National Environment Service (Tu’anga
Taporoporo)
The National Environment Service or Tu’anga Taporoporo is an agency of the Crown as defined by the Environment Act 2003.
National Environment Service
*Secretariat to the
Island Environment Authority and National
Environment Council
*Technical body
Divided into three main
divisions: Management
| Operations
| International
Acronyms:
NCSA – National Capacity Self Assessment
IWP – International Waters Project
NBSAP – National Biodiversity Strategic Action Plan
Outer Islands – Aitutaki, Atiu, Mitiaro (as of September
2005)
The national goal
of the Service is geared towards building
a more sustainable future in our environment.
Depletion of our environment and natural
resources provides a very bleak future
for our children. Therefore, increasing
environmental concerns (global warming and
sea level rise, erosion and sand mining,
biodiversity and habitat loss, coral bleaching
and coral death, pollution, waste management
and recycling) require urgent responses
from government and the community for
sustainable development as an overall
national goal to be realised.
The Government
is committed to improving the Service’s
environmental management strategies, which
provides a framework for sustainable development
in the Cook Islands.
The Environment Act
2003 will guide these strategies and ensure
that regional and international obligations
are met.
Our
Vision
To protect,
conserve and manage the environment of the
Cook Islands, Our Heritage, in a sustainable
manner through promoting community participation
for the benefit
of current and future generations.
Ko te paruru e te
taporoporo tau I te aotini, o te Kuki
Airani, to tatou ipukarea. Na roto I te
tauturu a te iti tangata ei meitaki no
teia uki e te uki a muri mai.
Objectives
The objectives
of the service are to;
Help
ensure an acceptable level of environmental
health through guidelines, standards
and monitoring.
Conservation
or preservation of natural resources and
biodiversity, through sustainable
management of marine, freshwater and terrestrial
ecosystems of the Cook Islands.
Minimise
impacts of and risks to development
in the environment through compliance,
enforcement and monitoring.
Promote
community participation in the
sustainable management of the environment
by incorporating environmental considerations
from economic and social development policies,
plans and activities on an ongoing basis.
Contributing
to international efforts to find
solutions to global environmental threats
through national actions.
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