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SETIN has joined ENGEKO, a permanent consortium active in engineering services.  Engeko is specialised in specific areas, with a view to offering integrated services through a common work procedure capable of increasing the quality of products, optimising timeframes and results. Due to its use of the very latest technologies and know-how, Engeko can tackle any design challenge at the global level with great expertise and reliability.  Based in Rome, Engeko offers services for infrastructure, architecture and civil engineering, the environment,

SETIN is currently involved in the “Front End Engineering and Design for the Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan – India Gas Pipeline” Project, on behalf of SIM Spa and thanks to the collaboration with Mr. Giorgio Coppola, the geologist in charge. SETIN will carry on the GIS activities, including data catalogue construction,  analysis and elaboration of thematic maps.

In this period Ecolinfa is shifting its attention and energies towards the design of international projects. Specifically, Ecolinfa is working on projects design under GEF, LIFE Programme, MED Programme and other EU funds. The most important themes on this activity are biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, sustainable financing, sustainable tourism, with specific focuses on small islands and marine-coastal zones.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF), has financed a project for “Advancing sustainable resource management to improve livelihoods and protect biodiversity”. The Project Objective is “to effectively and sustainably use biodiversity and maintain ecosystem goods and services in Palau by building institutional capacity to integrate the Palau Protected Area Network (PAN) with the Sustainable Land Management (SLM) initiative, and fostering a ridge‐to‐reef approach across and within these initiatives. So, ecosystem services are one of the themes addressed in this

Italy has an historical partnership with the PSIDS (Pacific Small Islands Developing States), including Palau. For example, in 2015, permanent missions from Palau and Italy organized, with the support of the Global Partnerships Forum and of the Sustainable Oceans Alliance the forum Healthy oceans and seas: a way forward while Telespazio, a company of the Italian Finmeccanica Group, signed a memorandum of understanding on earth observation with the Republic of Palau. The Italian Minister of the Environment supports Palau in the

The Micronesia Challenge is a commitment by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Palau, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands to preserve the natural resources that are crucial to the survival of Pacific traditions, cultures and livelihoods. Thomas Remengesau Jr, President of the Republic of Palau, talking about the Micronesia Challenge, declared that “Environment is our Economy”. Palau has one of the largest portions of species that occurs nowhere

At the global level, there are significant running costs associated with recurrent management and investments in protected areas. This is particularly evident in developing countries, where the total annual funding shortfall (total cost minus current funding) is estimated between USD 1.0 and 1.7 billion per year. In this scenario, the Aichi Biodiversity Target n. 20 provides that “By 2020, at the latest, the mobilization of financial resources (…) should increase substantially from the current levels” Mobilizing financial resources may

The main purpose of the protected areas designation is biodiversity conservation. However, in many countries, other reasons can become the main motivations for  establishing a protected area, like, for example, the preservation of traditional values, the conservation of peculiar landscapes and seascapes, the protection of archeological and historical sites and the sustainable management of ecosystems goods and services. In Palau, the Protected Areas Network (PAN) is not only the pillar of biodiversity conservation, but also the spine of

As a signatory of the Micronesia Challenges, Palau is committed to effectively conserve at least 30% of the near-shore marine resources and 20% of the terrestrial resources by 2020. The achievement of these objectives can significantly contribute to the conservation of ecosystem services and their valorization.