Solomon Islands
05 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 September 2012: Commonwealth foreign ministers have agreed on a draft Charter and discussed a new strategic plan for the Commonwealth Secretariat. According to a Seychelles press release, the draft Charter enshrines the Commonwealth’s commitment to support small and vulnerable countries, in particular small island developing States (SIDS), in new and more fundamental ways.
The meeting of ministers took place in New York, US, on 29 September 2012, on the margins of the 67th Session of the UN...
03 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 October 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) announced that the Third Regional Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry, which convened on 28 September 2012, in Nadi, Fiji, endorsed the Pacific Islands Regional Policy Framework for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation and forest conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of forest carbon stocks (REDD+).
According to SPC, the framework aims to support Pacific Island countries (PICs...
03 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 September 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) announced the completion of a climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessment in Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands. Assessing the impacts of climate change and other drivers, including population growth, unsustainable land use and logging, on land- and marine-based resources and community life in Choiseul, the study observed heightened coastal erosion caused by the removal of mangroves, coastal trees and shrubs, as well...
28 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 September 2012: On the third day of the High-level Debate of the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), Comoros, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Maldives, and Antigua and Barbuda underscored the importance to small island developing States (SIDS) of addressing climate change. Solomon Islands, Jamaica and Cape Verde addressed other aspects of development in SIDS.
Ikililou Dhoinine, President of Comoros, highlighted ongoing challenges posed by climate change, including heavy...
18 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 September 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) has joined SPREP. The UK announced it had joined SPREP at the 24th Post-Forum Dialogue Partners’ Meeting, which convened on 31 August 2012, in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
According to SPREP, its members are now: American Samoa, Australia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, France,...
