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Disposal of used oil as a diesel extender in power plants is not a universally acceptable practice in the Pacific due to warrantee conditions placed on new electricity generating equipment

GEFPAS focal points have been contacted to supply contemporary used oil information, and contracted missions have been completed to Pohnpei, RMI and Fiji, with additional missions also completed opportunistically to Kiribati, Vanuatu and Niue.

This report covers the visit to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) of March 4th to 11th 2018, as part of the consultancy engaged by SPREP under the Global Environment Facility's Pacific Assistance Strategy: Integrated Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes and Persistent Organic Pollutants (GEFPAS uPOPS) project to update the situation in the RMI regarding their used oil stockpile.

This report covers the visit to Pohnpei of February 23rd to March 4th 2018, as part of the consultancy engaged by SPREP under the Global Environment Facility's Pacific Assistance Strategy: Integrated Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes and Persistent Organic Pollutants (GEFPAS uPOPS) project to update the situation in Pohnpei, FSM regarding their used oil stockpile.

A significant number of reports have been generated between 2011 and 2014 on the status of used oil management in 14 GEFPAS Pacific Island countries. When analysed as a region, these reports suggest a number of clear priorities existed in 2014 for regional used oil management interventions...

This report is published under the auspices of the Government of Tuvalu, with the support of the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF).The Tuvalu Infrastructure Strategic Investment Plan was endorsed and adopted by the Tuvalu Cabinet on December 7th 2016 as a guide to infrastructure investment over the next 10 years and it is linked to the Tuvalu Asset Management Framework.

Tuvalu Statement at the Whale in a Changing Ocean Conference, Vava'u, Tonga

The importance of coastal and marine environments to every aspect of the lives of Pacific Islanders cannot be overstated. Pacific Island Countries (PICs) maintain resource rights and management responsibilities for over 30million square kilometres of ocean, equivalent to the total land area of Canada, China and the USA. The total population of coastal pacific islanders is only 2.6 million. There are 11 square kilometres of ocean for each Pacific Islander. Jurisdictionally, the ocean is 200 times more significant to the average Pacific Islander than it is to the average global citizen.  

Tuvalu was among the first to sign the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) at the 1992 Rio de Janeiro United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). It ratified the CBD in 2002 and eight years later, the Tuvalu National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (TNBSAP) is now in place. Although it is among the last Pacific Island countries to formulate its TNBSAP, biodiversity was already part and parcel of Tuvalu s development framework, at least on an ad hoc basis. As discussed later in the main body of the report, conservation and the sustainable use and management of natural resources were integral elements of Tuvalu s culture and traditional lifestyles.