Pacific island Ozone Officers and Customs Officers are meeting this week in Tonga to share experiences in working towards better management and regulation of ozone depleting substances. Ozone-depleting substances (ODS) and refrigerants contained in air conditioners and refrigerators are highly destructive to the earth's ozone layer, and it is this same ozone layer that protects us from harmful solar radiation.
The meeting was opened by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga, the Hon Samiu Vaipulu, and is being run by the United Nations Environment Programme and sponsored by the Tongan Government. The annual meeting enables national Pacific Ozone Officers to network, and gain the most up-to-date training and information to assist them to help manage ozone depleting substances in Pacific island countries.
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Source: SPREP Website