*China to help professionalize Timorese in the field of fishery
The Government of China has pledged to help provide capacity building for Timorese to increase their skills and knowledge in the field of fishery.
State Secretary for Fishery, Rafael Gonsalves made the comments after meeting with Chinese ambassador to Timor-Leste yesterday in Dili.
"They are ready to help provide capacity building for the Timorese in very specific area, namely fishery. But in our recommendations it will more focus on laboratory. We have set up our laboratory, but from now we should prepare human resources", he said.
Mr. Gonsalves affirmed that, the Government would send eight officers to take part in the training on how to control quality of fishery.
SOURCE: ETAN
sexta-feira, 18 de janeiro de 2013
sexta-feira, 11 de janeiro de 2013
Weather Check!
Woho! A pretty important tool has been installed in Atauro Island and now is working.
The Aussie NGO Seeds of Life leads several projects in Timor-Leste and one of them is about collecting weather information.
They have set up a machine that collect, process and release online the weather data from Atauro. The updates happen each 30 min, so we can have a full description of the Atauro's weather immediatly.
Seeds of Life is about to instal a second machine in Oecusse, but it is still under tests.
To know more about the project, click here
To see the weather performance in Atauro, click here.... Suggestion: Very worth checking it out!!
The Aussie NGO Seeds of Life leads several projects in Timor-Leste and one of them is about collecting weather information.
They have set up a machine that collect, process and release online the weather data from Atauro. The updates happen each 30 min, so we can have a full description of the Atauro's weather immediatly.
Seeds of Life is about to instal a second machine in Oecusse, but it is still under tests.
To know more about the project, click here
To see the weather performance in Atauro, click here.... Suggestion: Very worth checking it out!!
segunda-feira, 7 de janeiro de 2013
Ramos Horta talking about the environment
This is the first post of the year. Interesting video where Ramos-Horta speaks about the Australian NGO WithOneSeed. Cool Horta's reading about the Timorese environment.
WithOneSeed Patron – Jose Ramos Horta from WithOneSeed on Vimeo.
quarta-feira, 26 de dezembro de 2012
Trochus Illegal Exploitation in NKSNP
Conservation International has recorded an
illegal vessel taking trochus from the marine section of the Nino Konis
Santana National Park.
CI reports that in October 2012, the illegal fishing vessel entered the waters of Timor-Leste and "cleaned out an entire population of Trochus, a valuable seashell in the food export market, from a “no-take zone” located within the Nino Konis Santana National Park. Although this is technically a protected area — in fact, the country’s first and only national park — criminals don’t play by the rules. The total value of their loot was a cool US$ 20,000, which is a fortune to the community that had spent the last two years allowing the Trochus population to regenerate."
CI notes in its report that "one of the saddest aspects of this tale is that the illegal vessel was operating in full view of the community, who could only watch as the boat’s crew made off with their ill-gotten gains with impunity. Confronting these illegal fishers would have been tantamount to a death wish, as they were armed with weapons they would not hesitate to use."
CI has been supporting the communities in advocating to the Timorese government to put a formal protection system in place within the park, including coast guards.
Much of Timor-Leste’s environment has yet to be explored and much environmental harm was perpetrated by both the Portuguese and Indonesians in their rapacious exploitation of the vast sandalwood forests which once covered the entire island and fish stocks*. Even so, the island is situated in the Wallacea biodiversity hotspot between Australia and Asia and in the heart of the Coral Triangle and so the lands and waters of Timor-Leste are home to potentially globally significant biodiversity and high rates of species found nowhere else in the world.
CI is the first international environment NGO registered in Timor-Leste. With the support of USAID under the Coral Triangle Support Partnership, CI has conducted a successful marine conservation program in collaboration with the communities of Com, Tutuala and Lore.
CI has had great success in engaging communities to protect their own natural resources, because it is these communities who depend on their environment the most for their daily needs and livelihoods. About 90% of Timorese depend on natural resources for their daily survival. The difficulty is poachers from outside the communities who take whatever they want and leave the communities to deal with the repercussions.
CI reports that in October 2012, the illegal fishing vessel entered the waters of Timor-Leste and "cleaned out an entire population of Trochus, a valuable seashell in the food export market, from a “no-take zone” located within the Nino Konis Santana National Park. Although this is technically a protected area — in fact, the country’s first and only national park — criminals don’t play by the rules. The total value of their loot was a cool US$ 20,000, which is a fortune to the community that had spent the last two years allowing the Trochus population to regenerate."
CI notes in its report that "one of the saddest aspects of this tale is that the illegal vessel was operating in full view of the community, who could only watch as the boat’s crew made off with their ill-gotten gains with impunity. Confronting these illegal fishers would have been tantamount to a death wish, as they were armed with weapons they would not hesitate to use."
CI has been supporting the communities in advocating to the Timorese government to put a formal protection system in place within the park, including coast guards.
Much of Timor-Leste’s environment has yet to be explored and much environmental harm was perpetrated by both the Portuguese and Indonesians in their rapacious exploitation of the vast sandalwood forests which once covered the entire island and fish stocks*. Even so, the island is situated in the Wallacea biodiversity hotspot between Australia and Asia and in the heart of the Coral Triangle and so the lands and waters of Timor-Leste are home to potentially globally significant biodiversity and high rates of species found nowhere else in the world.
CI is the first international environment NGO registered in Timor-Leste. With the support of USAID under the Coral Triangle Support Partnership, CI has conducted a successful marine conservation program in collaboration with the communities of Com, Tutuala and Lore.
CI has had great success in engaging communities to protect their own natural resources, because it is these communities who depend on their environment the most for their daily needs and livelihoods. About 90% of Timorese depend on natural resources for their daily survival. The difficulty is poachers from outside the communities who take whatever they want and leave the communities to deal with the repercussions.
Source: ETLJB
segunda-feira, 10 de dezembro de 2012
UNCLOS by Timor-Leste
Proposal of the Resolution on the approval of the United Nations Convention on the Law
of the Sea
The Council of Ministers approved the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) for ratification by the National Parliament. The international treaty defines the rights and obligations of States’ use of seas and oceans.
Timor-Leste is an island State with maritime borders not yet defined according to the fair rules of UNCLOS. The National Parliament has stated the need to fix maritime borders so that the country can meet its responsibilities in relation to both environmental protection and the conservation of its natural resources. This is a national priority and legal and technical teams will be created to define the borders and to provide technical advice on this matter to the Government.
SOURCE: ETAN
of the Sea
The Council of Ministers approved the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) for ratification by the National Parliament. The international treaty defines the rights and obligations of States’ use of seas and oceans.
Timor-Leste is an island State with maritime borders not yet defined according to the fair rules of UNCLOS. The National Parliament has stated the need to fix maritime borders so that the country can meet its responsibilities in relation to both environmental protection and the conservation of its natural resources. This is a national priority and legal and technical teams will be created to define the borders and to provide technical advice on this matter to the Government.
SOURCE: ETAN
Geology
Geology and Soils in Timor-Leste is a short desk-study
report by Steve Thompson on the connection between the geology of the
half-island country and the currently known distribution of soil types.
The report shows how basic information on Timorese soil was collected and published around 1961 in the Carta Dos Solos de Timor (Soil Map of Timor).
These maps were digitized in 2004 and the information was re-interpreted and upgraded according to the 1990 soil classification of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
According to Thompson a simplified soil classification, with reference to local soils based on the relative proportions of silt, sand and clay, and providing information on soil conditions and soil fertility across the country would be a valuable input for location-specific agricultural development.
The full report can be read here.
SOURCE: Seeds of Life
The report shows how basic information on Timorese soil was collected and published around 1961 in the Carta Dos Solos de Timor (Soil Map of Timor).
These maps were digitized in 2004 and the information was re-interpreted and upgraded according to the 1990 soil classification of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
According to Thompson a simplified soil classification, with reference to local soils based on the relative proportions of silt, sand and clay, and providing information on soil conditions and soil fertility across the country would be a valuable input for location-specific agricultural development.
The full report can be read here.
SOURCE: Seeds of Life
sexta-feira, 7 de dezembro de 2012
7/12
7/12/1975...
7/12/2012..
7/12/2012..
7/12 Is a silent day. In 1975, the Indonesian troops, brutally invaded Timor-Leste. In 2002 the nation saw itself "free". In almost 30 years of indecency, 1/3 of the Timorese population disappeared. The other 2/3 cried (and still). Since 2002, justice has been claimed by Timoreses and internationals, that share one opinion: if Timor-Leste had been pacifically added as an Indonesian territory, some indonesian would be a success person. But it didnt happen at all. So, where are the brave/conqueror indonesians to assume their inexplicable/unrepairable actions taken during 30 years?
Even in Tetun, the picture below talks itself.
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