Micronesia, Federated States of
06 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 February 2013: The February 2013 issue of the “Micronesia Challenge Newsletter,” published by the Micronesia Challenge Secretariat, highlights recent support for the Awareness Campaign for Sustainable Management of the Tafunsak Marine Protected Area Project in Kosrae. It also spotlights the outcomes of a Micronesian Challenge Communications workshop, which convened in Guam.
According to the newsletter, the Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization (KCSO) has signed a grant...
24 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 January 2013: The Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS) has announced the team of Pacific experts tasked with conducting an independent review of the Pacific Plan for Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Integration. According to PIFS, the review team already has initiated national consultations on the Pacific Plan.
The Pacific Plan serves as a framework to guide the work of national governments, regional agencies and development partners in support of national action by PIFS member...
22 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 January 2013: The UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Asia-Pacific office has published a discussion paper, titled “National Climate Funds: Learning from the Experience of Asia-Pacific countries.” The paper was released together with seven case studies examining national climate funds (NCFs), mechanisms to direct finance towards climate change projects and programmes in Bhutan, Laos People’s Democratic Republic, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Micronesia and Tuvalu.
The paper emphasizes the...
07 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 December 2012: The Compliance Assistance Programme of the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (ROAP) is completing a series of Montreal Protocol Enforcement Training Workshops to help customs and enforcement officers in 12 Pacific small island developing States (SIDS) prepare for their Protocol commitments involving hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs). The national workshops, launched in July 2012, are due to be completed in January 2013.
The workshops...
18 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2012: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) launched a publication titled “Catalysing Ocean Finance: Transforming Markets to Restore and Protect the Global Ocean,” in Washington, DC, US. The two-volume publication illustrates how public investment can reverse declines in global ocean health, scale up ocean planning and policy tools, leverage financial flows and transform ocean markets towards sustainability.
The publication includes a case...
