Ha'apai Conservation Area, Tonga, a Project Preparation Document for submission to SPBCP

The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga has formally proposed the designation of the entire Ha'apai Group, the 62 central islands of Tonga (see maps below), as a Conservation Area (CA) under the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)'s South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme (SPBCP). The proposal to SPBCP for the funding of a "Ha'apai Conservation Area Project" (HCAP) has been subsequently approved by SPBCP as Tonga's project under SPBCP, subject to the completion of a detailed Project Preparation Document (PPD) by the Kingdom of Tonga. This document constitutes the PPD for the Ha'apai Conservation Area Project.