Waste Management
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26 Apr 2011
The GEF Council functions as the main governing body of the GEF. Its 32 members meet twice a year, with each representing a group of countries (‘constituency’) including both donors and recipients of GEF funding. GEF funding is channeled to several focal areas, namely: biological diversity, climate change, international waters, land degradation, ozone layer depletion and persistent organic pollutants.
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15 Apr 2011
Pollution prevention and the management of waste is both a critical and complicated issue for small island developing States. Small land mass and limited availability of other resources, combined with an increase in polluting and hazardous substances due to population growth, are contributing factors to the difficulty of managing waste. Waste in SIDS tends to be highly visible, but due to their limited capacity to monitor the waste stream the true extent of the problem remains poorly...
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14 Apr 2011
Waste management in Mauritius is directed by the Ministry for Local Government. The National Programme for Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) is a government strategy which integrates waste into the greater sustainable development policy with a focus on Integrated Waste Management and Recycling.
The relatively rapid economic growth of Mauritius has created an increase in its annual amount of solid wastes collected and disposed of. Waste minimization, reuse and recycling are high...
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05 Apr 2011
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05 Apr 2011
