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The Virtual 10th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation and Protected Areas : 24-27 November 2020

SPREP Publications, Biodiversity Conservation

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In order to showcase knowledge and solutions related to nature conservation action in the Pacific Islands, the original face-to-face conference provided space in its programme for 61 parallel sessions, each with a duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes. By going virtual a lot of that space in teh agenda was lost, but we still wanted to bring those stories! By creating a virtual galleries on the website and by the event feed on the conference platform, we were able to provide new and open spaces for lightning stories to be told and striking facts to be shared!

Living Safely with Asbestos

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Asbestos is a known health hazard, and may be present in your home, but it may not be a risk, depending on its condition. In this publication we provide useful information on how to live safely with asbestos.

Scheduling incremental actions to build a comprehensive national protected area network for Papua New Guinea

Biodiversity Conservation

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Adams, Vanessa M.

Allan, James R.

Dimitrova, Nadya

Possingham, Hugh P.

Systematic conservation planning identifies priority areas to cost-effectively meet conservation targets. Yet, these tools rarely guide wholesale declaration of reserve systems in a single time step due to financial and implementation constraints. Rather, incremental scheduling of actions to progressively build reserve networks is required. To ensure this incremental action is guided by the original plan, and thus builds a reserve network that meets all conservation targets, strategic scheduling, and iterative planning is needed

PacWastePlus (PWP) steering committee: meeting report 9 March 2021, zoom teleconference

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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The European Union funded PacWastePlus programme is working with 14 countries in the Pacific region, plus Timor-Leste, to address the cost effective and sustainable management of waste and pollution, as well as reducing the negative impacts of improper waste management on human health and wellbeing. The programme is a continuation and up-scaling of a previous European Union funded Hazardous Waste Management project (PacWaste) that assisted countries to manage asbestos, e-waste and healthcare waste. This new programme will continue working in these areas and expand to address an additional five new waste streams.

State of Environment and Conservation in the Pacific Islands: 2020 Regional Report.

SPREP Publications, Environmental Governance, Biodiversity Conservation

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Pacific islands are hotspots of unique biodiversity. Our ancestral traditions are linked to nature. However, these traditions, the natural environment, and biodiversity are threatened by changing global and regional environmental pressures, ecological degradation, growing human populations, changing demands of our societies, and the impacts of climate change and sea level rise.

Assessment of Legislative Frameworks Governing Waste Management in Kiribati.

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Waste management issues in Kiribati are governed under general environmental and public health legislation. There is no specific legislation for waste management. A specific law establishes a container deposit scheme (CDS), which is regarded as effective in separating out these containers from other waste streams and promoting their recovery. Some analysis of the national waste situation has been undertaken through the Draft National Solid Waste Strategy 2007, which also covered the period 2008-2011, with biennial reviews. This strategy identifies priorities for different waste streams and provides a basis for assigning tasks for this work to specific institutions.

Custodians of the globe’s blue carbon assets

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Over the last decades scientists have discovered that seagrass meadows, tidal marshes, and mangroves – “blue carbon” ecosystems – are among the most intensive carbon sinks in the biosphere. By sequestering and storing significant amounts of carbon from the atmosphere and ocean, blue carbon ecosystems help mitigate climate change. But conversion and degradation of these ecosystems can also release billions of tons of CO2 and other greenhouse gases into the ocean and atmosphere and contribute to global warming.

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Assessment of Legislative Frameworks Governing Waste Management in Samoa.

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Samoa has a well-developed system of waste management legislation compared to many other Pacific Island nations. It has a dedicated Waste Management Act introduced in 2010, which is administered by the Ministry for Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE). This principal legislation on waste management is complemented by other environmental and planning laws. An analysis of the national waste situation has been undertaken through the National Waste Management Strategy 2019-2023, with identified priorities and action plans. Administration of the Waste Management Act is centralised in the MNRE, although other agencies, such as the Planning and Urban Management Agency (PUMA), play important roles in administering laws relevant to waste management facilities. PUMA sits within the Ministry of Works, Transport, and Infrastructure.

Assessment of Legislative Frameworks Governing Waste Management in the Solomon Islands.

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Responsibilities for waste and environmental management exist within a range of legislation and regulations, but no single point of control exists to regulate planning and operation. An analysis of the main national waste situation has been undertaken in the National Waste Management and Pollution Control Strategy 2017-2026.

Assessment of Legislative Frameworks Governing Waste Management in Timor-Leste.

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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The Constitution allows Parliament to delegate legislative authority on environmental matters to the Government. Such delegation was affected by Law 3/2012, which sets out broad directives for the Government to legislate for the protection of the environment. This law prompted the enactment of Decree-Law 26/2012, the Basic Law on the Environment, which contains a section on solid waste management.

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