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News from the
Philippines:
US-AEP
supports Cebu City's participation in climate protection campaign.
On April 14, US-AEP�s Executive Director Peter Kimm signed a Memorandum
of Agreement with the Mayor of Cebu City, Philippines, and the International
Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). Through this agreement,
Cebu City will participate in the Philippine Climate Action Project (CAP), a
component of the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign spearheaded by the
ICLEI. Four other Philippine cities are also participating in CAP, with
funding support from the U.S. Agency for International Development: Naga,
Puerto Princesa, Tagbilaran and Cagayan de Oro.
Through CAP, Cebu City will develop a long-term, focused environmental
strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy use in the city's
operations. To achieve this objective, ICLEI will train the city
government�s technical staff to use a software program that inventories and
tracks pollutants. The software will be used to develop an energy/emissions
profile for a base year and to forecast energy use and CO2 emissions for the
next 10 years. ICLEI�s first activity will take place on May 26-27 when
representatives of the five participating cities, will participate in a
software training session. US-AEP, in addition to the monetary support, is
contributing technical assistance through the Manila Tech Rep office to
provide technical expertise in industrial and municipal sectors, and to
establish partnerships with local and international organizations.
Filipino
industry organizations to promote best environmental practices.
To increase the use of sound environmental management techniques in Asian
industry, US-AEP�s Clean Technology and Environmental Management (CTEM)
program signed a memorandum of understanding on April 28 with the Philippine
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). By signing this MOU, PCCI joins the
Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) and the Philippine
Environmental Industry Association (PEIA) in promoting the Best
Environmental Management Practices (BEMP) program to their member companies.
Together, these organizations sponsor seminars and workshops on
environmental management practices and related topics, hold roundtable
discussions with government officials on selected environmental management
policy issues, and develop case studies for the BEMP Information Exchange
Center. CTEM, which has been supporting BEMP since its inception in July
1998, provides the Information Exchange Center with U.S. case studies,
arranges environmental exchanges to visit U.S. companies that administer
sound environmental management practices, and sponsors U.S. experts to
participate in BEMP seminars and workshops.
Programs
under development for US-AEP-led livestock waste center.
US-AEP continues to support development of the Environmental Center for
Livestock Waste Management (ECLWM) at the National Pingtung University of
Science and Technology (NPUST) in Taiwan. A number of key project
participants traveled to Asia March 21 to April 2, 1999, to begin
formulating the center�s regional program offerings. The group included Mr.
George Irvine, project manager for US-AEP's Environmental Exchange Program;
Dr. M.P. Mi, professor emeritus of the University of Hawaii; Dr. Frank
Humenik, professor in charge of extensions at North Carolina State
University; and Dr. Richard Reynnells, national program leader for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture�s Cooperative State Research, Education and
Extension Service. During the trip, the ECLWM team met with Dr. Shand-Da
Liu, NPUST president, and Dr. L.C. Hsia, director of the NPUST Training
Center, to discuss the development of ECLWM regional programs. The team also
assessed the technology and training needs for livestock waste management in
the Philippines and Thailand, and studied how ECLWM can best meet these
needs through outreach efforts and institutional partnerships. US-AEP�s
Offices of Technology Cooperation in Manila and Bangkok played an important
role in arranging meetings for the needs assessment team with key people in
both countries.
The ECLWM will serve as a regional center of excellence to help improve
Asian livestock waste management, currently one of the region�s foremost
environmental problems.The center is now under construction through the
combined efforts of U.S. industry, universities, and Taiwan counterparts. An
international symposium will be held at NPUST in early September to showcase
the ECLWM and its programs to the region. For more information about the
ECLWM, please see the US-AEP website at
www.usaep.org/ctem/eclwm.htm or contact Mr. George Irvine,
girvine@iie.org
[Note: US-AEP�s Environmental Exchange Program is managed by the
Institute of International Education.]
Illinois
company improves hazwaste management in India.
Tetra Tech EM, Inc. (TTEMI) of Illinois, participant in a 1997 US-AEP
State Environmental Initiative project, continues to implement clean
technologies for hazardous waste management in India. Working with Hindustan
Zinc Limited (HZL) in Udaipur, Rajastan, India, the U.S. company designed a
lined pond for the disposal of processing slurry wastes and closed down a
leaking pond at the site. HZL has asked TTEMI to conduct a similar project
at its Vishakapatnam facility in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The project,
worth approximately $35,000, will be initiated in May and completed within
four months.
New on the
US-AEP website: place-based policy report.
"Place-Based Public Policy in Southeast Asia: Developing, Managing, and
Innovating for Sustainability," a 90-page booklet analyzing the use of
place-based policies in Southeast Asia, is now available on US-AEP�s website
at
https://www.usaep.org/policy/report.htm.
The booklet was developed at a US-AEP and Greening of Industry Network-Asia
(GIN-Asia) workshop in March and features Asian case studies. To download a
Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF version, go to the website�s reports section at
https://www.usaep.org/news.htm#REPORTS.
Policy
Group hosts discussion on national environmental goals.
On May 4, US-AEP�s Policy Group will host a brown bag lunch forum on
"Setting National Environmental Goals." Don Ritter, chairman and president
of the National Environmental Policy Institute, will be the speaker. Former
Congressman Ritter was a seven-term U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
Among other accomplishments, he played key roles in the legislative
reauthorization of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act , Superfund,
and the Clean Air Act. The forum will be held at 12:30pm on the 7th floor of
1720 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC. For more information, contact Brenda
Bateman at
bbateman@usaep.org. The entire May schedule of Policy Forum
events can be found on the US-AEP website at
https://www.usaep.org/policy/forum.htm. |
