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Water lettuce is a free floating aquatic plant in rosettes of green leaves, rosettes occuring singly or connected to others by short stolons whose origins are uncertain. It forms large, dense floating mats. The plant can adapt to life in ponds, dams, lakes and quiet areas of rivers and streams, but cannot withstand salt water. Still continue with observation whether it is to survive in winter.

The proposed additional financing for the Outer Island Energy Efficiency Project (the Project) will assist Tonga Power Ltd. (TPL) and the government of the Kingdom of Tonga (the government) efforts to minimize power distribution losses and reducing the fuel consumption of the existing diesel power plants. This will potentially avoid about 128 tons of CO2 per annum for the project as a whole and 104 tons of CO2 per annum for Vava’u alone.

E mana'omia e tagata ogasami málólóina, ma e mana'omia e ogasami málólóina malie

E mana'omia e tagata ogasami málólóina, ma e mana'omia e ogasami málólóina malie

The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR) collaborated with implementing partner SPREP to host a five day ‘Writeshop’ (workshop) in Fiji in 2011. The Writeshop was funded by the UNITAR Climate Change Capacity and Development (C3D+) Support programme. The objective/outcomes of the Writeshop were twofold: 1. To build capacity of young Pacific country scholars, practitioners and policymakers to write quality publishable papers in the area of climate change, particularly on climate change adaptation and the linkages to disaster risk reduction. 2. To produce quality publishable papers ready for peer-review and facilitate the publication of peer-reviewed articles in academic journals to inform the policy making process on climate change. This Writeshop evaluation was informed by desktop research, an online survey and interviews with some key stakeholders. The evaluation was guided by a set of evaluation questions. · Were approximately 16 quality publishable papers published in academic journals as a result of the Writeshop? · What factors have contributed to achieving or not achieving intended outputs and outcomes of the C3D+ project? · What progress toward the outcomes has been made by the C3D+ project? Has the C3D+ partnership between UNITAR and SPREP been appropriate and effective? · To what extent have the C3D+ project outputs and assistance contributed to outcomes of the PACC programme?

Samoa places a strong emphasis on upholding its culture and traditions. It is widely accepted by the Samoan people that traditional knowledge (TK) is an essential component of daily living of Samoans and is deeply rooted in the fa’aSamoa (Samoan way of life). Indeed, the general view from the public and stakeholders during consultations conducted by the Commission on the protection of TK is that TK is an important element of Samoan culture and tradition. In fact, the TK of Samoans (for example, in relation to healing techniques, medicine, agricultural practices, environmental knowledge, and handicrafts) is used and developed through the fa’aSamoa, and continues to be maintained and transmitted from generation to generation.4

The Access and Benefit-Sharing Key Points Policy-Makers series has been produced to provide governments, companies, researchers, communities and others with background information to assist with the development of access and benefit-sharing measures to implement the Nagoya Protocol. The briefs are organised around central, key points on trends and practices in markets, research and development, and ABS.

The Access and Benefit-Sharing Key Points Policy-Makers series has been produced to provide governments, companies, researchers, communities and others with background information to assist with the development of access and benefit-sharing measures to implement the Nagoya Protocol. The briefs are organised around central, key points on trends and practices in markets, research and development, and ABS.

The Access and Benefit-Sharing Key Points Policy-Makers series has been produced to provide governments, companies, researchers, communities and others with background information to assist with the development of access and benefit-sharing measures to implement the Nagoya Protocol. The briefs are organised around central, key points on trends and practices in markets, research and development, and ABS.

The Access and Benefit-Sharing Key Points Policy-Makers series has been produced to provide governments, companies, researchers, communities and others with background information to assist with the development of access and benefit-sharing measures to implement the Nagoya Protocol. The briefs are organised around central, key points on trends and practices in markets, research and development, and ABS.