Dominica
13 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 June 2012: The Ministerial Council overseeing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) agreed to sharpen the focus of CRFM to improve the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the region.
The Council held its sixth meeting on 15 June 2012, in Nassau, The Bahamas, to discuss the development of a regional strategy and action plan regarding disaster management and the impact of climate change on Caribbean fishing communities, along with steps to better mitigate impacts on...
13 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 June 2012: The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism’s (CRFM) scientific body evaluated major fisheries in the region to determine whether natural fish populations remain healthy and where fisheries management controls are necessary.
The eighth annual Scientific Meeting met from 20-30 June 2012, in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with fisheries scientists from 12 of 17 CRFM member States participating.
The Eighth Meeting evaluated the health and economic performance of...
13 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 June 2012: The Organization of American States’ (OAS) General Assembly has endorsed the Inter‐American Plan for Disaster Prevention and Response and the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance. The Plan is a management tool for coordinating governments’ efforts in dealing with disaster prevention, preparedness, response and mitigation.
OAS members include the following small island developing States (SIDS): Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the...
06 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 June 2012: The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) announced that all 16 member governments have renewed their hurricane and earthquake insurance for the 2012-2013 policy year, and that the Facility has provided them with a 25% rebate on their 2011-2012 policy year premium because none of their policies had been triggered.
CCRIF is encouraging member governments to use the rebates either to purchase additional coverage or to fund steps to improve hazard risk resilience and...
24 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 May 2012: The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published a report that examines the vulnerability and exposure to climate change of the 72,182 km coastline of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
The report looks at individual five km long, 20 km wide strips of LAC coastline, analyzing the physical, socioeconomic and ecological characteristics of coastal zones according to variables such as land type and use, crop areas or ecosystem zones, population...
