FAO
20 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
21 June 2012: The Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector Organization of the Central American Isthmus (OSPESCA), supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), held a workshop to launch the process of promoting the ecosystem approach to sustainable fisheries and aquaculture production in the Central American Integration System (SICA) countries of Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
The “Practical...
02 Jul 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 June 2012: The UN-REDD Programme has issued a call for comments on the report of a global workshop on country needs assessment (CNA) for readiness for REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries, as well as conservation, sustainable management of forests, and enhancement of carbon stocks).
The workshop took place in Santa Marta, Columbia, on 6 June 2012, and was hosted by the UN-REDD Programme and the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF)....
29 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 June 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) hosted a meeting of the the Pacific Plant Protection Organization (PPPO), a regional plant protection organization recognized by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), and a Regional Technical Meeting of Plant Protection (RTMPP) to discuss phytosanitary issues including pest and disease control, quarantine measures, international trade and implementation of international standards.
PPPO members addressed its strategic...
28 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 June 2012: Haiti’s President Michel Martelly has announced a partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) to expand the country’s national school meals programme, combat malnutrition and assist farmers’ access to markets. Announcing the partnership at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), representatives stressed that sustainable development is not possible if hunger and malnutrition are...
18 Jun 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 June 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened a workshop aimed to transfer the results of SPC’s recent vulnerability assessment, titled “Vulnerability of Tropical Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture to Climate Change,” and to raise awareness of the impacts of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture in the region.
The meeting, which took place in Noumea, New Caledonia, from 5-8 June 2012, was attended by fisheries...
