Micronesia, Federated States of
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July/August 2012: The latest issue of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Bulletin highlights: forthcoming meetings of the Sharks and Cetaceans Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), Romania’s actions to avoid construction of wind turbines in Great Bustard habitat, and news on the conservation of argali.
The Bulletin notes that the third Meeting of Signatories (MOS) to the MOU for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands...
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 August 2012: The August 2012 issue of the “Micronesia Challenge Newsletter,” published by the Micronesia Challenge Secretariat, features articles on: a marine protected areas (MPA) management meeting in Hawaii; the establishment of a coral reef monitoring programme in Guam; and the launch of a climate change canoe voyage.
According to the Micronesia Challenge Secretariat, MPA managers from Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia...
04 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 August 2012: The 43rd Pacific Islands Forum convened in Rarotonga, the Cook Islands, from 28-30 August 2012, under the theme of “Large Oceans Island States – the Pacific Challenge.” Issues discussed at the meeting included the outcomes of the recent UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), the Oceanscape initiative, climate change, and radioactive contaminants in the Marshall Islands. The 43rd PIF Communique includes the key commitments of Pacific Leaders.
On the outcomes...
23 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 August 2012: Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of Grenada has been tapped to be the third co-chair of the Global Island Partnership (GLISPA). Thomas will join two other co-chairs, James Michel (Seychelles) and Johnson Toribiong (Palau). Thomas will be represented at UN Headquarters in New York, US and in the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) by Dessima Williams, Permanent Representative of Grenada to the UN.
Ronny Jumeau, the Seychelles’ roving Ambassador for Climate Change and...
16 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
August 2012: The August 2012 issue of the “Micronesia Challenge Newsletter,” published by the Micronesia Challenge (MC) Secretariat, features articles on a socio-economic measures workshop held in Palau, blog networks, the Humatak Project now underway in Guam and more.
According to the MC Secretariat, 35 participants from all five MC jurisdictions recently met in Palau to identify a core group of practical socio-economic indicators, as well as a set of site, jurisdictional, and...
