
Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and
Environment of the South Pacific Region (SPREP Convention) *1,2
1986
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Rarotonga Treaty) *1,2 1986
Treaty on Fisheries between the Governments of Certain Pacific
Island States and the Government of the United States of America *3
1987
Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the
South Pacific (Tarawa Declaration) *1,2
1992
Cooperation in Fisheries Surveillance and Law Enforcement in the
South Pacific Region (Niue Treaty) *1
1993
*source:
1. Mangubhai (2002),
2. Ministry of Line and Phoenix Development (1999).
3. Crocombe (2001).
Wetlands - Rawaki (Phoenix), McKean, and Birnie have been listed under the Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands of International Significance (Anon. 1985).
D. REFERENCES CITED
Anon. nd. Gilbertese and Phoenix lands code.
Anon. 1868. Loss of three Boston ships in the Pacific Ocean, their crews all saved. The
Boston Herald, Boston. February 4, 1868 (see Ward 1967, p. 313-314).
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