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Consultations on the new Environment Bill to start next month
The consultation process will start with key stakeholder groups, including Government Agencies and civil societies. The next group is to run public consultations on Rarotonga,
The Rarotonga Environment Act 1994/95 was repealed by the Environment Act 2003 formalising the establishment of the NES.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.
The consultation process will start with key stakeholder groups, including Government Agencies and civil societies. The next group is to run public consultations on Rarotonga,
NES celebrates International Days relating to safeguarding, protecting, managing and conserving the environment. This is a time to educate the youth of today and instill
The National Environment Service recently conducted an induction training session for the Mitiaro Island Environment Authority aimed at familiarizing its members with essentialcomponents of their
It was highlighted that youth engagement is crucial to ensure sustainability of the conservation efforts we are trying to achieve today, as youth are the
The RESPONSE project, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and supported by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), aims to reduce the amount of single
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
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,
NES remains invested in its people by providing more capacity building opportunities for existing staff, including continue to grow its number of environment or science
The workshop looked at reasons for modifying and updating EBSA such as new updated scientific, and traditional data and information, change in the ecological and