Kosrae FSM Women fisheries.SPC-2000-Kosrae
In the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), communities in the inhabited atolls and islands of Yap State are often at risk of experiencing drought, as well as sudden-onset disasters including earthquakes, flooding, tsunamis, and typhoons.
With support from USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the College of Micronesia–FSM established the “Adaptive Community Transformation (ACT) on Yap” project to strengthen community resilience to natural disasters.
Institutional Support and Capacity Development through Cross Site Learning Exchange
May 21, 2020 @ Governor’s Conference Room
48th World Environmentment Day, The activities this year were collection of used cars from Tafunsak, Coastal cleanup, radio announcent, promotional tshirt and Q & A program.
A public awareness on waste management was conducted on Oneisomw for 4 days. Concepts of 3Rs, Segregation of waste, proper waste disposal, and etc. were discussed among islanders
A waste survey was conducted by EPA staff with the collaboration of Oneisom Resource Management Committee (ORMC) and island community members for a period of 5 days from August 16-20, 2021 for 30 selected households.
Kosrae State – June 4, 6 & 7, 2019, officers from KIRMA, DREA, KCSO, AG, DOH, IOM and JICA received focused capacity training on the use and management of the FSM national environmental data portal, an on-line tool to address the on-going challenges of compiling high-quality, and up to date data on the environment including a place to store data. Technical officers from FSM DECEM conducted the training on behalf of the Inform project team, and it was held at the Kosrae State Governor’s conference room.