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Documentaire relatif à la manière dont les Tonga ont organisé la gestion des déchets produits par l'éruption volcanique et le tsunami de janvier 2022

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Le 15 janvier 2022, le royaume des Tonga a été violemment touché par une éruption volcanique et un tsunami qui ont dévasté une partie du pays. Malgré le traumatisme, le peuple tongien et les autorités ont travaillé ensemble au nettoyage afin de reconstruire le pays aussi vite que possible. Voici le bouleversant témoignage des différents acteurs qui ont participé à cet effort collectif.

Grow a Wish, short film 10 Vanuatu: Tropical Cyclone Harold recovery works

Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Following a request from the Vanuatu Government to provide support for waste clean-ups following Tropical cyclone Harold which made landfall in Vanuatu in April 2020, the European Union (EU) Waste Management (PacWastePlus) Programme, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation (DEPC) and other donor funded waste projects, implemented support activities to nine communities on the islands of Santo, Pentecost, Aore and Malo. The project was deployed in September 2020 following extensive consultation to confirm the specific support requirements.

JPRISM II Solid Waste Management Country Profile - Federated States of Micronesia

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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This document provides an overview of the current state of waste management in the Federated States of Micronesia. Key data from this document includes: "Volume of waste managed by waste management services in the FSM (tons/day)","Composition of Household Waste (weight base)", "Solid Waste Management Strategies", "volume of waste managed by waste management services", "Waste collection ", "waste disposal & waste recycling", "container deposit scheme recycling", "waste management laws & regulations", and "recommendations for the improvement of Solid Waste Management in the Federated States of Micronesia. All data was compiled by JICA/JPRISM experts with the help of colleagues from Federated States of Micronesia.

JPRISM II Solid Waste Management Country Profile - Vanuatu

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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This document provides an overview of the current state of waste management in Vanuatu. Key data compiled in this document includes: "Waste Management Policies & Regulations", "Waste Generated and Composition", "Waste Collection", "Waste Final Disposal", "Waste Recycling", "Prepaid bag prices", "Container Deposit Scheme" and recommendations to improve solid waste management in Vanuatu.

JPRISM II Solid Waste Management Country Profile - Tonga

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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This document provides an overview of the current state of waste management in Tonga. Key data compiled in this document includes: "Waste Management Policies & Regulations", "Waste Collection and Transfer", "Waste Final Disposal", "Waste Recycling", "Breakdown of WAL revenue (July 2018–March 2019)" and recommendations to improve solid waste management in Tonga.

JPRISM II Solid Waste Management Country Profile - Samoa

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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This document provide an overview of the current state of waste management in Samoa. Key data compiled in this document includes: "Waste generation and composition", "Waste collection", "Waste disposal & disposal fees", "Waste Recycling", "Waste management revenues and expenditures" and recommendations to improve solid waste management in Samoa.

JPRISM II Solid Waste Management Country Profile - Fiji

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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This document gives an overview of the current state of waste management in Fiji. Key data compiled in this document include: "waste managements acts, waste categorization, waste collection, waste disposal, waste recycling, financial assistance to manage waste in country and recommendations to improve solid waste management in Fiji.

JPRISM Newsletter: Buzz No. 9 - March 2021

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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In addition, COVID-19 has made it difficult for people to come and go around the world. J-PRISM II encourages countries in the region to learn from each other. While the exchange of people, which is indispensable for the technical cooperation, has stopped, a different method of capacity development is required. We are trying to solve the problem by using methods such as distance training. Although it is not an easy task in the region where the communication environment is not good, this effort will benefit for the Pacific Islands even after the infection has ended.

Canna seabird recovery project: 10 years on

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Rats were eradicated in 20052006 from the islands of Canna and Sanday, Scotland (total area 1,320 ha). Poison bait was laid from December 2005 onwards and the last rat was killed in February 2006. An intensive period of monitoring over the next two years con?rmed that no rats remained on the islands. Seabirds have been monitored on Canna for nearly 50 years and some species have shown good evidence of recovery since the eradication. Other species have not recovered and this may have been due to mortality caused by food shortages or storm events which have been impacting seabirds in the region. These regional changes in pressures affecting the seabird populations make the interpretation of the impacts of the rat eradication programme much more difficult. Atlantic puffins, formerly con?ned to off shore stacks, have recolonised sites on the mainland of Canna and a count of over 2,000 was recorded in 2016. Manx shearwaters, which had ceased nesting in the monitored colony have made a slow recovery to one or two pairs in 2016. Productivity has also increased from a low of 0.2 chicks per nest in the 1990s to 0.74 in 2017. European shags nesting in boulder colonies were most susceptible to rat predation. One such colony has recovered from 45 nests in 2005 to 75 in 2016 and productivity increased from less than 0.7 chicks per nest to an average of 1.6 following eradication. Populations of shags nesting in cliff locations have shown no recovery or have declined. Mew gulls, which nest along the shoreline, have increased from ?ve to over 30 pairs. Other seabirds, such as common guillemots and black-legged kittiwakes, have shown no clear trends and are probably affected by other factors. Rabbit populations have increased on both islands, reaching an estimated 15,500 animals in 2013 that were causing considerable damage through grazing, erosion, and disturbance of archaeological remains. It is unclear whether the increase in rabbit numbers can be attributed to rat eradication. An intensive control programme has brought the rabbit population under control. While some seabirds have responded positively to the rat eradication, the response of some has been slow and others have not responded, probably as a result of regional pressures on their survival. It is important that monitoring of both seabirds and rabbits continues to track the success of this important seabird colony.

Costs and bene? ts for biodiversity following rat and cat eradication on Te Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Bell, E.

Campbell, J.

Cassey, P.

Ewen, J.G.

Green, C.

Gri?ths, R.

Joyce, L.

Rayner, M.

Towns, D.

Toy, R.

Veitch, C.R.

Wade, L.

Walle, R.

Considerable bene?ts can be achieved for indigenous biodiversity when invasive vertebrates are removed from islands. In New Zealand, two logistically challenging eradications were undertaken, one to remove cats (Felis catus) and the other Paci?c rats (Rattus exulans) from Te Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island (Hauturu). Here we document the short- and long-term impacts of these interventions on the biodiversity of Hauturu. We also assess the extent to which predicted outcomes were re?ected in the measured responses for a wide range of species. Short-term impacts of the eradication program encompassed individual mortality for some native species but no measurable impact to populations. In contrast, at least 11 native vertebrates and one native invertebrate species increased in abundance after rat and cat removal. Fifteen of 34 plant species monitored had signi?cantly more seedlings on Hauturu after rat eradication compared with control islands, indicating future changes in forest composition. Several native species previously not recorded on the island were discovered, including the New Zealand storm petrel (Fregetta maoriana) (formerly considered extinct), the forest ringlet butter?y (Dodonidia helmsi) and eight species of aquatic invertebrate. The chevron skink (Oligosoma homalonotum) has been found in increasing numbers and tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), raised in captivity on the island, are now re-established and breeding in the wild. These results illustrate an island gradually recovering after a long period of modi?cation. We conclude that more success stories such as Hauturu must be told if we are to allay the publics concerns about such eradication campaigns. And more public support is required if the conservation community is to tackle invasive species at a scale commensurate with the threats they pose.

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