Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
16 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 February 2012: The Global Environment Facility’s Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (GEF-CReW) was formally launched at an inception seminar and initial meeting of its Project Steering Committee (PSC). The PSC endorsed the project’s work plan and budget, monitoring and reporting requirements, and made several recommendations. The meetings were held back-to-back from 7-9 February 2012, in Kingston, Jamaica.
The Official Launch and Wastewater Management Seminar...
16 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
January 2012: The January issue of the Organization for Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) RRACC News spotlights initial OECS steps to implement the Reducing Risk to Human and Natural Assets Resulting from Climate Change (RRACC) project.
This inaugural issue of the newsletter covers OECS activities for the period October-December 2011. Beyond summarizing the project and its goals, the newsletter introduces the five members of the new OECS Climate Change Team and provides a synopsis of a September...
14 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 February 2012: The subregional headquarters for the Caribbean of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) recently convened an expert group to discuss the status of regional efforts to develop economic frameworks to assess the economic and social impacts of climate change in the Caribbean in key sectors.
The expert group, which met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from 2-3 February 2012, assessed progress made in the data gathering process, the successes...
10 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 February 2012: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) supported the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in holding a series of consultations with stakeholders on the Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade (AfT) Strategy, and now seeks contributions from additional stakeholders.
The first round of national consultations took place in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Commonwealth of Dominica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname, with...
30 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 January 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol and Project has released its January 2012 newsletter. This issue includes articles on: listing of Protected Areas under the SPAW Protocol; activities in support of the Caribbean Challenge Initiative; the Caribbean Waterbird Census; and Lionfish control and mitigation activities.
According to UNEP-SPAW, the listing of Protected Areas under the Protocol is a priority. As such, in December...
