Seychelles
21 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 August 2012: The latest edition of Zwazo Magazine, Nature Seychelles’ bi-annual conservation magazine, focuses on the green economy, with features articles exploring the concept and its associated challenges.
Issue #25 of Zwazo Magazine, which is published by the NGO Nature Seychelles, showcases aspects of the green economy in action in Seychelles and the region. The issue opens with an editorial assessing the outcomes of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) with...
17 Aug 2012
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) for East Africa will bring together GEF focal points, focal points from the main Conventions (Biodiversity, Desertification, Climate Change and persistent organic pollutants), representatives from civil society and representatives from the GEF Secretariat and the GEF Agencies to discuss priority issues and share lessons and experiences from the development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within...
10 Aug 2012
The Seventh Conference of the Parties (COP 7) to the Nairobi Convention is being convened under the theme "Partnering for a Healthy Western Indian Ocean." It is expected that COP 7 will foster collaboration between international, regional and national organizations as well as secure partnerships between key regional players and the Contracting Parties of the Nairobi Convention in the implementation of the Nairobi Convention Work Programme 2013-2016. COP 7 is preceded by the Science for Policy...
10 Aug 2012
In partnership with the Government of Mozambique, the Nairobi Convention is organizing this meeting to discuss the implementation of the Nairobi Convention’s Work Programme and preparations for the Seventh Conference of Parties (COP7) to the Nairobi Convention, scheduled to be held in December 2012. The Nairobi Convention area includes: Comoros, France, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania and South Africa. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events...
27 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 July 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) has reported on a project that is providing off-grid renewable energy to the Aldabra Atoll, a Ramsar and World Heritage Site in Seychelles. The Atoll used to rely on diesel fuel shipped to the island.
According to Ramsar, the four-year, €500,000 project began in 2008, and now supplies almost 100% of the Atoll’s energy needs through solar energy. The ...
