Fakaalofa lahi atu and Welcome to the Niue Biodiversity Website.

It gives me great pleasure on behalf of the Department of Environment to welcome you to this website for the conservation and sustainable development of Niue’s biological resources.

Awareness is a fundamental element of any conservation program, hence the development of this website.

It is important that all stakeholders are well aware of, and have a better understanding of biodiversity issues to enable them to make sound decisions regarding conservation and sustainable uses of biodiversity.

The overall goal is to promote and facilitate the sharing of technical and scientific information on biodiversity amongst all stakeholders both locally and internationally.

This is built on the understanding that all stakeholders will participate and have easy access to pertinent information on which sound decisions are based regarding the conservation and sustainable uses of biodiversity.

Niue’s ratification of the Convention on Biological Diversity in 1996, signified the country’s commitment to address issues affecting the conservation of biological resources.

The conservation of Niue’s biodiversity is a key to ensuring the country’s sustainable development. The production of a National Biodiversity Strategic and Action Plan (NBSAP) is to encourage biodiversity conservation as part of Niue’s commitment to the Convention.