Micronesia, Federated States of
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...
12 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 December 2012: The latest issue of the Global Island Partnership’s (GLISPA) “Event Spotlight” features two events that took place on 16 October 2012 in Hyderabad, India, on the sidelines of the 11th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The events are: “Island Bright Spots: Exchanging Innovations and Successes;” and “Island Life: Celebrating Leadership and Commitment to Action.”
“Island Bright Spots...
04 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 December 2012: The December 2012 issue of the Micronesia Challenge Newsletter, published by the Micronesia Challenge Secretariat, provides a round-up of the key developments in each of the 11 prior monthly issues of the newsletter.
For January 2012, the round-up spotlights the handover by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) of US$1 million to Palau. For February, it notes a climate change workshop held in Chunk. For March, it looks at four “Young Champions” in Palau and Guam.
The April...
28 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 November 2012: The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) led a peer review of the Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM’s) development planning, budgeting, public financial and aid coordination processes and systems, during November.
Focusing on the capital state of Pohnpei, the review found that FSM is preparing to develop tourism in a sustainable manner through the adoption of a “World Park” concept.
According to PIFS, funds from the United States Compact to FSM will cease in 2023, and...
