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WCC 2020 Res 019 - Activity Report

Information générale
Constituant de l’UICN: 
IUCN CEESP Oceania 2021-2025
Type de Constituant de l’UICN: 
IUCN Commission on Environmental, Economic, and Social Policy 2021-2025
Période d’activité: 
2024
Zone géographique: 
Océanie
Pays/Territoire: 
Fiji
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
In implementing this Resolution your organization has worked/consulted with...
Quels autres Membres de l’UICN sont impliqués –ou ont été impliqués- dans la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution ?: 
Fiji Department of Environment / Fiji
Implémentation
Indicate and briefly describe any actions that have been carried out to implement this Resolution: 
ActionDescriptionStatus
Education/Communication/SensibilisationThe Government of Fiji, in partnership with UNEP and UNTAD, held the first National Symposium Plastic Pollution Prevention on 16-18 Oct. 2024. I contributed a 15 min. presentation (virtual as I was not in Suva) on the key policy recommendations for plastic waste leakage reduction from the Waste management, Tourism and Fisheries sectors, that resulted from the IUCN Plastic Waste Free Islands project - Pacific, for which I had been contracted as a consultant to develop these recommendations. During the symposium, the Permanent Secretary for Environment in Fiji announced that a container deposit scheme would be put in place in Fiji.Completed
Activit�s visant � influencer et/ou promouvoir les politiquesAs a Fiji-based environmental legal consultant with Environmental Law Oceania Consultancy, I am contracted to provide legal expertise as part of a project team lead by Searious Business (NL)and with funding from the SPREP PacWastePlus project, for the design of the Solomon Island product stewardship scheme (PSS) in collaboration with the Government of the Solomon Islands. I am contracted to contribute to the drafting of Standard Operating Procedures for the PSS, and of drafting notes for the legislative and regulatory basis for the PSS and a beverage container deposit scheme. Oct.2024 - Apr 2025On-going
Activit�s visant � influencer et/ou promouvoir les politiquesAs a Fiji-based environmental legal consultant with Environmental Law Oceania Consultancy, I provided legal expertise as part of a project team lead by Searious Business (NL)and with funding from the SPREP PacWastePlus project, for the design of the Vanuatu product stewardship scheme (PSS) in collaboration with Vanuatu Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation and the Government of Vanuatu. I contributed to the drafting of Standard Operating Procedures for the operations of the PSS, of drafting notes for a PSS Act and drafting notes for beverage container deposit scheme regulations- Jun – Dec 2024On-going
Veuillez indiquer quels ont été les résultats obtenus dans le cadre des activités entreprises pour la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
In Vanuatu, changes of management in the DEPC and a change in the Minister in charge of Environment and Climate change, as well as differences of views on the design of the container deposit scheme between the government and the recycling private sector, proved challenging.
Quelles mesures ont été prises afin de surmonter ces obstacles ?: 
In the Pacific Islands, financial resources, lack of infrastructure for recycling, and the need for more awareness and behaviour change are challenging in reducing the use of plastic products, and in managing plastic waste. Another challenge is the weak enforcement of measures taken to reduce plastic use, e.g. ban on single use plastic bags in Fiji.
Veuillez indiquer et décrire brièvement les activités planifiées par la suite pour la mise en œuvre de cette Résolution: 
Activité FutureDescription
Activit�s visant � influencer et/ou promouvoir les politiquesContinue working in the Pacific Islands region with government and NGO to raise awareness on plastic pollution and take policy measures to reduce the importation on problematic, unnecessary and avoidable plastics, develop product stewardship schemes and and the reduce plastic waste leakage.
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