UNESCO
25 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 May 2012: The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has reported that Saint Kitts and Nevis has become the first English Caribbean country to launch its Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme. The MAB Programme is dedicated to the sustainable development and management of an area of significant biodiversity and cultural conservation, sustainable development capacity building and information sharing.
The Programme includes a learning and research laboratory, as it will...
22 May 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 May 2012: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is supporting Tokelau, a group of 3 small atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, to overcome its dependency on fossil fuels and meet its energy needs entirely through renewable energy by the end of 2012.
Even with its small population of 1,400, Tokelau currently imports over US$800,000 in fossil fuels every year. Through this initiative, Tokelau will become the first Small Island Developing State (SIDS) to obtain 100% of its energy from renewable...
28 Apr 2012
The primary sponsors of this symposium are: the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea; the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); and the North Pacific Marine Science Organization. Participants will address the role of climate change on the oceans, including: sea level rise; changes in thermo-haline ocean circulation; acidification; oligotrophy of temperate seas; changes in species abundance;...
18 Apr 2012
This workshop is part of the “Reef Fisheries and Biodiversity” Pilot Project, implemented by the UN Environment Programme's Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), as part of the UN Development Programme (UNDP)/UN Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)/Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Sub-commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE) Global Environment Facility (GEF) Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) Project. This project seeks to promote the...
29 Feb 2012
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2012 is being organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). It will focus on sustainable development trends and information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives in some key focus areas of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), such as health, education,...
