SPREP
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 May 2011: The Pacific Invasives Learning Network (PILN) is being featured at an Expert Meeting on South-South Cooperation. The meeting, which is taking place in Incheon, Republic of Korea, from 18-20 May 2011, will seek to develop action plans for South-South cooperation on biodiversity preservation. The meeting has been organized in cooperation with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat.
PILN was initiated seven years ago, with endorsement by the Secretariat of the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 May 2011: A meeting to follow up on the 10th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) took place in Nadi, Fiji, from 16-20 May 2011, on the theme of ”Implementing the Nagoya Outcomes: Review and Planning Meeting.”
According to the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), participants included representatives of the Cook Islands, Timor Leste, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
19 May 2011: In addresses to two recent climate change meetings in the Pacific region, Inoke Ratukalou, Acting Director of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Land Resource Division (LRD), has stressed the need to protect SIDS’ agriculture sector from the impacts of climate change, and emphasized that climate change should be considered a development issue, not just an environmental one.
One statement was presented to a two-week workshop on Agro-meteorological Applications and...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
24 May 2011: Opening the conference titled “Lessons for Future Action: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Small Island States,” Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa, urged participants to share lessons learnt on climate change and disaster risk management, so small island developing States (SIDS) can strategize for a better future in the face of climate change.
The Conference is taking place in Apia, Samoa, from 23-25 May 2011, co-organized by Australia...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 May 2011: This year’s environment media award from the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is focused on the Pacific Year of the Dugong, SPREP has announced, to encourage media workers in SPREP countries to raise awareness on dugongs, sea grasses and marine life in general.
The Vision Pasifika Media Award is a partnership between SPREP and the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries Multilateral Environment Agreements (ACP MEAs) Project, which is funded...
