Cook Islands Thematic Assessment Report: Biodiversity, Climate change, Land Degradation (National Capacity Self Assessment For Global Environment Management)

Increasing recognition of the changes in the natural environment as a result of human interference has lead to the international community agreeing on a number of multi-lateral environmental agreements (MEAs). This report is divided into four major parts:

• Overview and Background

• Thematic Profile for Climate Change

• Thematic Profile for Biological Diversity

• Thematic Profile for Land Degradation

The thematic exercise provides detailed analysis of capacity constraints and problems within the thematic areas of biodiversity, climate change and land degradation, and identified root causes for these problems.