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What is asbestos? Asbestos is a naturally occurring rock fibre that can be harmful to humans. Consequently, asbestos is now banned from most modern products, but remains a serious legacy issue in the Pacific from its past widespread use in the building materials.

At the second PACC Multipartite Review Meeting in August 2011 it was agreed that Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) would be incorporated into PACC pilot demonstration projects. This report documents the planning of the PACC CBA work program, outputs and impacts to date, and next steps for the coming 12 months. The focus of the report is an evaluation of three CBA training workshops which were run between November 2011 and February 2012.

Report from the PACC project