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Environment minister addresses parliament on department progress and joining GEF integrated program on food security

Environment minister addresses parliament on department progress and joining GEF integrated program on food security

 

The Department for Environmental Management and Agriculture (DEMA) secured its application to join the Global Environmental Facility's integrated program on food security.

 

Minister Jesse Jeremiah told parliament in April the department is now working on developing a full detailed proposal valued at $5 million and a possible additional funding of $1.5 million.

 

Parliament JJ - DEMA

 

He said the integrated programs are the first of their kind and the department recognises the importance of accessing any additional finance from multilateral partners, adding that preserving Nauru's groundwater resource is crucial.

 

"In the last budget, government approved $220,000 for the procurement of septic tanks for households and a further $80,000 was approved in this current budget to install these systems to mitigate the contamination of our groundwater resource," Minister Jeremiah said.

 

DEMA's primary role is to develop policies and to facilitate the development of regulations and laws to better manage Nauru's environment.

 

To strengthen the enforcement and enactment of the Environmental Management and Climate Change Act, the department is working with partners to develop a number of regulations related to environmental impact assessments, landfill, and asbestos.

 

The department is working with a local contractor and Nauru Ports to remove three containers of legacy asbestos or asbestos in building materials such as insulation, pipes, tiles and other construction materials. They will be disposed of off-shore.

 

Minister Jeremiah also updated the parliament of his attendance at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi from 29 February to 1 March. This was Nauru's first attendance.

 

Member states and stakeholders discussed how to address the interlinkages of the three planetary environmental crises - climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, and a national statement was also delivered emphasising the need for multilateral system that reduces inequalities on all fronts to support micro island developing states such as Nauru.

 

The department is also working with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to secure funding under the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund and the new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund to gain access to climate smart agricultural technologies and to address the challenges of invasive species. An amount of $4 million is expected to be secured.

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