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 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

Pictures of the outreach

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 Department of Environment,  Tonga

National Invasive Species Strategy and Action Plan 2013-2020

 Department of Environment,  Tonga
 Department of Environment,  Tonga

A presentation on the challenges and opportunities of groundwater governance in Tonga by the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources at the Groundwater Governance: A Global Framework for Action Regional Consultation for Asia and the Pacific Region that was held in China.

 Department of Environment,  Tonga

This National Water, Sanitation and Climate Outlook is a document that can be used to inform

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

Slides from the FSM Inform workshop, introducing the Inform project objectives and the software tools being proposed.

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

User manuals and quick start guides for using the FSM Inform Environment data portal.

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 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

This plan highlighted the five key principles for successful adaptation and reduction of present and future coastal hazard risks to Kosrae communities and infrastructure over the next few generations;

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

This report documents the diversity of terrestrial plants and animals within the FSM that varies from east to west due to differences in climate (particularly rainfall), geology, topography and geographical isolation.

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

This dataset hosts FSM's national reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

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 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

A report that was prepared for the FSM National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan project

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

This report reviews environmental law in the Federated States of Micronesia, including recommendations for changes to aspects of the law. The focus of this review is upon environmental law at the national level in FSM, although section 5 includes information on Pohnpei State environmental law.

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

As part of the preparation of the Pacific Region Environmental Strategy (PRES) the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has funded a field study in Yap State. The objectives of the study are to evaluate:
1) how traditional systems have played a role in natural resource management and in development
2) how traditional systems could be productively integrated with contemporary approaches to resource management
3) how public-private partnerships have been employed in the development of tourism destinations in a Pacific island nation and could be employed in future development.

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

This is a continuation of the survey of islands in Micronesia for invasive plant species requested by the Pacific Islands Committee, Council of Western State Foresters in the year 2000. Information herein are valid for reporting and reference.
The objectives, as with the previous survey, were three-fold:
(1) To identify plant species on the islands that are presently causing problems to natural and semi-natural ecosystems;

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 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

A project technical report of the International Water project - the objectives are to prepare and conduct an ecological baseline survey of the nearshore reef fisheries at proposed MPA sites in each of four IWP communities in Yap and prepare a monitoring plan and support the involvement of the community in baseline assessment and monitoring work.

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

PacWaste is a four year project (2014–2017) funded by the European Union and implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), to improve regional hazardous waste management
across the Pacific in the priority areas of healthcare waste, asbestos waste, E-waste and integrated atoll waste management.

FSM is one of the 15 countries participating in PacWaste, with activities taking place in the project domains of healthcare waste and asbestos

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

This conservation plan aims for FSM to have more extensive, diverse and higher quality of marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, which meet human needs and aspirations fairly, preserve and utilize traditional knowledge and practices, and fulfill the ecosystem functions necessary for all life on Earth

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

This Feasibility Study was undertaken by the Pacific Invasives Initiative (PII). The study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of managing invasive plant species suspected of threatening an area of lowland native forest on Kosrae island, Federated States of Micronesia. A proposed protection area within the forest has high biodiversity, water supply and cultural values.

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

The collection, collation and review of data on the management of healthcare waste and best-practice options for its disposal in FSM under the PacWaste project. Information regarding the waste management process occurring, from ward-level waste generation through to ultimate treatment and disposal was collected during audits of the four largest hospitals:
• Yap State Hospital, Yap
• Chuuk State Hospital, Chuuk
• Pohnpei State Hospital, Pohnpei
• Kosrae State Hospital, Kosrae

 Department of Environment,  Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM),  FSM

This new State Solid Waste Management Strategy (SSWMS) is formulated with the aim of enabling Chuuk State to establish a technically sound and financially sustainable solid waste management (SWM) system. To do so, this SSWMS consists of not only of strategic elements, but also a mid‐term action plan of the first five years with technical, institutional and financially appropriate options, which will lead to implementation of the SSWMS .