The project seeks to expand educational opportunities for legal experts by developing online courses in environmental and commercial law at the University of the South Pacific's School of Law and by creating a regional legal database. Initial plans called for the simultaneous development of both courses, but given the urgency of measures to deal with global warming and tourism-related environmental pollution in the Pacific region, the courses on environmental law were developed first.
In fiscal 2006 development of course materials began in four subjects: environmental law and policy, comparative environmental law, regional environmental law, and international environmental law. In fiscal 2007 the materials were completed, and the courses were registered as requisites by the USP School of Law. Also, over 80 laws and treaties were added to the Pacific Islands Treaty Series database (www.paclii.org/pits/) created the previous year. The possibility of collaborating with United Nations University was also explored with the aim of developing courses offered jointly by the USP and universities in Japan and other Asian countries.