Dominican Republic
13 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
November 2012: The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) has released the September issue of “Capacité,” its quarterly newsletter for the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in the Caribbean islands. The newsletter provides information on activities of CEPF-financed projects, as well as grants approved from July-September 2012.
The newsletter highlights activities including: the launch of the Caribbean Birding Trail; surveillance of Haiti’s Ricord’s Iguana...
13 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 November 2012: UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Vuk Jeremić convened an informal meeting of the Assembly to address issues arising from Hurricane Sandy. The session detailed the monies allocated for affected countries from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on countries to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
According to the UN, the storm caused death and destruction across the Caribbean region and the Eastern seaboard of the US....
01 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 October 2012: The Latin American Development Bank (CAF) and the German Development Bank (KfW) signed an agreement for a US$100 million KfW credit line for CAF-financed projects in Latin America’s water and sanitation sector. The agreement was signed on 12 October 2012, in Tokyo, Japan, by CAF CEO Enrique Garcia and KfW CEO Stephan Opitz.
The agreement will cover lending for the water and sanitation sector under CAF’s sustainable development agenda, in four areas: management and...
01 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 October 2012: The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Mexico announced joint implementation of a project aiming to improve the capacity of Caribbean countries to value and measure ecosystem services of coral reefs and to strengthen coastal zone management systems.
ReefFix also seeks to complement existing initiatives to protect the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS) off the shores of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico.
The announcement was made 18 October...
02 Oct 2012
This meeting is organized by the UN Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and will bring together technical experts and government representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, Cuba and the Dominican Republic to examine the results of assessments of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the agriculture, coastal and marine, energy, health, tourism and water sectors in the Caribbean. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/...
