Australian Aid Activities

Environmental challenges

Two people in white protective clothing moving a metal container

Land degradation, loss of forests and the destruction of fisheries all threaten the livelihoods of the rural poor.

Australia is helping 13 Pacific Island nations, including Vanuatu, Samoa and Tuvalu, remove some of the world's most dangerous agricultural herbicides and pesticides from their land.

Cleaning up the countryside - removing toxic chemicals.

Photo: Lorrie Graham