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IGM/10/10
SPG/10/10
attended by Prof. Koshy and Mosmi Bhim. Dr. Becken is a researcher at Lincoln
University, New Zealand.
31 August 2004. National Waste Forum 1. Suva, Fiji
This one-day event was organised by the Department of Environment of Fiji’s
Ministry of Local Government Housing, Squatter Settlement and Environment. The
main objective of the Forum was to establish the content, direction and
responsibilities to be undertaken for the development of a National Waste
Management Strategy. A new waste strategy for Fiji is expected to set a direction for
developing sustainable waste management practices. The strategy will be produced
after widespread consultations and through a process of partnership with the main
stakeholders involved in the production and management of waste. Through the
Waste Forum and Working Groups, expertise will be drawn from industry, NGOs,
academia and specialist bodies.
A second waste forum is expected to be held in Fiji’s Western Division in November
and a third one is to be held in April 2005 and the fourth one is likely to be held in
June, 2005. By June, 2005, a National Waste Management Strategy is expected to
be produced. After this, a national waste forum is expected to be held once every
year. The first draft of the National Waste Management Strategy for Fiji has been
produced by Fiji’s Department of Environment and the University of the South
Pacific’s (USP) Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-
SD). Prof. Koshy attended this meeting as a facilitator and as the Director of PACE-
SD.
12-14 October 2004. Workshop on Adaptation to Climate Change and the
Clean Development Mechanism. Apia, Samoa
This three-day workshop, held at the Training and Education Centre of the South
Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), was jointly organised by the
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan and the UNEP Risoe
Centre (URC), Denmark. In attendance were experts, policy-makers, and other
stakeholders, from the Asia-Pacific region. The workshop received local support from
SPREP and additional financial support from the governments of Australia, Japan,
and New Zealand. The objectives of the workshop included: 1) identifying adaptation
policies and measures and assessing their implementation across a range of sectors
and stakeholders, 2) assessing status and identifying opportunities for effective
implementation of CDM in the region and, 3) identifying ways for future collaborative
actions in facilitating adaptation and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). CDM is
one of the mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol, to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG)
emissions. Through CDM, developed countries are able to provide assistance to
developing countries to undertake CDM activities, such as planting trees
(aforestation and reforestation) and mangroves to absorb carbon dioxide, and
renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
2-5 November 2004. The 2nd AIACC Regional Workshop for Asia and the Pacific.
Manila, Philippines
Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC) are
implemented jointly by START and the Third World Academy of Sciences, on behalf
of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The workshop in Manila was
funded by AIACC and locally hosted and organised by the Environmental Forestry
Programme of the University of Philippines, which is home of an AIACC regional
study. In the South Pacific, the AIACC project is being conducted by the Pacific
Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD) at the University
of the South Pacific (USP) in conjunction with the University of Waikato’s
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