Mauritius
27 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July 2012: Global Dialogues Mauritius, a project of the One Future One Planet initiative, has produced the Harvest Report, which compiles the outcomes and feedback from the Global Dialogue sessions held in Mauritius in the run-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20). The Report summarizes participants’ views of the future they want and how to achieve it.
Global Dialogues Mauritius was created to help build sustainable communities around the world. To this end, it...
27 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July 2012: The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released a report assessing potential World Heritage marine sites in the Western Indian Ocean from an ecosystem perspective. The report was developed in anticipation of increased global interest in designating new marine World Heritage sites, and with the aim of piloting a more scientific and robust approach to identifying marine sites of potential Outstanding Universal Value (OUV).
The report is the result of the...
13 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 July 2012: The High-level Segment (HLS) of the 2012 UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) substantive session concluded with the adoption of a ministerial declaration calling for promoting full employment and decent work in order to eradicate poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The HLS was held from 2-9 July 2012, in New York, US, and included the Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) and the 2012 Development Cooperation Forum (DCF).
The AMR was held on the theme “...
11 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 July 2012: As part of its Acclimate Project, the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) convened a high-level workshop to discuss a draft regional strategy for climate change adaptation for the western Indian Ocean islands. The event brought together representatives from Comoros, Madagascar, Reunion (France), Mauritius and Seychelles.
The workshop, which took place from 4-5 July 2012, in Mauritius, built on the work IOC carried out since 2010 in understanding the specific vulnerabilities to climate...
05 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 May 2012: Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous region of Tanzania, has lodged a membership application with the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), according to a report sponsored by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN).
The IOC promotes the sustainable development of islands in the Indian Ocean. Its current members are Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and Seychelles.
According to the article, Zanzibar’s key environmental problems related to climate change include beach erosion,...
