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07 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 February 2012: The World Future Council (WFC), in partnership with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), will present the Future Policy Award 2012 to the most effective ocean and coast preservation policy, in order to raise global awareness about original and impressive ideas for environmental policy change.
With the support of the Okeanos Foundation, the WFC has...
26 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 January 2012: An inter-agency report, titled “Green Economy in a Blue World,” concludes that the ecological health and economic productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems can be enhanced from well-managed marine sectors.
The synthesis report analyzes how key sectors that are interlinked with the marine and coastal environment can make the transition towards a green economy and identifies recommendations across six marine-based economic sectors.
On fisheries and aquaculture,...
23 Jan 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 January 2012: The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) has published a report titled ”The Global Bioenergy Partnership Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy,” which represents the first global, government-level consensus on sustainability indicators for bioenergy. Publication of the report was announced at the opening of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) and the launch of the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The report introduces 24...
16 Jan 2012
The Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) is a subsidiary body to the Stockholm Convention established for reviewing chemicals proposed for listing in Annex A, Annex B, and/or Annex C. POPRC 8 will convene from 15-19 October 2012. A meeting of the intersessional working groups would be held on Sunday, 14 October 2012, in English only. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/poprc-8/ ]
16 Jan 2012
The 30th session of COFI will review activities of the COFI Sub-Committees on Aquaculture and Fish Trade, progress on the implementation of the CCRF and associated IPOAs, as well as the priorities for the FAO work programme on these issues. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/30th-session-of-the-fao-committee-on-fisheries/ ]
