Trinidad and Tobago
13 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 June 2012: The Organization of American States’ (OAS) General Assembly has endorsed the Inter‐American Plan for Disaster Prevention and Response and the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance. The Plan is a management tool for coordinating governments’ efforts in dealing with disaster prevention, preparedness, response and mitigation.
OAS members include the following small island developing States (SIDS): Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the...
Regional Workshop for Caribbean Region on Updating National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
Organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this workshop will assist countries from the Caribbean Region in revising and updating their National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs) in line with the framework of the CBD Strategic Plan. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/regional-workshop-for-caribbean-region-on-updating-national-biodiversity-strategies-and-action-plans/ ]
06 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 June 2012: The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) announced that all 16 member governments have renewed their hurricane and earthquake insurance for the 2012-2013 policy year, and that the Facility has provided them with a 25% rebate on their 2011-2012 policy year premium because none of their policies had been triggered.
CCRIF is encouraging member governments to use the rebates either to purchase additional coverage or to fund steps to improve hazard risk resilience and...
13 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 June 2012: The 22nd Meeting of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) concluded its annual session, addressing various agenda items, including the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Convention.
Sri Lanka expressed its intention to continue to play an active role in defining the breadth of the principles enshrined in the Convention, especially in the area of marine biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction. Trinidad and Tobago called on States...
30 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 May 2012: Trinidad and Tobago held a three-day workshop of scientists, economists and policy makers as part of the Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ), which is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
The workshop, which took place from 23-24 May 2012, in Port of Spain, focused on how to value the goods and services that ecosystems provide to people, so that development policy and decision making can reflect the true...
