Other island nations with sanctuaries also include Palau, the Maldives, Tokelau, Honduras and the Bahamas.
In 1996 traditional coastal resource knowledge in Tokelau was documented in the local language.
Tokelau has become the first territory able to meet all its electricity needs with solar power, officials say.
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"Until now, Tokelau has been 100% dependent upon diesel for electricity generation, with heavy economic and environmental costs, " he added.
Samoa and Tokelau have skipped a day - and jumped westwards across the international dateline - to align with trade partners.
As the clock struck midnight (10:00 GMT Friday) as 29 December ended, Samoa and Tokelau fast-forwarded to 31 December, missing out on 30 December entirely.
The remote islands of Tokelau lie between New Zealand and Hawaii.
Delegates represented indigenous people from Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Palau, Kiribati, Tokelau, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, Niue, Cook Islands, Hawai'i, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Samoa.
Youth participants currently confirmed are from Pacific Island communities including Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, New Zealand, Niue, American Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau and Vanuatu.
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In alternative energy news, the remote Pacific Island territory of Tokelau (population: 1, 411), which previously relied on diesel generators for electricity, officially became the world's first solar-powered nation.
Project co-ordinator, and PowerSmart MD, Mike Basset-Smith said that the move represented a "milestone of huge importance" for Tokelau, as it would now be able to spend more on social welfare.
Not so much in Tokelau, where its three atolls of Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu may not be long for this world, due to rising sea levels as a result of climate change.
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