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Solomons fire sparks call for Pacific-wide ban on asbestos

Biodiversity Conservation

Available Online

PacWaste

Radio NZ

SPREP

Williams, Stewart

New asbestos discovered after a hospital fire in Solomon Islands has sparked a call for a Pacific-wide ban on the toxic substance. The call from the regional environmental body SPREP comes because the Gizo hospital in the Western Solomons had been cleared of old asbestos in a regional study conducted prior to the fire. Local inspectors however identified asbestos materials at the site in the aftermath of the fire on the 22nd of July. This was confirmed by experts from the Pacific Hazardous Waste Management Project (PacWaste) who helped to clear the site. The team identified new building materials used in recent renovations at the hospital as the most likely source of the contamination. PacWaste project manager Stewart Williams told Koroi Hawkins the cost of cleaning up old asbestos in the region is already daunting without more being imported.

Efforts to tackle asbestos across Pacific

Biodiversity Conservation

Available Online

PacWaste

Radio NZ

SPREP

Williams, Stewart

Until the old Gizo hospital in Solomon Islands caught fire in July, no-one knew that the building contained asbestos. A hazardous waste watchdog in the Pacific is warning that moves to rid the region of asbestos must be a priority. SPREP's PacWaste project is aiming for an asbestos-free Pacific by conducting an inventory of existing asbestos from so called legacy products that were used in cladding in the 1970s - 90s Stewart Williams, the PacWaste project manager, says it's evident the substance is turning up in new building materials and efforts to rid the region of asbestos are continually set back.

New Pacific environmental guidelines to address rising tourism and deep-sea mining

Biodiversity Conservation

Available Online

Bradley, Melanie

Radio NZ

SPREP

Pacific island calls for stronger environmental systems have been heeded, with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, SPREP, launching new guidelines for environmental impact assessment at its annual meeting last week. SPREP's Environmental Planning Officer Melanie Bradley says the new guidelines are needed to reflect growth in tourism and transport sectors and the emergence of resource ventures like deep-sea mining.

Introduction to the Workshop

Available Online

Dr. Gidda, Sarat Babu

Capacity-building workshop for the Pacific on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12

Sub-regional Analysis of the Status of Aichi Biodiversity Target 12

Available Online

Dr. Gidda, Sarat Babu

Capacity-building workshop for the Pacific on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12

oceania

Sub-regional Analysis of the Status of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11

Available Online

Dr. Gidda, Sarat Babu

Capacity-building workshop for the Pacific on achieving Aichi Biodiversity Targets 11 and 12

oceania

Environment & Urbanization : Urban livelihoods

Anzorena, E.J.

Archer, D.

Bartlett, S.

Colenbrander, S.

Davila, J.O.

Dodman, D.

Mitlin, D.

Ro, Christine

Satterthwaite, D.

Skinner, C.

Urban livelihoods and the effects on the environment, as well as how to have sustainable development consider impacts on our environment.

CEC Based Approach, Methodology and Process (CECBA)

Available Online

Airahui, Sammy

Powerpoint Presentation at PEBACC workshop held in 2016.

Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) Project Choiseul, SI PEBACC Inception Workshop 3rd March 2016 Honiara

Available Online

Fred Siho Patison

Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation may include sustainable management as well as conservation and restoration of ecosystems, as part of an overall adaptation strategy that takes into account the multiple social, economic and cultural co-benefits for governments and local communities.

Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change in the Pacific Islands 2

Available Online

Chape, Stuart

Powerpoint presentation by Stuart Chape on EBA services to the Pacific region.

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