Niue receives training to manage environmental impacts from tourism

New regulations governing environmental impact assessments on Niue are to be introduced soon.

So ahead of time, a team from SPREP, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, has been to the island to provide training.

The aim is to ensure that those tasked with protecting the environment from the impact of future developments know how the assessment system works, and how to get the best out of it.

SPREP's Environmental Planning Officer, Melanie Bradley was part of the group that trained up the Niueans, and she says the hope is the new regulations will help manage the impacts of increased tourism on the island.

Original article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-14/niue-receives-training-to-manage-…