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How to properly dispose of used oils

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP)

When disposing of used oils, it is important that you contact your local environment or waste management authorities for advice on their safe disposal. Used oils must not be disposed by burning.

What are used oils?

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Used oils come from lubricant oils and other hydraulic fluids - in engines of cars, trucks, buses and generator in power station. So used oil must be stored carefully - it cannot be thrown out with other rubish.

Why are used oils dangerous?

SPREP Publications, Waste Management and Pollution Control

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

If used oils enters the environment it can pollute drinking water, our food resources and local aquatic ecosystems such as rivers ponds and lakes. Used oils must be disposed of properly

Recovery and current status of seabirds on the Baja California Pacific Islands, Mexico, following restoration actions

Biodiversity Conservation, BRB

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Aguilar-Vargas, A.

Aguirre-Muñoz, A.

Aztorga-Ornelas, A.

Bedolla-Guzmán, Y.

Bravo-Hernández, E.

Corrales-Sauceda, M.

Cárdenas-Tapia, A.

Fabila-Blanco, A.

Félix-Lizárraga, M.

Hernández-Montoya, J.

Hernández-Ríos, A.

Latofski-Robles, M.

Luna-Mendoza, L.

Méndez-Sánchez, F.

Ortiz-Alcaraz, A.

Rojas-Mayoral, E.

Solís-Carlos, F.

Torres-García, F.

The Baja California Pacifc Islands, Mexico, are globally important breeding sites for 22 seabird species and subspecies. In the past, several populations were extirpated or reduced due to invasive mammals, human disturbance, and contaminants. Over the past two decades, we have removed invasive predators and, for the last decade, we have been implementing a Seabird Restoration Programme on eight groups of islands: Coronado, Todos Santos, San Martín, San Jerónimo, San Benito, Natividad, San Roque, and Asunción. This programme includes monitoring; social attraction techniques; removal of invasive vegetation; reducing human disturbance; and an environmental learning and biosecurity programme. Here, we summarise historical extirpations and recolonisations during the last two decades of restoration actions, and we update the status of breeding species after more than a decade. To date, from 27 historically extirpated populations, 80% have returned since the ?rst eradication in 1995. Social attraction techniques were key in recolonisations of Cassins auklet (Ptychoramphus aleuticus), royal tern (Thalasseus maximus), and elegant tern (T. elegans). A total of 19 species breed on these islands, four more species than a decade ago, including 12 new records. The most abundant seabirds, black-vented shearwater (Puffnus opisthomelas), Cassins auklet, western gull (Larus occidentalis), and Brandts cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus), have shown a remarkable population increase. Current threats include the potential reintroduction of invasive mammals, guano mining, recreational activities, pollution, and commercial ?sheries. To maintain these conservation gains in the long-term it is necessary to continue implementing restoration actions and reinforcing protection on these important natural protected areas.

Pacific ecosystem-based adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC) newsletter, Issue 8 (Dec 2019)

Biodiversity Conservation

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Secretariat of the Regional Environment Programme

Welcome to another edition of the PEBACC newsletter. As we review the events of this quarter, we are pleased to showcase some of our stories from the field in our project countries

Report of the Twenty Ninth (29th) SPREP Meeting of Officials and Environment Ministers' High-Level Talanoa, Apia, Samoa, 3-6 September, 2019

SPREP Publications, Key SPREP Documents

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Minutes and report of the 29th SPREP Meeting of Officials and Ministerial meeting held in Apia, Samoa 2019

COSPPac Monthly Climate Bulletin, October 2019.

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)

In the tropical Pacific ocean, the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) remains neutral. The positive Indian ocean dipole (IOD) events continues.

Our Pacific Ocean, Our Stories: Know your ocean with the Pacific ocean portal - Factsheet 10.

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

There is a lot of information available on the web today, and it can be overwhelming and confusing, especially when you are reporting on issues relating to science. Scientific information is constantly being updated, and scientists and experts need to consistently research, review and fact check to ensure the information they are giving to their audiences is up to date and accurate

SPREP-Tok : Issue 53. April, 2019.

SPREP Publications

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Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

A monthly e-bulletin of activities and assistance from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme to its member countries.

Our Pacific Ocean, Our Stories: Getting to know Ocean Acidification - Factsheet 6.

SPREP Publications, Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Science and Information

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On 8 June this year, World Oceans Day, five new factsheets are launched as part of the Oceans Toolkit for Pacific Media which was launched during World Oceans Day in 2018. These new factsheets span information on ocean acidification, tides, Pacific Ocean Portal and, Pacific sharks. The five factsheets were developed with support from the Climate and Oceans Support Program in the Pacific (COSPPac).

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