Subject
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; Aquaculture; Fisheries; Climate Change; Carbon sequestration; Mitigation; Ocean acidification; Resilience; Risks; Sea level rise; Vulnerability; Culture and Traditional Knowledge; Culture; Traditional ecological knowledge; Traditional knowledge; Disaster Risk Management; Disaster preparedness; Economics and Finance; Climate finance; Economics; Low carbon development; Sustainable development; Education and Training; Community education; Energy; Emission reduction; Low carbon energy; Renewable energy; Renewable energy targets; Government, law and administration; Law and regulation; Natural Resources and the Environment; Biodiversity; Coastal zone; Conservation; Degradation; Ecology and ecosystems; Habitat restoration; Islands; Land forms and cartography; Natural resource management; Oceans; Pollution; Reefs; Vegetation; Wildlife; Population and Demographics; Demography; Migration; Security and Conflict; Conflict; International relations; Security

Domains
Droit, Sciences de l'environnement

Description

The Government of Vanuatu has decided to develop an oceans policy, which aligns with recommendations from theCommonwealth Secretariat.This report summarises the main findings1 of an analysis and assessment of 69 instruments of legislation andsubordinate policies and plans that are relevant to management and use of Vanuatu’s territorial waters and thereforerelevant to the development of the national oceans policy. The review of Vanuatu’s legislation, policies, strategies andplans relating to oceans management is part of the Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Management in Pacific IslandCountries (MACBIO) project.The approach to the review involved an analytical framework comprising three components:1. Individual analysis of legislation, policies, strategies and plans;2. Integration of individual analyses into an assessment table for comparative analysis and assessment; and3. A report which provides an assessment narrative based on the individual analyses and the information from theassessment table.

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Language
English (en-GB)

Creators
Muldoon Jim, Dovo Angelyne

Contributors

Sources
Muldoon J, Dovo A and L Fernandes (2015) Review of legislation, policies, strategies and plans relating to the use and management of Vanuatu’s oceans. Report to the Government of Vanuatu. MACBIO (GIZ, IUCN, SPREP), Suva., National Advisory Board on Climate Change & Disaster Risk Reduction

Relation
https://www.nab.vu/node/26603

Coverage
Vanuatu

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