Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
International Waters Programme (International Waters Programme (IWP))
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2006
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
viii, 57 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
330.9966 LAL (EL)
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
29763
Legacy PEIN ID:
69717
General Notes
Also available electronically
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Subject Heading(s)
Economics - Waste - Palau
Waste management - Policy - Tonga
Waste minimization - Costs - Tonga
Waste management - Cost effectiveness - Tonga
Abstract
Tonga could make economic savings of approximately TOP 6.5 million through improved solid and liquid waste management nationwide. The estimates are based on some key assumptions about functional relationships between the nature and volume of waste and human health effects, waste and the coastal ecosystem and fisheries, as well as the effects of waste on tourism and the aesthetic value residents place on a clean environment. Given the paucity of scientific information, there is an urgent need to collect solid scientific information about the causal relationship between waste and its direct and indirect effects on fisheries, coastal ecosystems and human health. Despite this limitation, the economic values presented in this study can serve as a powerful advocacy tool to better target education and extension programs that advocate for reduction, reuse, and recycling of waste.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
International Waters Programme (International Waters Programme (IWP))
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Publication Year:
2006
Publication Place
Apia, Samoa
Physical Description:
viii, 57 p. ; 29 cm
Call Number
330.9966 LAL (EL)
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
29763
Legacy PEIN ID:
69717
General Notes
Also available electronically
Record Created: 18-Jan-2007
Record Modified: 22-Feb-2021