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2 Asia Pac. J. Envtl. L. 183 (1997)
International Environmental Law and the Pacific Island State of Niue

handle is hein.journals/apjel2 and id is 187 raw text is: Notes and Commentaries International Environmental Law and the Pacific Island State of Niue The coral atoll of Niue is located in the South Pacific Ocean, 2,400 kilometres north-east of New Zealand at latitude 190S and longitude 1690W and is approxi- mately 480 kilometres east of Tonga, 660 kilometres south-east of Western Samoa and 980 kilometres west of Rarotonga. Niue is known as the largest and highest coral atoll in the world, 21 kilometres long by 17 kilometres wide with an area of 259 kms2. The tropical island lies in the zone of the south-east trades with two distinct dry and wet seasons. The mean annual rainfall is 2,180 millimetres although this can be highly variable. In July 1991, Niue completed its Country Report' in anticipation of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro. This process, and the subsequent efforts by Niue to implement initiatives from UNCED, forced Niue to address the impact of international environmental law upon its national environmental laws. This note addresses this process and seeks to draw some conclusions on the impact of international envi- ronmental law upon Niue. A brief overview is first given of Niue and its political structures. Background Niue is thought to have been inhabited for around 1,000 years. Niueans are Polynesians and its early settlers are believed to have arrived from Tonga, Western Samoa and Pukapuka in the Cook Islands. The average population level recorded 1 Government of Niue Niue Country Report (Government of Niue, Alofi: 1991). ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, VOL 2, ISSUE 2 @ Kluwer Law International, 1997 183

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