Timor-Leste
14 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 May 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released its regional human development report for the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on the need for the region to find ways to continue to grow economically, while reducing poverty and tackling climate change and environmental concerns. The report addresses climate challenges facing small island developing States (SIDS) in the region due their low elevation.
Special focus is given to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), including Kiribati,...
10 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 May 2012: On the second day of the SIDS High-Level Conference on Sustainable Development for All (SE4ALL), which convened in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 7-8 May 2012, delegates from the three SIDS regions – the Pacific, Caribbean and Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, and South China Sea (AIMS) – unanimously adopted the Barbados Declaration, which will be taken to the Rio+20 Conference in June.
The Barbados Declaration addresses challenges, opportunities, commitments and initiatives on...
25 Apr 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 April 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released a note containing information on financial support provided by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the preparation of national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (CCC/SBI/2012/INF.7).
The note details of the financial support provided by the GEF for the preparation of initial and subsequent national communications from Parties not included in Annex I to the Convention (non-Annex I Parties). Annexed to...
26 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 March 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has announced it has completed a baseline data survey of young coconut production capability and future prospects in the Cakaudrove Province, Fiji. The initiative was funded by the EU, under the Increasing Agricultural Commodity Trade (IACT) project, which aims to strengthen the Pacific country export capacity in the agriculture, forestry and aquaculture sectors.
According to SPC, copra and crude coconut oil represent major Pacific...
24 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
January 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has issued the first fact sheet in a series titled “Building MEA Capacity for Pacific Island Countries.” The document is part of an EU project on “Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries”.
The fact sheet describes pre-Conference of the Parties (COP) trainings conducted by SPREP for Pacific Island Countries (PICs)...
