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JPRISM II Solid Waste Management Country Profile - Palau

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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This document provides an overview of the current state of waste management in Palau. Key data from this document includes: "Waste generated in Palau (tons/day)","Waste Composition of Household Wastes in Koror (Weight %)", "Composting", "Volume of waste managed by waste management services in Palau (tons/day)", "Waste collection ", "waste disposal & waste recycling", "container deposit scheme (CDS)", "Number of containers and redemption rate under CDS", "Glass Bottle Recycling", "waste management laws & regulations", and "recommendations for the improvement of Solid Waste Management in Palau. All data was compiled by JICA/JPRISM experts with the help of colleagues from Palau.

JPRISM II Solid Waste Management Country Profile - Solomon Islands

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 Solomon Islands. Key data from this document includes: "waste generation and composition in Honiara City", "Waste collection ", "waste disposal & waste recycling", "waste management policies & Acts", and "recommendations for the improvement of Solid Waste Management in the Solomon Islands. All data was compiled by JICA/JPRISM experts with the help of colleagues from Solomon Islands.

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 - 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.

Guam invasive species management plan interim 2017-2019: interim

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The 2017-2019 Interim Guam Invasive Species Management Plan (GISMP) expresses the overarching goals and priorities of the Guam Invasive Species Council (GISC or Council). The Guam Invasive Species Act of 2011 (Public Law 31-43) established the Council as Guams lead entity in coordinating with local, regional, national, and international jurisdic¬tions in the fight against alien invasive species. Although the GISC is in its infancy stages of organization, it draws from the collective knowledge, past research, and progress of its members in establishing the Councils goals and priorities. Priorities and goals identified in this plan reflect current and near-term resources, member capabilities, and status of certain invasive species. Recommendations contained in the Regional Biosecurity Plan for Micronesia and Hawaii (RBP), the 2016-2018 National Inva¬sive Species Councils Management Plan, the Regional Invasive Species Council (RISC), and various stakeholders were considered in the development of this plan. The Council also considered developments under the purview of the Hawaii Invasive Species Council and its 2015-2020 HISC Strategic Plan.

In situ evaluation of an automated aerial bait delivery system for landscape-scale control of invasive brown treesnakes on Guam

Island and Ocean Ecosystems, BRB

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Clark, C.S.

Clark, L.

Eisemann, J.D.

Gosnell, R.J.

Messaros, M.C.

Pitt, W.C.

Shiels, A.B.

Siers, S.R.

After decades of biodiversity loss and economic burden caused by the brown treesnake invasion on the Pacific island of Guam, relief hovers on the horizon. Previous work by USDA Wildlife Services (WS) and its National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) demonstrated that brown treesnake numbers in forested habitats can be dramatically suppressed by aerial delivery of dead newborn mouse (DNM) baits treated with 80 mg of acetaminophen. However, manual bait preparation and application is impractical for landscape-scale treatment. WS, NWRC, and the US Department of the Interior have collaborated with Applied Design Corporation to engineer an automated bait manufacturing and delivery system. The core technology is an aerially delivered biodegradable bait cartridge designed to tangle in the tree canopy, making the acetaminophen bait available to treesnakes and out of reach of terrestrial non-target organisms. When mounted on a rotary- or fixed-wing airframe, the automated dispensing module (ADM) unit can broadcast 3,600 bait cartridges at a rate of four per second and can treat 30 hectares of forest at a density of 120 acetaminophen baits per hectare within 15 minutes of fi ring time. We conducted the first in situ evaluation of the ADM in July 2016. Initial acetaminophen bait deployment rates (proper opening of the bait cartridge for canopy entanglement) were low, and mechanism jams were frequent due to internal friction and wind forces; on-site remedial engineering improved these performance measures. Bait cartridge placement and spacing were accurate (average 8.9 m along 9 m swaths) under various flight heights and speeds. Canopy entanglement of properly-deployed acetaminophen baits was high (66.6%). Although only a small proportion (5.9%) of radio transmitter-equipped acetaminophen baits were confirmed to have been taken by brown treesnakes, the baiting density was high enough to make it likely that a significant proportion of brown treesnakes in the area had taken acetaminophen baits. With subsequent improvements in system reliability, the automated bait cartridge manufacturing and delivery system is poised to transition from research and development to operational field implementation. Applications include reduction of brown treesnake numbers around transportation infrastructure and within core habitats for the reintroduction of native birds extirpated by this troublesome invasive predator.

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