KOLONIA, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia (April 30, 2001 - Pacific Magazine/PINA Nius Online)---The green movement is alive and well in the western Pacific.
Yap, one of four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, hosted the Community Marine Ecotourism Development Workshop, a project sponsored by the Apia, Samoa-based South Pacific Regional Environment Programme.
Representatives of government agencies and non-government organizations from seven island groups -- Palau, Yap, Guam, Chuuk, Pohnpei, the Marshall Islands, and Nauru -- received training in ecotourism development and environmental awareness.
"Degradation of our marine ecosystems can be likened to cancer," said SPREP director Tamarii Tutangata. "It must be treated at its early stages, otherwise it becomes excruciatingly expensive and terminal in its later stages."
Tutangata said that SPREP is assisting its member countries in the Pacific to develop and manage marine resources and the...