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Art.2 |
Article 2 |
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Art.2.1 |
1. The purposes of SPREP are to promote co-operation in the South Pacific region and to provide assistance in order to protect and improve its environment and to ensure sustainable development for present and future generations. SPREP shall achieve these purposes through the Action Plan adopted from time to time by the SPREP Meeting, setting the strategies and objectives of SPREP. |
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Art.2.2 |
2. The Action Plan shall include: |
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Art.2.2.a |
(a) co-ordinating regional activities addressing the environment; |
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Art.2.2.b |
(b) monitoring and assessing the state of the environment in the region including the impacts of human activities on the ecosystems of the region and encouraging development undertaken to be directed towards maintaining or enhancing environmental qualities; |
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Art.2.2.c |
(c) promoting and developing programmes, including research programmes, to protect the atmosphere and terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems and species, while ensuring ecologically sustainable utilisation of resources; |
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Art.2.2.d |
(d) reducing, through prevention and management, atmospheric, land based, freshwater and marine pollution; |
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Art.2.2.e |
(e) strengthening national and regional capabilities and institutional arrangements; |
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Art.2.2.f |
(f) increasing and improving training, educational and public awareness activities; and |
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Art.2.2.g |
(g) promoting integrated legal, planning and management mechanisms. |
