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Reduced emissions of unintentionally produced POPs (uPOPs) is hoped to be achieved under the GEFPAS project through a range of funded initiatives including the provision of quality vocational training of semi-skilled waste employees. It was envisioned that this would involve the development and delivery of a waste management vocational training course at a regional institution. The overall project objectives related to the training were to create a program that would: · Develop a solid waste management vocational training program in conjunction with regional institutions; · Routinely train course participants to become waste management trainers using the ‘trainthe-trainer’ concept; and · Ensure long-term sustainability and continuity of the training program with regional institutions.

This document reports the findings of an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the construction of a hard stand boat haul out and storage facility (here on referred to as a boatyard) in the Vaipua area of the Vava’u island group in the Kingdom of Tonga. The boatyard operation will consist of a compacted haulage slipway, a graded and sealed land area and related terrestrial infrastructure covering an area of approximately 2.42 hectares. The boatyard will be a facility for the long or short term storage of a maximum of 150 vessels up to 55ft in length with a maximum weight of 30 tonnes. Following the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Act 2003, approval must be sought from the Tongan Government Ministry for Environment for any predefined major projects that are likely to have an impact on the elements described in the EIA Act. Under Schedule 1 (subsection j) of the EIA Act, this project comprises “of a dry storage area for more than 20 pleasure or recreation craft” rendering it a major project and therefore automatically requiring an EIA to be presented to the Minister of Environment. Pacific Environmental & Ecotourism Consultancy Services (PEECS) (consultant) has been contracted by Vava’u Marine Services (proponent) to prepare the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). This EIA is prepared in accordance with the Tongan Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2010 and other relevant regulations and guidelines applicable to the proposed project.

This report is based on the draft environmental impact assessment prepared by the Government of Australia in 2013. Prepared for Project Management Consultant Manteena Security (Aust) Pty Ltd

The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is pleased to present this 5th National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Our country is comprised of four States, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae, and contains 607 islands stretching across almost 3 million square kilometers of the Pacific. There are five primary governing structures within the FSM, the National government and the four State governments. Responsibilities for managing natural resources and the environment are shared between private resource owners, the States, and the National level. As such, this report reflects progress towards National biodiversity objectives as well as objectives set in each of the four States. The report was prepared through a collaborative process. The primary method of data collection to inform the report was a series of five two-day stakeholder workshops held in each of the four States of FSM, and one at the National level. These workshops were augmented with individual meetings. Over a three month period the report team met with over 100 biodiversity conservation stakeholders including representatives from about 70 National and State government resource management agencies, local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), members of communities, traditional leaders, educational institutions, the private sector, and regional and international conservation organizations. Please see Appendix I for information about the dates of the workshops, the agenda, and the list of stakeholders involved.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is an intergovernmental organisation charged with promoting cooperation among Pacific islands countries and territories to protect and improve their environment and ensure sustainable development for present and future generations

The utilisation of marine genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge has long been sidelined in the discussions on access to genetic resources and fair and equitable benefit sharing (ABS). One reason lies in the difficult accessibility of marine ecosystems, especially in greater depths.

The ABS Capacity Development Initiative aims to contribute to poverty reduction, food security, technology transfer, social development including equity and rights, and biodiversity conservation through implementing the Nagoya Protocol (NP) on ABS and the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in its entirety.

The ABS Capacity Development Initiative aims to contribute to poverty reduction, food security, technology transfer, social development including equity and rights, and biodiversity conservation through implementing the Nagoya Protocol (NP) on ABS and the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in its entirety.

Magazine on climate change and sustainable development.

A joint publication on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Indian Ocean Commission, the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and the International Year of Small Island Developing States 2014.