Dominican Republic
28 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 August 2012: The Dominican Republic has formally launched its National Strategy to Strengthen Human Resources and Skills to Advance Green, Low Emissions and Climate Resilient Development, which was developed with assistance from the One UN Training Service Platform on Climate Change (UN CC:Learn).
The Strategy was launched on 7 August 2012, by Vice President Rafael Alburquerque in a ceremony held at the National Palace in the capital, Santo Domingo.
The Strategy, developed by the Dominican...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 July 2012: The Permanent Mission of Chile to the UN has submitted a “Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development” to the Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), on behalf of 10 Latin American and Caribbean governments, for circulation as a document of the Conference.
In the statement, the Governments of Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru...
02 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July 2012: The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) has released the first issue of its quarterly newsletter for the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in the Caribbean islands, titled “Capacité.” The newsletter provides information on CANARI’s work in the region, and shares lessons learned and best practices from CEPF-supported projects and related initiatives.
The newsletter includes articles on: the role of the CEPF in participating countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas,...
24 Jul 2012
The Secretariat of the Central American Social Integration System's (SISCA) will convene a workshop of the national technical coordinators of the Zoning and Sustainable Development Project for Central America (ODETCA), overseen by the Central American Council on Housing and Human Settlements (CCVAH) and supported by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), to select territories in Member States (Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua...
20 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 June 2012: The Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Organization of the Central American Isthmus (OSPESCA), supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), held a workshop to launch the process of promoting the ecosystem approach to sustainable fisheries and aquaculture production in the Central American Integration System (SICA) countries of Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
The “Practical...
