This report is based on a survey on several islands of Chuuk.
This survey is based on a survey on the island of Kosrae.
The aim of IWP in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is to address the root causes of non-sustainable coastal resource use on Yap.
In FSM, PacWaste conducted a healthcare waste management baseline survey in April 2014, through which information was collected on current waste management processes at the country’s four largest hospitals – Yap State Hospital, Chuuk State Hospital, Pohnpei State Hospital and Kosrae State Hospital. The survey found that healthcare waste segregation and containment practices were generally below minimum standard at all four sites, with signage and healthcare waste treatment in need of improvement. This country profile documents a brief overview of waste in FSM.
This document is part of a technical report series on conservation projects funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) and the Conservation International Pacific Islands Program (CI-Pacific). The main purpose of this series is to disseminate project findings and successes to a broader audience of conservation professionals in the Pacific, along with interested members of the public and students.
The State needs to act with a unified aim and solidarity to fulfill the aspiration for a clean and beautiful Chuuk ‐ guided by this Solid Waste Management Strategy ‐ beginning now and moving into the future.*Take Care of Chuuk, Clean Chuuk, Love Chuuk! ;”Tumunu Chuuk, Nimeti Chuuk, Tongei Chuuk!”*
This executive summary reviews and presents FSM’s climate change and disaster risk program of FSM against seven key pillars: i) policies and plans, ii) funding sources, iii) public financial management and expenditure, iv) institutions, v) human capacity, vi) gender and social inclusion, and vii) development effectiveness, and also presents it Action Plan, which provides timeframes and suggested responsibilities and partners for support, as assigned to each recommendation.
This is the final report with recommendations of the FSM Climate Change and Disaster Risk Finance Assessment as of February 2019. It provides the seven key pillars as discussed in the executive summary, with identification of number of recommendations for the government to support its direct access to international climate finances, which are discussed in detail within the report, and the Action Plan with timeframes and responsibilities and partners for support for each recommendation.
The focus of this Policy is to mitigate climate change especially at the international level, and adaptation at the national, state and community levels to reduce the FSM’s vulnerability to climate change adverse impacts. In this context, FSM reaffirms its social and cultural identity and its people’s rights and desire to continue to live sustainably on their islands.
This is an internally generated policy based on extensive consultations within the FSM designed to address the pressing needs of the country in relation to climate change and disaster risk management. It has been developed in recognition of the need to safeguard the development of FSM’s people, resources and economy, now and in the future, to the risks posed by a changing climate and the range of natural and human-made hazards to which the country is exposed, thus supersedes its 2009 Climate Change Policy.
SWARS is a tool for FSM island states to identify their highest priorities for forest resource management and seek implementation of their strategies with on-island partners and with assistance from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Forest Services (FS). It includes 2 components (i. State-Wide Assessment of Forest Resources; and ii.
This report presents the findings following research and a three-week field assessment (April 2009) of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in response to nation-wide marine inundation by extreme tides (December 2007, September 2008, and December 2008). This study was conducted at the request of the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the state and federal government of FSM
The report provides the geospatial mapping analysis results for FSM states Important Forest Resource Areas (IFRA) for the Forest Stewardship Program in the states of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae.
This document lists the TIMELINE of major natural disasters that have affected islands in the FSM.