Dominica
courtney
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17 Jun 2011
Since 2004, Dominica has been drafting an updated Emergency Management Act (EMA), which is yet to be enacted. In the absence of a national hazard mitigation policy and plan, supportive components of various projects have addressed issues concerning the protection of Dominica’s biodiversity from the natural and environmental disasters. To this end, Dominica’s Office of Disaster Management (ODM) has been assigned to cooperate with various stakeholders and to permit development of precautionary...
courtney
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17 Jun 2011
In 2001, Dominica submitted its Initial National Communication to the UNFCCC. Dominica also has a National Environmental Management Strategy and Action Plan (NEMP). Consequences of climate change have become more apparent in Dominica. Because most of the population centers are along the coast, a rise in sea level related to the climate change will result in the displacement of a large proportion of the population. Impacts from climate change are considered the main threats to biodiversity in...
admin
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05 Apr 2011
Introduction
The unprecedented change in economic and social development, technology, international policies and the global environment over the last 30 years has posed great challenges for Commonwealth small states. These states1 – made up of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and small and vulnerable economies (SVEs) – represent a group of countries facing special economic and environmental difficulties in achieving sustainable development.
The major characteristics of small...
