Micronesia, Federated States of
18 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) project, jointly funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), is making gender a key consideration in its efforts to build resilience to climate change in Pacific island countries.
According to SPREP, when national adaptation activities are designed, gender-sensitive criteria...
13 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), with funding from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and technical support from Griffith University and the Fiji National University, has initiated an annual training course on best practice waste management techniques.
The two-week training course is being attended by 16 participants from eight Pacific island nations. The course, which has been developed specifically to address waste management...
13 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2013: The March 2013 issue of the “Micronesia Challenge Newsletter,” published by the Micronesia Challenge Secretariat, features articles on: a meeting of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Micronesia Challenge Communications Working Group; and Guam’s adoption of a Micronesian Challenge logo.
According to the newsletter, the CNMI MC Communications Working Group held its inaugural meeting on 28 February 2013, to design the CNMI Micronesia Challenge...
01 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 February 2013: Albania, Botswana and the Federated States of Micronesia have ratified the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS), bringing the number of ratifications to 15.
The three countries join Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, India, Jordan, Lao PDR, Mauritius, Mexico, Panama, Rwanda, the Seychelles and South Africa, which have already ratified the Protocol. The Nagoya Protocol on ABS will enter into force 90 days after the date of deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification. [...
25 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 February 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced that the Government of Denmark has provided US$4 million for the development of clean and sustainable energy in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Palau, the Marshall Islands (RMI), Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. The finance has been provided through the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) DOCK mechanism.
According to SPC, proposals from Pacific SIDS, to SIDS DOCK include: improving the...
