Country: Niue

1. Ecological Gap Status: 1-2 Country: Niue • Challenges: • Challenge 1 – little in country support • Challenge 2 – knowing who to contact, how to contact – what to ask • Challenges 3 - near shore spatial data lacking • There has been no studies • Implement well • Needs: • Need 1 – Plan a way forward • Listserve/mailing list, personal contacts • Need 3 – Data acquisition, satellite imagery • A research project to investigate the fish • Guidance and ideas on how to implement it well Opportunities: Opportunity 1- not started – so no mistakes yet good regional examples ecological gap analysis support from NGOs, IGOs SOPAC, SPREP Fish in caves – fresh water fish- new species?? GEF pas forestry project

2. Sustainable Finance Status: 2 Country: Niue • Challenges: • Challenge 1- Write the grant proposal and getting it funded • Inter-departmental cooperation • Finding a way to use the project and results in the most effective way – capacity (human) • Needs: • Need 1 – guidance and support on the grant proposal • A person or mechanism to coordinate them different groups • Human capacity – and a detailed plan Opportunities: Small grant from CI Identify crosscutting projects so not to duplicate efforts GEF pas forestry project – forest management, invasive and PA

3. Management Effectiveness Status: Needs improvement Country: Niue • Needs: • - need for dialogue between resource users , fisheries and the community (council) • – understand when closures should occur – decide what a sustainable catch is • A proposal to CI to fund NBSAP conversion into actionable strategy • Need to make the NBSAP into practical measures to take place on the ground • Challenges: • ill will due to lack of engagement in early stages of planning • inconsistence or no enforcement • No current engagement with international NGOs • Not specific on particular actions Opportunities: engage the community change management to fit the traditional use Engage with NGOs NBSAP is written – good plan