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10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2009: Now available in English, Spanish and French, the UN Development Group’s (UNDG) Guidelines on Indigenous Peoples’ Issues call for indigenous peoples’ full participation in the definition and implementation of policies and plans related to climate change impact mitigation.
The Guidelines further stress that indigenous peoples’ traditional ecological knowledge should be considered as an important element within the adaptation debate. They highlight that the direct and indirect...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 November 2009: The UN Food and Agriculture Organization FAO has published a policy brief calling for governments to build resilience into food systems by implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) alongside collaboration with international partners. The brief, titled “Climate Change and Food Security in the Pacific,” highlights the potential impacts of climate change on agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the Pacific Islands due to sea level rise, ocean...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, a new treaty that aims to close fishing ports to ships involved in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, has been approved by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) governing Conference. Once it enters into force, it will be the first ever legally binding international treaty focused specifically on this problem. It will also be the only treaty to enlist so-...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2009: On the sideline of the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, the Government of Indonesia, and the European Environment Agency organized a special day to stress the central role of oceans in the Earth’s life support system and to address threats faced by coastal communities, especially in developing nations and small island States.
Oceans Day was held on 14 December 2009, and highlighted the direct link between climate...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
February 2010: This publication from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), entitled “Stories of Hope from the Pacific: How better food security is making island life healthier,” notes several accomplishments towards achieving food security in island countries in the Pacific region, where it notes food security is particularly fragile.
In the publication, FAO defines food security as existing “when all people, at all times, have access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to...
