Environment (Mitiaro) Regulations 2008 (No. 5 of 2008).

These Regulations provide rules relative to a wide variety of matters regarding the environment, fisheries, coastal zone management, wildlife and habitat protection and biodiversity in the island of Mitiaro and the waters within twelve nautical miles of the coast of Mitiaro.
The Island Environmental Authority shall, at request of by the Island Council, prepare a draft management plan for any protected area designated pursuant to these Regulations. The Plan shall be directed at the protection, conservation, management, and control of: (a) wildlife including species in the opinion of the Island Council are at risk and the habitat of such species; (b) water resources or any watershed area; (c) Mitiaro waters; and (d) any other matter relating to the environment which in the opinion of the Island Council will benefit from a management plan.
The Regulations provide, among other things, for: introduction of alien species; protection of crayfish and other fish species, birds, marine turtles and trees; management plans; declaration of a "raui" i.e. a traditional custom of imposing restrictions on the use of the land, reef and lagoon with regards to their resources; protection of drinking water supply; pollution control; protection of the foreshore; and enforcement.