Belize
24 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 April 2013: The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) programme of the European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has endorsed 14 projects from Latin America, Africa and Asia.
The projects include timber tracking in Nepal; investment in smallholder forests in Myanmar; improved forest governance in Guatemala; combating illegal forest activities in Belize; forestry law and governance in Nigeria; forestry administration in Sierra Leone; a study...
15 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 April 2013: At its 20th meeting, the Adaptation Fund Board approved a new project in Argentina to be implemented through the Fund’s direct access mechanism, but was unable to make progress on three projects submitted by multilateral implementing entities (MIE) due to the Fund’s limited resources.
The $5.64 million Argentinan project will work to increase adaptive capacity of small-scale famers and will be implemented by the Unit for Rural Change, a National Implementing Entity (...
02 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 March 2013: The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) hosted a discussion of the successes and challenges involved with implementing Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) Phase out Management Plans under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
The meeting convened the English speaking Caribbean and Haiti Ozone Officers Regional Network Meeting in Basseterre, St. Kitts from 18-...
09 Mar 2013
The International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) will hold its 28th General Meeting (GM28) in Belize. Launched at the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 1) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1994, ICRI brings together governments, the CBD and the Ramsar Convention Secretariats, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), development banks such as the World Bank, regional organizations such as the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and...
13 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 February 2013: The Adaptation Fund has released a call for public comments as seven projects and concept proposals are presently under review. The Adaptation Fund Board secretariat welcomes comments while the proposals are under technical review and screening by the Adaptation Fund.
The projects and concept proposals under review focus on: increased resilience to climate change in Northern Ghana through the management of water resources and diversification of livelihoods; adaptation to...
