Freshwater Resources
Beth
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25 Jul 2011
A project on waste water management and water resources has been implemented in the Comoros and a water consumption charter prepared and widely disseminated.
There are essentially three sources of freshwater: surface water, groundwater and rainwater harvesting. Rainfall varies greatly from island to island and within each island, as well as between seasons and year-to-year. For example, the soils of Njazidja are highly permeable whereas one finds loose soils that are sometimes impermeable on...
Beth
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20 Jul 2011
Fiji has a Watershed Management Programme and is developing a Water Management Policy.
The consistent supply of clean, safe piped water and efficient sewerage services are crucial for both rural and urban sectors in inducing greater economic activity and commercial developments. Fiji has an abundance of water resources. However, there are persistent problems with the supply of piped water. Approximately 75 percent of Fiji’s population has access to piped water, while about 25 percent of...
Beth
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20 Jul 2011
Samoa’s Water Sector Plan, termed ‘Water for Life’, was approved in 2005 and was developed under a Water Sector Support program. Other key outputs of the same program include a Water Resources Use Policy, a Water Services Policy and a Sanitation Policy, all of which were developed between 2008 and 2010.
Access to healthy water sources is a common problem in all Samoan communities, in both coastal and inland areas. Although Samoa receives high rainfall, water resources usually...
Beth
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08 Jul 2011
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http://www....
July 07 2011 -- President James Michel has called on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to take on the responsibility of becoming ‘the guardians of sustainability of our planet’ and to reclaim the concept of sustainability in the modern world order.
“Islands are more vulnerable and more threatened today than they have ever been in their history. We all know that for islands, the spectre of climate change is existential. Even those that will not be completely engulfed by...
Beth
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29 Jun 2011
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http://beta.adb.org...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The recovery in the global economy will help the Pacific economies improve in 2011. The strongest gains are expected in the resource-rich countries that are benefiting from both major new resource projects and better world commodity prices, says the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Pacific Economic Monitor.
The report, released today, projects that the 14 economies of the Pacific will expand by 6.3% in 2011, up from 5.3% last year. The resource-rich Papua New Guinea (...
