The Rarotonga Environment Act 1994/95 was repealed by the Environment Act 2003 formalising the establishment of the NES.
The role of the National Environment Services is based on 5 main areas and has four main departments.
There is a suite of policies, strategies and plans developed over the years to enable environmental protection, conservation and management.
Our cultural identify is deeply rooted in our environment and it is part of our heritage and legacy.
An Environment Consent is a permission granted to an applicant undertaking an activity that has some but not significant environment impact.
A permission required for the construction of a standard residential dwelling or non-construction purposes such as land clearance.
A management tool used to identify the environmental, social and economic impacts of a project prior to decision making.
Any person planning to take any wild animal or plant overseas must apply for a permit for trade movement of endangered species (CITES).
All importers of bulk HFC goods must register as an approved importer with NES.
Other permits issued by NES relates to the transboundary movement of waste, ozone depletion substances and wildlife.
Biodiversity plans are important documents to manage and determine the state of our natural environment.
Protecting species, habitats, ecosystem, and protecting biological diversity.
Activities to protect, maintain, or restore the quality of environmental media.
Historical milestone for conservation in the Cook Islands
The Environment Act 2003 is the primary legislation applied throughout the Cook Islands and the Outer Islands (Pa Enua) of Aitutaki, Atiu, Mauke and Mitiaro.
Several subsidiary legislations made under the Environment Act 2003 to apply provisions of the Act and to also include the Pa Enua.
Numerous national legislations interlinked with the environment but administered by other government entities.
NES has identified multiple cases of environmental impact, particularly in coastal and marine environments, related to various recent development projects in Aitutaki. NES has teamed
Discussions held over the 1 week meeting involved, government and private sector representatives from each country had fruitful discussions on how to (1) progress energy
NES, in collaboration with CIGT, is actively implementing the Titā ki te Titākore Project – Legacy Waste Collection across Rarotonga. Having successfully completed the majority
To Gretta and Linda, we welcome you to the NES family and we look forward to the great things we would be doing for our
Pacific Island Countries including the Cook Islands met in Auckland this month to endorse the Pacific Global Environment Facility (GEF) Islands work plan and budget
The project preparation team hope to gain insight from a diverse range of stakeholders in the food and beverage industry or waste sector; including tourist
Halatoa Fua stated ‘the HAC working sessions are invaluable opportunities for the Cook Islands to understand common priorities amongst ambitious member countries, and to represent
Nature knows no borders, a befitting theme for the 14th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species was attended by over 100 parties,
According to the Cook Islands participants, regional meetings particularly for PSIDS is essential to assist countries that share common interests in protecting the environment against
The objective of this workshop was to provide Customs Officers and Boarder control stakeholders with practical skills necessary to monitor and control import of controlled
