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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...
22 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 March 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) hosted a meeting on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to discuss possible collaboration with CITES to develop model management plans for corals, dolphins and other marine life in the Pacific.
The meeting, which took place in Nadi, Fiji, on 5-7 March 2012, brought together representatives from 16 Pacific island countries to build their capacity in...
14 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 March 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) is providing assistance to Fiji sugar cane growers as they face the challenges posed by the end of the sugar protocol, a preferential trade agreement with the EU. Together with the EU, SPC aims to assist stakeholders in current and former sugar growing areas to improve their livelihoods.
The EU sugar protocol historically provided African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) sugar-producing countries with guaranteed duty-free access to the...
29 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 February 2012: The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has begun the second annual round of consultations among senior government officials in each of its four Sub-regions.
The consultations, to be held at each of CDEMA’s Sub-Regional Focal Points (SRFPs), started with a meeting held from 14-15 February 2012, in Antigua and Barbuda, for the Eastern Sub-Region, which includes Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, and St. Kitts and Nevis.
The consultations...
16 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 February 2012: The Western Indian Ocean Coastal Challenge (WIO-CC) regional platform has elected Wills Agricole of Seychelles as its President. The WIO-CC aims to mobilize countries to come together and commit to island conservation and sustainable livelihoods, including by responding to the threat posed by climate change over the next 20 years. Focused on marine and coastal zones, the Challenge is set to build on efforts of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and Nairobi Convention.
The...
