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Throw away society new threat to island paradises.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 31-MAR-04 		Format: Online - approximately 1210 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 March 2004-UN: Throw away society new threat to island paradises(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:03292004

JEJU/NAIROBI, (UNEP) -- Urgent international assistance is needed to help small island States deal with a rising tide of rubbish and wastes.

Studies by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) indicate that along with issues including rising sea levels, overfishing, water shortages and inadequate sanitation services, waste is fast becoming another key problem.

The Pacific island of Nauru, for example, now has a "blue green shoreline". But this has nothing to do with it being next to a beautiful azure sea. The colour is caused by rubbish or more specifically mounds of discarded Fosters and Victoria beer cans.

The wastes not only threaten public health but also livelihoods. Many small island developing States (SIDS) are dependent on income from tourists. Visitors are likely to be less inclined to return to an island or recommend it to friends if the landscape, shoreline and coastal waters are littered with plastics, old cans, discarded sofas and other industrial and household rubbish.

Klaus Toepfer, Executive Director of UNEP,...

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