This activity involves developing a territory-wide hazardous waste management strategy and setting up sustainable shipping businesses. Hazardous waste management, i.e. of used oil, batteries and hospital waste, etc., is a major issue in terms of potential impact on the environment and human health and the reason why territory-wide activities have been implemented.

As a result, the long-standing stocks have been analysed, packed and shipped and sustainable collection and shipping business set up. Used oil and battery processing is covered by international regulations. Wallis & Futuna do not have the required infrastructure for processing hazardous waste, which need to be shipped overseas to other countries with approved processing companies such as New Caledonia, New Zealand and Australia.

Also, dangerous waste shipment and disposal are covered by the Basel Convention that governs transboundary movements of hazardous waste and its disposal to specific standards. European Union member countries and, therefore, OCTS have ratified the convention and are required to enforce it. The chemical composition of used oil needs to be analysed to be classified and processed in the most appropriate manner. Oil contaminated with PCBs must undergo highly specific processing and so must be sent to approved companies. Decontamination is very costly.

Budget : XPF 6,26 million/ € 52 490

Operators : Wallis & Futuna Department of the Environment, Socadis New Caledonia and Pacific Community

For more details, consulte Activity statement : 

• Fiche activité Collecter et évacuer les huiles de Wallis et Futuna - Traitement du stock historique et gestion à long terme
• Fiche activité Collecter et évacuer les batteries de Wallis et Futuna - Traitement du stock historique et gestion à long terme
  
• Fiche activité Aménager des poubelles destinées au tri sélectif dans les villages de Wallis et Futuna

Synthesis of planned activities :

INTEGRE supported the following projects :

• Develop a climate-change adaptation strategy by writing a framework document outlining the various vulnerabilities and adaptation options in the territory for responding to climate change. Several action plans will flow on from the document at several levels, be they territory, island or village ;
• Set up integrated management plans at two sites on Futuna by participatively developing two action plans and management measures that are conducive to sustainable local development and environmental conservation and to maintaining quality living conditions ;
• Build local stakeholder capacity by providing awareness training to civil-society players, training to government departments and support to the territory’s decision-making and consultative bodies.

Budget : XPF 9,28 million/ € 77 800

Operators : Pacific Community

For more details, consulte Activity statement : 

• Fiche activité Elaborer un plan de gestion intégrée de Wallis et Futuna

Synthesis of planned activities :

This activity is part of efforts to enhance and develop organic farming across the South Pacific region. The aim is to develop sustainable, environmentally-sound organic farming that is suited to island settings. There was three activities :

• Promote and develop organic farming in the three French-speaking Pacific OCTs ;
• Strengthen technical knowledge in organic farming and disseminate it to farmers and technicians in the territories  ;
• Strengthen the POET-Com regional network (Pacific Organic and Ethical Trade Community) by ensuring the French-speaking OCTs participate in it.

Three pilot organic farms have been set up in the OCTs, namely at Houailou Agricultural High School, New Caledonia; Wallis Agricultural High School, Wallis & Futuna; and Opunohu Agricultural High School, French Polynesia. Farming trials, vocational and technical training courses and experience sharing have been implemented. The lessons learnt are shared across the Pacific and discussed at regular regional exchanges.

In the case of Wallis & Futuna, the following activities was planned :

• Conduct farm trials at the Wallis & Futuna Agricultural High School in three areas, namely fertility, disease/pests and plant material ;
• Provide technical assistance for implementing the Research- Action Plan (trials, data collection and analysis, training and information) ;
• Hold technical information sharing meetings, training sessions for farmers, students and technicians and share the knowledge produced locally and regionally on the network.

Budget : XPF 20 million/ € 167 602

Operators : Pacific Community and New Caledonia Chamber of Agriculture

For more details, consulte Activity statement : 

• Fiche activité Programme de Recherche-Action : Création d'un réseau de fermes pilotes bio - Volet Wallis-et-Futuna

Synthesis of planned activities :

This activity consists of conducting information campaigns to heighten awareness in the community and schools of the following issues :

• Protecting the environment ;
• Waste management ;
• Water resource preservation.

Awareness is crucial, as it contributes in many cases to the project’s success by involving the whole community.

Budget : XPF 4,6 million/ € 34 000

Operators : Pacific Community and Wallis & Futuna Department of the Environment

For more details, consulte Activity statement : 

• Fiche activité Mener des campagnes d'inforamtionet de communication : actions dans les écoles, élaboration des fiches techniques, appui aux actions menées

Synthesis of planned activities :

INTEGRE is conducting various trials and different results have arisen from the project’s implementation. Communication actions help share this new knowledge and these new skills more widely.

Target Groups : 

Communication efforts should be aimed at a specific audience, such as partners, experts and decision-makers, but also at the general public who are increasingly concerned about environmental issues. Communication is designed for consumption at local pilot-sites, territory-wide (Wallis & Futuna), regionally
in the South Pacific and internationally. As a result, the target groups was varied :

• Local project partners, e.g. local committees, operators, partners involved ;
• Local decision-makers and public authorities that are directly or indirectly concerned by the project and their departments, i.e. the Office of the Prefect, territorial technical departments, kings, custom ministers, territorial assembly and councils, French national-assembly members and senators, representatives of the French ministry of overseas territories and the European Union ;
• Local stakeholders involved in similar environmental projects, to facilitate exchanges and feedback in both directions, i.e. environmental associations, donors, project leaders, the scientific community, the educational community, tourist information bureaus and NGOs ;
• Local, regional, French overseas and international media, whether web-based, paper press or television ;
• General public and schools ;
• Economic stakeholders operating in the coastal-area pilot sites, e.g. mining companies, fishers and hotels ;
• Regional project partners and groups formed for project purposes so as to learn lessons from everyone’s experience and develop regional cooperation: New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Pitcairn, Wallis & Futuna ;
• Regional and European organisations that are directly or indirectly involved in the project such as regional cooperation departments, French Overseas Ministry and
  Europe-Pacific cooperation departments, SPC (New Caledonia and Fiji), the European Union, SPREP (Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme), and POET-Com.

Messages : 

Depending on the target groups, the messages was cover the following concepts :

• Wallis & Futuna has an outstanding natural heritage that needs to be preserved for future generations
• Integrated coastal management is an appropriate, tried and tested solution for sustainable development in South Pacific islands. It is environmentally-sound and benefits local communities
• The communities of Wallis & Futuna are closely and actively involved in making decisions and implementing activities for preserving and developing their environment and applying lasting solutions
• Solutions and activities successfully tried out on Wallis & Futuna can be used as examples and reproduced elsewhere, particularly in the Pacific region and other overseas territories
• INTEGRE provides assistance for local integrated management policies so as to strengthen and improve the process behind shared management of the environment. Environmental departments are also special project partners
• Natural environment conservation helps societies become more resilient to global change and natural disasters. It also helps maintain traditional culture and fosters greater harmony
• It is beneficial to OCTs to cooperate with each other and other Pacific territories when introducing regional solutions to environmental and sustainable-development issues. The European Union and SPC provide them with support for developing their projects.

INTEGRE Project was working towards the following objectives :

• Improving waste management and educating the community about this issue ;
• Limiting the risks of pollution, particular for the groundwater pollution hazard ;
• Helping preserve natural resources ;
• Helping contain coastal erosion ;
• Helping preserve biodiversity.

The balance of the activities is the following one :

- WF - C2WF1 : Waste treatment in Wallis and Futuna

This activity has experienced some difficulties that need to be explained. Indeed, after the first export of oils and batteries, the results of analysis (January 2017) of used oils showed that 70% of the tonnage should be treated according to option 4 (the most expensive) because contaminated.  In view of these results and aware of the risks that may arise from not treating waste oils, the territory has been able to mobilise additional funds. For the INTEGRE project: 100 000 € were taken from the regional allocation after validation by COPIL (cancellation of a workshop on pollution planned in Wallis) and funds were reallocated within the project with 250 000 € taken from the locker activity and 40 000 € from the reinforcement of the TLC. In the end, all exports could be achieved and even beyond. Indeed, after the export of 200,000 liters of oils and 200 tons of batteries, and numerous awareness/communication actions, a mobilization of the territory (via hazardous waste collection campaigns) and an environmental awareness of the population made it possible to collect 100 tons of additional batteries. In order to process the additional 100 tonnes, an export dossier was prepared and their evacuation for processing was carried out.

As regards the substance, in view of the difficulties linked to the Basel Convention and the impossibility of transferring waste from Wallis to New Caledonia, INTEGRE financed a study on the legal situation of hazardous waste in the Pacific and the possibilities for adaptation. Instructs the OCT authorities to take action to improve the situation and set up channels in the Pacific. At the same time, discussions were to be initiated under the aegis of the WF-NC Special Agreement on the issue of waste.

In terms of sustainability, the Territorial Environment Service has signed agreements with garages and companies producing hazardous waste such as oils, batteries, tyres and batteries in order to improve the collection of this waste by encouraging them to drop it off at the Technical Landfill Centre or to request the assistance of the Territorial Environment Service. The Territorial Environment Service has also acquired an end-of-life container (two more are still awaited) to be able to store hazardous waste in conditions respecting international standards and to facilitate future exports. This export of the historical stock has allowed the establishment of export channels for the territory.

This activity has enabled the reinforcement of the capacities of all Wallis and Futuna Environment Service agents (skills acquired on storage, packaging, transport and export standards for oils and batteries). The agents were also involved in the administrative procedures for preparing export application files.

Each step of the process was supported by awareness-raising actions (public conferences...) and very important media coverage (INTEGRE website articles, 10 TV reports in the WF1ere newspaper, 10 radio reports, 2 documentaries of 30 min).

Finally, since the introduction of the ecotax in July 2017, individuals bring their sorted waste to the TLC: 61,000 containers (plastic, glass, metal..) were brought back in January 2018 against 12,000 in July 2017.

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.WF1 Traitement des déchets à Wallis-et-Futuna

- WF - C2WF2 : ICZM approach

For the establishment of the strategy and action plans, the focus has been on seeking to create dynamism at the local population level, allowing the identification and implementation of management measures without additional short-term funding.

The participation and involvement of a larger scale of actors (Services, Chiefs, Associations, etc.) was also a strong point of the approach. The strategic and operational approach chosen makes it possible to involve the whole territory and the actors who evolve there.

It should be noted that the initial planning of the technical assistance mission of November 2017, which included three awareness/reflection seminars with the chiefdoms and members of the Territorial Assembly, coupled with a working seminar for members of the CTEDD, did not proceed as planned because the actors of the territory were mobilized by the Overseas Territories. The mission therefore focused on the action plan of the climate change adaptation strategy and on the capitalisation of the INTEGRE project in Wallis.

This experimentation, carried out on two pilot sites in Futuna on the scale of villages, aimed at the participative elaboration of 2 action plans and management measures contributing to a sustainable local development, to the preservation of the environment and the living environment (for example: reforestation, waste sorting, animal pollution, water management, climate change, farming techniques, craft development...). The various components of these integrated management plans are an integral part of other current planning approaches all linked to the Sustainable Development Strategy of Wallis and Futuna 2015-2030. The territory now has a framework document that ensures the coherence of the actions and schemes in progress and the readability of public action.

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.WF2 Démarche de GIZC

- WF - C2WF3 : Communication and awareness campaigns

The communication and awareness actions are undeniably one of the great successes of the INTEGRE project in Wallis-Et-Futuna. During these 4 years of implementation on the ground, the project has launched an environmental awareness.

The movement has been launched. It is to be hoped that the momentum will continue beyond the project and that schools will take over from the INTEGRE team to continue raising students' awareness of environmental protection and environmentally friendly waste management.

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.WF3 Campagnes de sensibilisation et de communication

- WF - C2WB : Network of organic pilot farms in Wallis and Futuna

The project experienced some unforeseen events with the departure of the CCIMA engineer in 2015, which brought an end to the actions initially carried out by the CCIMA. The TCESD (Territorial Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development) validated, on March 31, 2016, the takeover of CCIMA's actions by the LPA within the limits of its resources. In March 2017, the recruitment of two technicians at CCIMA (INTEGRE and DSA funds) made it possible to run the project and relaunch CCIMA's involvement in the project. In June 2017, the all-track technician resigned and was replaced by a new technician on 1 October 2017. The DSA and the CCIMA take over from INTEGRE to pay these two technicians respectively until March 2018 (DSA) and 2020 (CCIMA facilitator).

The objectives of the project, which were to demonstrate the feasibility of organic farming, train stakeholders in these new practices and exchange with other farms in the region, have been achieved. The technical exchange network on organic farming is developing and strengthening and Wallis has been integrated into it.

Since the beginning of 2018, in order to continue the mechanisms set up within the framework of INTEGRE, the partners have set up a committee composed of the LPA, the CCIMA, the DSA and the Environment Department, which enables project leaders to present their projects and thus deliberate on the support that each partner can provide. Thus, the partners have the will to maintain the dynamic set up and to maintain the projects set up in each district of Wallis.

The Agricultural Professional High School of Wallis and Futuna is developing a system to respond to the need to develop agroecology. In 2018, two of the school's teachers will have the task of reinforcing experimentation and professional training for producers with the school's farm as a support. The Training and Territorial Development Department is in charge of running this system.

The propagation campaigns in the nursery of the DSA will continue beyond INTEGRE in order to feed a maximum number of growers. The DSA also wishes to continue raising awareness of the benefits of this method.

A number of farmers in the CCIMA are planning to set up an association of Wallis producers which would benefit from the support of the CCIMA and which would make it possible to begin the steps towards certification.

Technical references are being obtained. Indeed, to validate organic farming practices such as compost fertilization, disease and pest control with slurry and simplified tillage, the economic benefits must be demonstrated. The calculation of the gross margins of the support crops is in progress. The LPA of Wallis and Futuna could also collaborate in setting up an organic certification for farmers wishing to obtain the label in compliance with the rules that will be defined.

All the partners have a strong will to maintain the momentum created and the projects launched with the pilot farmers during the INTEGRE project and thus to ensure continuity in the perspective of the 11th EDF.

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.WB Réseau de fermes-pilotes en agriculture biologique à Wallis-et-Futuna

Documents of Wallis and Futuna

Stratégie d'Adapatation au Changement Climatique du Territoire des îles Wallis-et-Futuna

Plan de gestion du village de Mala'e, royaume d'Alo à Futuna

Plan de gestion du village de Leava, royaume de Sigave à Futuna

Panneaux "Cette forêt est plantée pour Futuna !"

Fiche technique sur le bois raméal fragmenté - Vers une amélioration de la fertilité de son sol

Fiche technique sur le charbon à usage agricole - Vers une amélioration de la fertilité de son sol

Fiche technique sur le compost - Vers une amélioration de la fertilité de son sol

Fiche technique sur utiliser de la litière sèche sur mes cultures - Vers une amélioration de la fertilité de son sol

Fiche technique sur la culture de tomate

Affiche de tri à Wallis - Vos gestes de tri comptent !

Plan du Centre d'Enfouissement technique de Peka - Moasa - Futuna

Plan du Centre d'Enfouissement technique de Vailepo - Wallis

Panneaux des Centres d'Enfouissement techniques de Wallis-et-Futuna

Stickers gestion des déchets - Elèves de Futuna

Atelier régional sur l’agriculture biologique : à Wallis-et-Futuna

WF - Activity statement

WF - C2.WF1 Traitement des déchets à Wallis-et-Futuna

WF - C2.WF2 Démarche de GIZC

WF - C2.WF3 Campagnes de sensibilisation et de communication

WF - C2.WB Réseau de fermes-pilotes en agriculture biologique à Wallis-et-Futuna

WF - Waste Management Wallis and Futuna

Gestion et analyse des batteries usagées au plomb dans les îles de Wallis et Futuna (Résumé)

Management and Analyis of Used Lead-Acid Batteries in Wallis & Futuna

Basel Convention Technical Assistance to Parties : Improving the management of Used Lead Acid Batteries in Wallis & Futuna

Consultancy for Contemporary Used Oil Audits in Selectd Pacific Island Countries - Report Island Countries

Appui à l'amélioration de la gestion des déchets sur le Territoire de Wallis-et-Futuna - Sensibilisation, éducation et appui au programme déchets / projet INTEGRE

Stickers réalisés par les élèves des collèges de Wallis-et-Futuna - Sensibilisation déchets

WF - Contribution to the improvement of waste management

Contribution à l'amélioration de la gestion des décehts sur le territoire de Wallis-et-Futuna (par la sensibilisation dans le cadre du projet INTEGRE)

WF - INTEGRE 2014 environmental survey of the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Enquête environnementale INTEGRE 2014 des îles Wallis et Futuna

Questionnaire de l'enquête environnementale INTEGRE 2014 des îles Wallis et Futuna

WF - Wallis Technical Mission: Composting and Agro-equipment

Mission technique Wallis : Le compostage (Gestion de la ressource : moyens techniques; Intégration du lisier de porc : simplification de la procédure) et Agroéquipements (Evaluation de la situation actuelle; Préconisations)

Appui technique Wallis : Diagnostics, conseils techniques et formations en agroéquipements

WF - Feasibility Composting sector Wallis & Futuna

Etude de faisabilité pour la mise en place d'une filière de compostage à Wallis - Vision globale de la filière

Etude de faisabilité pour la mise en place d'une filière de compostage à Wallis - Aspects techniques du compostage

WF - Wallis Technical Mission: Phytosanitary Diagnosis and Proposals

Diagnostic phytosanitaire et propositions "Tests de validation en milieu paysan", Programme "Réseau de fermes bio" - Rapport de mission

WF - Perspectives on family farming in Wallis and Futuna

Regards sur l'agriculture familiale de Wallis et Futuna

Geographiy and economy :

The Wallis group is made up of the mainland, Uvea, with a surface area of 77.9 sq km and 19 small offshore islands dotted around a 220 sq km lagoon. The highest point, Mt Lulu, is not very high at 151 m. Wallis Island has a population of nearly 8600 (IEOM, 2014) located mostly on the island’s east and living mainly from family farming and subsistence fishing for home consumption.

Although it has no rivers, Uvea sits on a freshwater lens and is dotted with crater lakes, the largest of which is 400 m wide Lake Lalolalo. The lakes are precious freshwater stocks for the island. The economy is based on the public sector, fisher- ies, shell and sea-cucumber exports and imported-product trade.

Biodiversity :

Wallis is host to several plant formations on land, including primary forest remnants, secondary vegetation in the form of coconut plantations, fern heaths and Caribbean pine (Pinus caribea) plantations. The wetlands contain a total of 43 ha of crater lakes and there are 23 ha of mangroves on the shore. These ecosystems are host to original biodiversity, including several endemic species of cicada, land molluscs and plants.

The coral and volcanic offshore islands are also a refuge for nesting seabird colonies (noddies, sterns and brown boobies). Its seabed is also rich with diverse fish fauna featuring 648 coastal fish species from 79 families (Williams et al., 2006). The lagoon and its associated ecosystems (shoreline, seagrass beds and mangrove swamps) do, therefore, raise major biodiversity challenges (Egretaud et al., 2007).

Environmental Pressure :

Wallis Island is under threat from various hazards and constraints :

• The freshwater-stock pollution hazard from unregulated landfills, untreated hazardous waste such as batteries stocks, and household and pig-farm effluent ;
• Shoreline erosion due to coral quarrying for development and construction as well due to natural phenomena such as climate change, tsunamis, earthquakes and cyclones ;
• Overfishing for subsistence fishing and for shell and sea cucumber (bèche-de-mer/trepang) exports.

Local Governance arrangements :

Management plans have been developed in recent years under several programmes with targeted funding so as to work towards the common goal of mitigating environmental impacts and preserving natural environments.

The local site committee held a methodology consultation and implementation workshop in February 2014. A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis was carried out as the evaluation and decision-making aid.

An action plan was developed to achieve these objectives based on two main activities.

Activity 1. Improving waste management

INTEGRE supports the following projects :

• Improve livestock operations for better effluent management by starting up green and organic waste treatment and recycling businesses ;
• Support for developing the landfill by helping to procure appropriate equipment and building staff capacity ;
• Develop a technical waste management-facility that is suited to the territory and build a new landfill cel l;
• Awareness and outreach activities for the community (shoot a TV ad, produce sorting posters) ;
• Set up and equip a waste collection and sorting network in the island’s villages (joint project with Futuna pilot site).

Provisional Amount : XPF 22,80 M / (i.e. EUR 191,125)

Operator : Wallis & Futuna Department of the Environment    

For more details, consulte Activity statement :

• Fiche activité gestion des effluents d'élevage
• Fiche activité appui au développement du Centre d'Enfouissement Technique
• Fiche activité développement d'un dispositif technique de gestion des déchets
• Fiche activité mise en place de poubelles de tri au Lycée d'Etat
• Fiche activité réalisation d'un spot télévisuel sur la gestion des déchets
• Fiche activité gestion et évaluation d'un déport de bacs de tri au Lycée d'Etat
• Fiche activité réalisation d'affiches sur la gestion des déchets à Wallis
• Fiche activité mise en place et aménagement d’un réseau de collecte et de tri des déchets

Activity 2. Preserving freshwater resources

INTEGRE supports the following projects :

• Mark out the protective boundaries of four water catchments on Wallis, enforce regulations and set up facilities to prevent the resource from becoming contaminated;
• Assessing household sewerage systems by undertaking an exhaustive baseline study to propose an appropriate blueprint.

Provisional Amount : XPF 3.04 M (i.e. EUR 25,500)

Operator : Wallis & Futuna Department of the Environment

For more details, consulte Activity statement :

• Fiche activité définition des périmètres de protection des eaux
• Fiche activité diagnostic de l'état d'assainissement domestique

Synthesis of planned activities on the site :

INTEGRE Project was working towards the following objectives :

• Improving waste management and educating the community about this issue ;
• Limiting the risks of pollution, particular for the groundwater pollution hazard ;
• Helping preserve natural resources ;
• Helping contain coastal erosion ;
• Helping preserve biodiversity.

On the site of Wallis Island and Lagoon, the balance of the activities is the following one :

- WF - C2W11 : Waste management (strengthening of TLC)

This activity is undeniably one of the flagship activities of the INTEGRE project in Wallis and is a great success. Before the INTEGRE project, the TLC was in a state that did not guarantee optimal waste management and was even alarming in terms of health and effluent management.

The reinforcement of the TLC's equipment (truck, compactor, elevator, sorting bins, etc.) has made it possible on the one hand to optimise waste management on the island of Wallis. It has also made it possible to promote the actions of TLC staff and to facilitate their working conditions, enabling them to be more involved, motivated and innovative. Thus, the sorting bin project was adapted to the available means: the initial option to purchase imported boxes was replaced by adapted bins, manufactured by ETS agents showing the great appropriation of the project by the actors.

The site is now able to receive all the waste from Wallis and the "Fukuoka" method will make it possible to optimise the operation of the locker in the long term. Thus, the study and project management of the locker was the subject of an EIF (Exceptional Investment Fund) project submitted by the Environment Department. A plan to modernise the Vailepo TLC, co-financed with ADEME (Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maitrise de l'Energie), is currently being drawn up with a programme: preliminary studies, the rehabilitation and closure of the current locker, the creation of a new locker equipped with a FUKUOKA system, the acquisition of suitable and high-performance equipment, and the provision of a reception area and orientation for voluntary contributions.

At the same time, since July 2017, the Territory has introduced an ecotax on plastic and glass cans and bottles to encourage people to sort and also to ban the use of plastic bags.

The INTEGRE project was therefore the trigger for a major policy to improve waste management in Wallis.

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.W11 Gestion des déchets (renforcement du CET)

- WF - C2W12 : Awareness-raising actions (middle and high schools of Wallis State)

These awareness-raising activities were essential in Wallis' shift towards a strong environmental consciousness.

The awareness has reached its objective with students fully invested in the projects, even outside school hours, students actors and bearers of messages that they enjoyed presenting to visitors outside the college (parents, villagers, administrators, other students and even Minister of the Republic...). The students were encouraged to complete their accomplishments and to study a broadening of the themes to be exploited related to the problems of sustainable development and environmental protection.

In the same way, at the high school, the project to set up sorting bins made it possible to enhance the work of the students of Locksmith/Metalworkers School, to make it visible in the high school and to show their professional production capacities. The TV spot project has provoked a great mobilization on the part of various actors. The pupils who participated in the production of TV sport benefited from multidisciplinary learning, which was directly promoted in their curriculum as an end-of-study educational project, and whose scope, in terms of awareness, affected the entire population of the territory. The spot also won a France Télévision selection prize and was presented during the State Secretary's visit to the Ministry of Ecology who undertook to put it on the Ministry's website.

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.W12 Actions de sensibilisation (collèges et lycée d'Etat de Wallis)

- WF - C2W13 : Improvement of breeding management

The involvement of schools that could act as demonstration platforms, such as the Agricultural Vocational High School, was essential to achieve the objective of limiting pollution risks on the environment by improving breeding practices. This work made it possible to set up a network of partners with the aim of testing and disseminating the innovative processes to be set up (feeding but also livestock management in general).

Awareness has paid off and new project leaders have wished to be integrated into the network of partners that has been created. New experiments were tested in the first quarter of 2018 in order to set up an integrated open-air agriculture / livestock management system with a 6-month rotation.

The innovative "dry litter" activity received extensive press coverage and several reports (television and radio) were broadcast to inform and raise awareness among the population about the various advantages of introducing dry litter farming. Several breeders or individuals have contacted the CCIMA to obtain more information on this technique in order to implement it. The network is committed to doing so with technical support.

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.W13 Amélioration de la conduite d'élevage

- WF - C2W2 : support for Wallis water resource management

The sanitation situation in the protection areas was made possible thanks to the work of the ENSIL trainees, which enabled the Territorial Environment Service to finance the rehabilitation of at-risk housing, as part of the development contract.

The definition of the protection perimeters for drinking water wells in Wallis is a prerequisite for the declaration of public utility (DUP) and the establishment of the protection perimeters for drilling water which may be set up by the publication of decrees. This activity continued in the first quarter of 2018, by raising awareness among the village chiefs concerned. Regulation for Wallis is planned under the 11th EDF.

This sanitation diagnosis carried out on the island of Wallis will make it possible to draw up a master plan for sanitation and its implementation in the territory. This action should be carried out under the 11th EDF.

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.W2 Appui à la gestion de la ressource en eau de Wallis

Document of Wallis-and-Futuna

Affiche de tri à Wallis - Vos gestes de tri comptent !

Plan du Centre d'Enfouissement technique de Vailepo - Wallis

Panneaux des Centres d'Enfouissement techniques de Wallis-et-Futuna

WF - Activity statement

WF - C2.W11 Gestion des déchets (renforcement du CET)

WF - C2.W12 Actions de sensibilisation (collèges et lycée d'Etat de Wallis)

WF - C2.W13 Amélioration de la conduite d'élevage

WF - C2.W2 Appui à la gestion de la ressource en eau de Wallis

WF - State of play Wallis remediation and At-risk remediation

Contribution au diagnostic de l'assainissement individuel et de l'élevage de l'île d'Uvéa - Initiation du schéma directeur d'assainissement

Mise en évidence des assainissements à risques à proximité des forages et analyses des pollutions des zones sensibles en vue de proposer des solutions adaptées - Rapport

Mise en évidence des assainissements à risques à proximité des forages et analyses des pollutions des zones sensibles en vue de proposer des solutions adaptées - Annexes

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Geography :

Futuna, with a surface area of 46 sq km, is located 230 km from Wallis and has steep terrain rising to 524 m. It has a river network made up of permanent rivers and temporary water courses. In 2014, it had a population of 613 living mainly in the south-west. Some 1.8 km south-east of Futuna lies the small, uninhabited island of Alofi with a surface area of 18 sq km. These rugged volcanic islands are protected by a ring of fringing reefs but have no lagoon.

Biodiversity :

Futuna’s deep, narrow valleys are covered in dense forest and its plateaux with secondary forest made up of coconut groves, fern heaths, Caribbean pine (Pinus caribea) plantations and food crops. Downstream from the water courses lie irrigated taro fields (Dentrand, 1999). Futuna and Alofi have outstanding endemic species rates with four bird sub-species, seven flowering plant, four freshwater fish and 11 land and freshwater mollusc species (Mary et al., 2005).
Along Futuna’s south-west coast, a fringing reef is formed by coral structures that were damaged in a 1993 earthquake. The island sustained extensive physical damage from Tropical Cyclone Thomas in 2010 that affected the north-eastern coast even more severely, particularly in terms of infrastructure and housing.

Environmental pressure :

Various threats to and constraints on Futuna’s biodiversity :

• The water pollution hazard from unregulated landfills, long-standing stocks of untreated hazardous waste, such as batteries, household and pig effluent ;
• Watershed erosion from deforestation and shoreline erosion ;
• Invasive species such as the black rat that are harmful to native biodiversity ;
• Natural disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis and tropical cyclones ;
• Overfishing for subsistence fishing and for shell and sea cucumber (beche-de-mer/trepang) exports.

The local site committee held a methodology consultation and implementation workshop in February 2014. A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis was carried out as the evaluation and decision-making aid.

An action plan was developed with the territory to achieve these objectives based on three activity groups.

Activity 1. To improve waste management

INTEGRE supported the following activities :

• Restoring the 20-year-old Nanu’u landfill prior to its permanent closure to put an end to chemical, physical and organic pollutants entering the ocean ;
• Strengthening the Futuna landfill (improvedaccess, equipment purchases and staff training).

Provisional Amount : XPF 26,13 / (i.e. EUR 219 052)

Operator : Wallis & Futuna Department of the Environment    

For more details, consulte Activity statement :

• Fiche activité Réhabilitation du site de la décharge de Nanu'u et fermeture définitive
• Fiche activité Renforcement du CET (Centre d'Enfouissement Technique) de Futuna

Activity 2. To preserve freshwater resources

INTEGRE supported the following initiatives :

• A review of the Futuna and Alofi water resource development and management plans (SAGE) ;
• Awareness training for schoolchildren, communities and traditional authorities in sustainable water resource management on Futuna based on recent restoration work to the water supply following damage sustained during Cyclone Thomas.

Provisional Amount : XPF 2,56 / (i.e. EUR 21 500)

Operator : Wallis & Futuna Department of the Environment    

For more details, consulte Activity statement :

• Fiche activité Réaliser le diagnostic du Schéma d'Aménagement et de la Gestion des Eaux (SAGE) de Futuna
• Fiche activité Accompagner la réhabilitation des réseaux d'eau potable de l'île de Futuna suite au passage du cyclone TOMAS

Activity 3. To control watershed erosion

INTEGRE supported the following initiative :

• Reforestation of Futuna’s watersheds to curb soil leaching, strengthen biodiversity, develop a local timber industry and foster climate-change and cyclone resilience.

Provisional Amount : XPF 2,66 / (i.e. EUR 22 349)

Operator : Wallis & Futuna Department of Agriculture    

For more details, consulte Activity statement :

• Fiche activité Reboiser les bassins versants de Futuna

Synthesis of planned activities on the site : 

INTEGRE Project was working towards the following objectives :

• Improving waste management and educating the community about this issue ;
• Limiting the risks of pollution, particular for the groundwater pollution hazard ;
• Helping preserve natural resources ;
• Helping contain coastal erosion ;
• Helping preserve biodiversity.

On the site of Futuna, the balance of the activities is the following one :

- WF - C2F1 : Futuna waste treatment

The definitive closure of the Nanu'u site (including the intermediate platform) is a great success because it is a project shared by the entire population, partners and authorities. The operation was carried out in the interest of all and was a concrete action with a high visibility on the ins and outs, and a rapid implementation, which allowed its success and the support of partners.

Fostered and supported by the two chiefdoms of Futuna and by the Superior Administration of the territory, the mobilization of the population has been strong and gives guarantees of sustainability of this environmental awareness. This is also reinforced by awareness raising projects (via schools or associations).

The ecotax on cans and plastic and glass bottles encouraging people to sort and voted by the Territorial Assembly in December 2016 also strengthens the operation.

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.F1 Traitement des déchets de Futuna

- WF - C2F2 : Futuna Water Resource Management

This activity provided the essential elements for the drafting of the PAGD, currently being drafted by the Environment Service, which will enable the Territory to have associated regulations. The awareness phase will facilitate its implementation.

It should be noted that the communication plan could not be enhanced within the framework of this contract and the support to the implementation could not be carried out because the rendering was made with much delay. A cancellation of contract was made with the service provider.

The guide, which will be used by the Public Works Department, will make it possible to raise the awareness of the various stakeholders (elected representatives from the territories, traditional elected representatives, associations, teachers, facilitators, students and consumers) and to find the tools best suited to support them in their efforts to raise awareness of the need for better sustainable water resource management in Futuna.

The guide will be used for information campaigns among the chiefdoms and the population, with the prospect at 5 years - duration of the next fixed-term contract - of having drinking water on the entire island of Futuna (high priority of the Assises de l'Outre-Mer for Futuna).

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.F2 Gestion de la ressource en eau de Futuna

- WF - C2F3 : Watershed restoration

The problems encountered in the nursery, the presence of snails and rats, were solved by the installation of traps and an irrigation tank independent of the communal water network was set up to compensate for the lack of water.

These actions to reforest the priority areas of the catchment areas will improve water quality (tree filtration capacity), reduce soil degradation and thus promote agriculture, and limit land input into runoff water. These actions support the missions of the Direction des Services de l'Agriculture and will therefore be perpetuated after the project.

The direct involvement of the population in the reforestation of villages has led to greater ownership and awareness, particularly in terms of the species to be planted. The villagers actively participated through the involvement of their village chiefs. The school activities carried out in secondary schools and communication activities are also likely to contribute to the sustainability of the activity

For more details, consulte Activity statement : WF - C2.F3 Restauration de bassin versant à Futuna

Document of Wallis-and-Futuna

Plan de gestion du village de Mala'e, royaume d'Alo à Futuna

Plan de gestion du village de Leava, royaume de Sigave à Futuna

Panneaux "Cette forêt est plantée pour Futuna !"

Plan du Centre d'Enfouissement technique de Peka - Moasa - Futuna

Panneaux des Centres d'Enfouissement techniques de Wallis-et-Futuna

Stickers gestion des déchets - Elèves de Futuna

WF - Activity statement

WF - C2.F1 Traitement des déchets de Futuna

WF - C2.F2 Gestion de la ressource en eau de Futuna

WF - C2.F3 Restauration de bassin versant à Futuna

WF - State of play SAGE and state of the water resources of Futuna

Etat des lieux - Schéma d'Amenéagement et de Gestion des Eaux de Futuna

Diagnostic de l'état actuel des ressrouces en eau sur le territoire de Futuna et Alofi - Prérequis de l'Etat des Lieux du SAGE de Futuna et Alofi

Plan de communication / sensibilisation à l'utilisation de la ressource en eau de l'île de Futuna

Located approximately 2100 km from New Caledonia and 2800 km from French Polynesia, Wallis & Futuna Territory is made up of two island groups located at the heart of the Pacific Islands, 230 km apart with a surface area of 140 sq. km. They host remarkable land and marine biodiversity. Wallis is a low island while Futuna is more mountainous. The population of 12,200 is divided into three kingdoms. The islands are under human pressure that is jeopardising the ecological equilibrium and may be a threat to freshwater sources.

Integrated coastal management is about using the coast sustainably by reconciling social and economic development with biological, environmental and cultural conservation for the good of current and future generations.

On Wallis and Futuna, the environmental impacts of unregulated landfills, watershed erosion, pig-farm effluent and the lack of resources for effective waste management, particularly for disposing of hazardous waste like oil and batteries, raise the risk of fresh-water pollution and are major issues.

INTEGRE supports public and traditional policy through a number of activities implemented at the Wallis Island and Futuna pilot sites and throughout the territory aimed at :

• Developing an integrated coastal management plan ;
• Improving the waste management process and containing pollution hazards ;
• Preserving water resources and biodiversity ;
• Containing shoreline erosion ;
• Educating the population about the environmental issues ; and
• Helping develop the organic farming sector.

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The environmental impact of unregulated landfills and the high risk of irreversibly contaminating freshwater stocks with hazardous waste proved to be major concerns for Wallis & Futuna. INTEGRE developed activities at territory level, though other, more specific activities were aimed at more local issues. An overview is provided below.

Spécific Objectives :

INTEGRE was presented to the Territorial Environmental and Sustainable Development Council (CTEDD) in 2014 and its action plan was approved by the Wallis & Futuna Prefect and all CTEDD members. It is founded on two components :

Local component

Two INTEGRE pilot sites :

• Wallis Island
• Island of Futuna

On pilot sites, INTEGRE is working towards the following objectives :

• Improving waste management and educating the community about this issue ;
• Limiting the risks of pollution, particular for the groundwater pollution hazard ;
• Helping preserve natural resources ;
• Helping contain coastal erosion ;
• Helping preserve.

Territorial and cross-sector component

In the territory as a whole, INTEGRE aims to :

• Develop an integrated coastal management plan ;
• Improve waste management ;
• Educate the population about environmental issues and the ICM approach ;
• Help develop the organic farming sector.

INTEGRE provided support to existing arrangements, such as management plans and regulations as well as to territorial authorities, government departments, and environmental associations. A geographical three-tier (region, territory and pilot site) governance approach has been taken in Wallis & Futuna.

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