GEF
30 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 May 2012: Trinidad and Tobago held a three-day workshop of scientists, economists and policy makers as part of the Project for Ecosystem Services (ProEcoServ), which is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
The workshop, which took place from 23-24 May 2012, in Port of Spain, focused on how to value the goods and services that ecosystems provide to people, so that development policy and decision making can reflect the true...
18 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 May 2012: The Pacific Invasives Initiative (PII) has developed an intensive training course to support Pacific countries in managing the threat of invasive species. Countries with invasive species projects under the Global Environment Facility's Pacific Alliance for Sustainability Program (GEF-PAS) are eligible for the training.
The course is taking place from 15-25 May 2012, in Apia, Samoa. It aims to help participants select invasive plants for urgent action, develop and implement...
14 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 May 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced that the Rapid Biological Survey project (BIORAP) will be conducted on Savaii, Samoa, during May 2012. BIORAP will focus on surveying the plants, birds and animals of approximately 65,000 hectares of Savaii’s cloud forests.
BIORAP is a joint initiative involving Samoa’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE), SPREP, and New Zealand’s Department of Conservation and Defence...
10 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 May 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has announced the inception of a US$1.7 million project on the conservation of biodiversity in the Cook Islands, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu. Project activities will use an ecosystem-based management approach, emphasizing the connectivity between systems including the land, sea and people.
The Integrated Island Biodiversity project is funded by the Global Environment Facility’s Pacific Alliance for...
02 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 May 2012: The May 2012 issue of the “Micronesia Challenge Newsletter,” published by the Micronesia Challenge Secretariat, features articles on: the outcomes of the 15th Micronesian Island Conservation (MIC) Retreat; and the endorsement of Palau’s first National Water Policy by its President, Johnson Toribiong.
The 15th MIC Retreat was held in April 2012, in Weno, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. The newsletter notes that key outcomes included: assessment and evaluation of...
