Noumea Convention
type: Dataset
description: The Convention for the Protection of Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (1986) is also known as the SPREP Convention or Noumea Convention. The Convention has two Protocols that also entered into force in 1990. This Convention is the major multilateral umbrella agreement in the Pacific Region for the protection of natural resources and the environment.
date created: 21-07-2021T03:07:03.0
date modified: 16-07-2025T22:07:50.0
publisher: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
subject of: Atmosphere and Climate
subject of: Land
subject of: Biodiversity
subject of: Coastal and Marine
subject of: Inland Waters
keywords: noumea convention
keywords: noumea
keywords: convention
keywords: natural resources protection
license: https://pacific-data.sprep.org/resource/public-data-license-agreement-0
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spatial coverage: Pacific Region
accountable person: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program
distribution: Noumea Convention
  type: DataDownload
  file format: pdf
  encoding format: application/pdf
  content size: 105903
  description: The Convention for the Protection of the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific Region (1986), along with its two additional Protocols, entered into force in 1990. The Convention is a comprehensive umbrella agreement for the protection, management and development of the marine and coastal environment of the South Pacific Region, and represents the legal framework of the Action Plan for managing the Natural Resources and Environment of the South Pacific adopted in 1982 on behalf of the South Pacific Conference on Human Environment.