Belize
08 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
February 2013: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Global Mechanism (GM) has launched a revamped web-based platform titled “Sustainable Land Management (SLM) – Finance.” The site will support the exchange of information on funding and finance for sustainable land management (SLM) among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, many of which are also small island developing States (SIDS).
The platform, which is part of the EU-funded Scope|ACP project, a South...
07 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 December 2012: The Basel Convention Regional Center for Central America and Mexico (CRCB-CAM) will take the lead in drafting a Central American Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Strategy to tackle the growing e-waste problem in the eight member countries of the Central American Integration System (SICA) (Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama).
The proposal responds to a June 2012 call by the Council of Ministers of the...
07 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 December 2012: The Central American Integration System (SICA) countries held a regional workshop to discuss experiences, tools and best practice and to coordinate strategies to enforce their obligations under the Montreal Protocol to implement and enforce a phaseout of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) consumption.
The workshop for National Ozone Units (NOUs) and customs authorities from Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama was held in...
07 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2012: The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) has coordinated a series of national training workshops to help customs and enforcement officers in Belize, Dominica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Kitts and Nevis prepare for their Montreal Protocol commitments involving hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs).
The national workshops, held in October and November 2012, were supported financially by the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund (...
13 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 December 2012: The Organization of American States (OAS) has announced the 14 recipients of small grants under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) “Sustainable Communities in Central America and the Caribbean” project.
The winning proposals were announced by OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulsa at a formal ceremony held at OAS Headquarters on 10 December 2012.
The project, funded by the US and implemented by OAS within the ECPA framework, seeks to...
