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Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

Event 

Title:
Water Management in Island Coastal and Isolated Areas Seminar
When:
26 May, 2008 - 28 May, 2008
Where:
New-Caledonia, Noumea - Noumea
Category:
PECC Events

Description

WATER MANAGEMENT IN ISLAND COASTAL AND ISOLATED AREAS

2ND SEMINAR

Noumea - New Caledonia

26-28 May 2008

 

Monday, May 26

0830 - 0850

Welcome

  • Fabrice Colin, Director IRD

Official Welcome

  • Jacques Leguere,Chair FPTPEC New-Caledonia
  • Harold Martin, President of the Government, of New-Caledonia
  • Yves Dassonville, High Commissioner, In New-Caledonia

Introduction to the seminar

Presentation of the outcome of the Bora Bora seminar

0850 -1000

Protecting Water Resources while Developing Business Activities: The Use of Water in Mining and Industrial Sites

0850 - 0900

Introduction

Chair: Pierre Alla, CEO Société Le Nickel SLN

0900 - 0920

Mining and Water: Understanding Impacts across the Asia-Pacific Region

  • Dr Gavin Mudd, Monash University, Australia

0920 -1000

Treatment of Industrial Water and Environmental Impact

1000 -1010

Coffee Break

1010-1030

Koniambo Hydrological Data Acquisition Program

1030 -1050

Experiencing Water Management in the Mongolian Mining Industry

1050 -1110

Water Management Issues in the Chilean Mining Industry

1110 -1230

General Discussion

 
1230
 
Lunch Offered by SLN, IRD Garden

1400 -1610

Addressing Conflicts between Users in a Changing Environment

1400-1410

Introduction

Chair: Michel Paoletti; Chair Overseas Section Economic & Social Council, Paris

1410 -1430

Coping and Adaptation in Pacific Islands Countries under a Highly Vulnerable and Changing Climate

1430 -1450

Impact of Global Climate Change on the Water Tables in an Insular Tropical Environment

  • Jean-Lambert Join, IRD/Université de La Réunion

     

 

Resolution of Conflicts over the Use of Water in Mining Activities

1450-1510

Sustainability, Mining and Water: Challenges and Opportunities

1510-1530

The Tiebagi Case: Use and Sharing of Water on Nickel Mining Site

  • Nicolas Caze, A2EP
 

Clean Water for Agriculture and Aquaculture

1530 -1550

A Better Use of Water for Agriculture on Coral Soil in the Pacific Islands

1550 -1610

Coffee Break

1610 -1800

Clean Water for Agriculture and Aquaculture

1610-1630

 

Conditions for a Better Use of Water in Agriculture and the Pricing Issue

1630 -1650

Lagoon Water Quality for Shrimp Farming, a State of Knowledge

1650 -1800

General Discussion

Wednesday, May 28

0830- 1230

2008, Year of Sanitation: The Necessary Development of Sanitation to Guarantee a Better Quality of Resource

0830-0840

Introduction

Chair: Rishi Ram Adhar, Asian Development Bank

0840-0910

Health Protection in the Pacific Islands, how to Promote Water Sanitation in Islands, Coastal Areas and Isolated Territories

0910-0930

Water governance in Pacific Islands Economies; Lessons from Three Pilots: Fiji, Kiribati and Solomon Islands

0930-0950  The Chinese policy for sanitation
0950-1010

The Water Management Project for the Gold Coast, Western Corridor Project, Brisbane

1010-1030 Coffee Break

1030-1050

Waste Water Policy and Tourism Policy

1050-1110

What is the City of Honolulu Planning and doing since March 2006 Beachwalk Waikiki Spill?

1110-1120

 

Greater Valparaiso: Water Sanitation in a Highly Populated Coastal Zone

1120-1140

Innovative Technologies for Water and Waste Water Treatment and the Energy Supply, a Cost/Benefit Analysis of the Available and Planned Technologies

1140-1230

General Discussion

1230

Lunch, IRD Garden

1400-1600

Towards a better Governance in the Management of Water: A look for an Integrated Management System.

1400- 1410

Introduction

Chair: Pierre Victoria, Governor alternate, World Water Council, and General Delegate French Water Society
icon 2015: Good Status of Water in European Union (199.2 kB)

1430-1450

The Legal Approach: Avenues for Resolving Conflicts over the Use of Water

1450-1510

Presentation of the Conclusions of the Water Forum

  • Raymond Guepy, Economic and Social Council of New-Caledonia

1510-1600

General Discussion

1600-1630

Coffee Break & Press Conference

1630-1730

Concluding Session

Chair: Michel Rocard

Conclusions and Proposals to be submitted to the World Water Forum by the Sessions Chairs, Identification of the Main Issues to be Translated into:

Proposed Guidelines for a Better and more Efficient Use of Water

Presentation of the follow-up

  • Jean-Luc Le Bideau, Vice Chair FPTPEC
 

Conclusion of the Seminar

 

Venue

Venue:
New-Caledonia, Noumea
City:
Noumea
Country:
NEW-CALEDONIA