LDC/SIDS Portfolio Project: Capacity Building for Sustainable Land Management in Niue

This project has been submitted for technical approval under the UNDP/GEF LDC and SIDS Targeted Portfolio Approach For Capacity Development and Mainstreaming of Sustainable Land Management (PMIS 2441). The project will contribute towards the achievement of the following long term goal which is the sustainable management of Niue’s unique natural terrestrial resources while at the same time promoting sustainable productive systems contributing to the social well being of its present and future generations. The project objective is to build capacity for sustainable land management in Niue via a targeted practical participatory "bottom up" approach. The project objective is as follows: Capacities for sustainable land management are built in appropriate governmental departments, civil society groups, resource users and mainstreamed into government planning and strategy development.