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TPR Type Document symbol Document reference Notifying Member Year Type of information Harmonized types of measures Harmonized types of sectors subject to the measure See more information
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/213; WT/TPR/S/213/REV.1 G-III§50; S-IV§49, 51 Fiji 2009 Sectors Energy
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Objective of the Government are to improve the national energy mix from 40% of renewable energy to 50% for the grid and from 5% to 10% for off-grid electricity by 2011, and to have 30% of fuel used in transport from biofuel, Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) or Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by 2010.
Keywords
Bio
Energy
Renewable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/REV.1 S-IV§50 Fiji 2009 Sectors Energy
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The 2004 Pacific Islands Energy Policy (PIEP) and related Pacific Islands Energy Strategic Action Plan (PIESAP) were adopted as the basis of Fiji’s National Energy Policy and Strategic Action Plan, endorsed by Cabinet in November 2006, which reflects, among others, fundamental concerns on environmental vulnerability from climate change affecting sea levels and environmental pollution and damage from conventional energy sources, and thus focuses on the development of renewable energy sources.
Keywords
Climate
Energy
Environment
Pollution
Renewable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/REV.1 S-IV§51 Fiji 2009 Sectors Energy
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Cabinet agreed in 2007 to reduce maximum sulphur content levels for automotive petrol and diesel from 5,000 to 500 ppm, effective from 2009 for environmental reasons (Environmental Management Act, 2006).
Keywords
Environment
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/REV.1 S-IV§59 Fiji 2009 Sectors Energy
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Five-year tax holidays announced in the 2009 Budget will apply from 2009 to companies investing at least F$250,000 in renewable energy projects and power cogeneration.
Keywords
Energy
Renewable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/REV.1 S-IV§3, 30-1 Fiji 2009 Sectors Fisheries
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Objective of Fiji’s Offshore Fishery Policy, based on maximum sustainable yields, is, inter alia, to promote the industry's sustainable management by ensuring that the total allowable catch is lowered to the sustainable yield for each targeted species.
Keywords
Fish
Sustainable
Wildlife
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/REV.1 S-IV§30 Fiji 2009 Sectors Fisheries
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Fiji is a signatory of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries, which entered into force in 2004.
Keywords
Conservation
Fish
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/REV.1 S-IV§31 Fiji 2009 Sectors Fisheries
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The offshore tuna fishery is subject to the Tuna Development and Management Plan of 2002, which provides the setting of sustainable harvest levels for each target species of albacore, bigeye, and yellowfin tuna.
Keywords
Fish
Sustainable
Wildlife
Government TPR; Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/G/213; WT/TPR/S/213/REV.1 G-III§25; S-IV§3, 36, 41 Fiji 2009 Sectors Forestry
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A new forestry policy aiming at expanding sustainable forest management was adopted in November 2007, replacing the Strategic Forestry Plan 2002-2005.
Keywords
Forest
Sustainable
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/REV.1 S-IV§36 Fiji 2009 Sectors Forestry
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Fiji is a signatory to a number of forest-related conventions and agreements, including the International Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and the International Tropical Timber Agreement (ITTA).
Keywords
Bio
Climate
Desertification
Endangered
Forest
MEAs
Secretariat TPR WT/TPR/S/213/REV.1 S-IV§41 Fiji 2009 Sectors Forestry
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Under the 2007 Forestry Policy, all protection forest areas with special environmental significance and CITES-listed species are excluded from logging operations.
Keywords
Environment
Forest
MEAs

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