UNEP
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
July/August 2012: The latest issue of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) Bulletin highlights: forthcoming meetings of the Sharks and Cetaceans Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), Romania’s actions to avoid construction of wind turbines in Great Bustard habitat, and news on the conservation of argali.
The Bulletin notes that the third Meeting of Signatories (MOS) to the MOU for the Conservation of Cetaceans and their Habitats in the Pacific Islands...
04 Sep 2012
The Open-ended Working Group (OEWG), one of the subsidiary bodies of the Basel Convention, seeks to: assist the Conference of the Parties (COP) in developing and keeping under continuous review the implementation of the Convention’s work plan, specific operational policies and decisions taken by the COP for the implementation of the Convention, as specified in article 15; consider and advise the COP on issues relating to policy, technical, scientific, legal, institutional, administration,...
04 Sep 2012
The purpose of the meeting is to seek advice from those governments and other stakeholders who previously have been invited to the meetings of the consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes, on the UN Environment Programme's draft proposal. The outcome of the Mexico City meeting will be presented to the third session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM3) in September 2012 for consideration. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/...
04 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
30 August 2012: The Consortium of the Conservation of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO-C) convened in Maputo, Mozambique, on 10 August 2012, as part of the Nairobi Convention Meetings. The meeting agreed to formalize technical support to the WIO Coastal Challenge (WIO-CC), and selected two focal points to the Challenge. The meeting also agreed that the Consortium would focus on engaging the mainland states of Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique in the Coastal Challenge....
23 Aug 2012
The ninth meeting of the UN-REDD Policy Programme Board is scheduled to take place in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, on 26-27 October 2012. Pre-meetings to be held on 25 October. The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) Participants Committee meeting will take place in the same location 21-23 October, and an optional field visit for participants of both meetings will take place on 24 October. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/ninth-meeting-of-the-un-redd-policy-...
