FAO
12 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
October 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission have released the June 2012 issue of the newsletter on the Multilateral Environment Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs) Project. The newsletter features a guest article on the ways in which pesticide management contributes to the implementation of Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs).
The article by Mark Davis and Francesca Mancini, Pesticide Risk Reduction Group, Food and...
05 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 November 2012: At its 9th Policy Board meeting, the UN Collaborative Programme on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (UN-REDD) approved US$ 47.6 million in funding over two years for global and national actions.
The funding, to cover activities in 2013 and 2014, will support both national level actions in support of reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and...
24 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 October 2012: The Secretariats of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN (FAO) convened a meeting for representatives from Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) fisheries and quarantine departments, in Noumea, New Caledonia, in early October. The meeting agreed on a broad regional plan of action to provide technical assistance on aquatic biosecurity and aquaculture statistics, to be implemented by FAO and SPC in partnership with PICTs....
23 Oct 2012
The ninth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC 9) will review chlorinated naphthalenes, hexachlorobutadiene, hexabromocyclododecane, and pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, as well as discuss other technical work such as the impact of climate change on the POPRC’s work and common issues in applying Annex E criteria. A joint meeting with the Rotterdam Convention’s Chemical Review Committee (CRC) may be held on 19 October 2013, if approved by the joint...
22 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 October 2012: The UN Collaborative Programme on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (UN-REDD) has released the October edition of the UN-REDD Newsletter, previewing the ninth Policy Board meeting to be held on 26-27 October 2012, in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo.
The Newsletter indicates that the Policy Board will be meeting as an expanded board with the newly-elected members from civil society and indigenous peoples. Main items for...
