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Instructional video on Fukuoka Method for Leachate Treatment system implementation in Samoa, portraying vital important ways to control Leachate for landfill as implemented in Samoa at the Tafaigata Landfill for the purpose to safeguard the environment of water for people's daily life protection control.

One of the most oppressive and catastrophic experiences is to be trapped in a desert for some time without water and cover. The search for water to quench a lingering thirst can be a misery. Water obviously is a necessity for life. Water in its various forms is an essential media for transport, trade, and communication apart from other uses such as for drinking, cooking, bathing, washing, gardening, fire fighting, and manufacturing processes. The quality as well as the adequacy of water has a significant impact on the level of sanitation, personal hygiene and economic status of a locality. Water shortage in drought stricken areas is the root cause of poor sanitation and consequently the occurrence of water-borne diseases and epidemics

The Government of the Republic of Kiribati has selected two localities as Conservation Area Projects (CAPs) under the South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme (SPBCP) of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP). These CAP localities were initially designated as Naa CAP, the northernmost islet of Kiritimati Atoll in the Gilbert Group, and Cook Island CAP, an islet located in the mouth of the central lagoon of Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Line Islands In the preparation of this document, which refers only to the second of these localities, the designation Cook Island Conservation Area Project will be replaced by the more appropriate name. Kiritimati Atoll Conservation Area Project (KACAP). In accordance with SPBCP guidelines, this document - the Project Preparation Document (PPD) for the Kiritimati Atoll Conservation Area Project (KACAP) - constitutes Stage II of the SPBCP's CAP process.

The Government of the Republic of Kiribati has formally proposed to the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) that the islets, lagoon and reefs of North Tarawa Atoll be designated a Conservation Area under the South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme (SPBCP). The proposal for a "North Tarawa Conservation Area Project" has been approved, subject to the completion of a detailed Project Preparation Document (PPD). This document constitutes the PPD.