CBD
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 January 2011: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) organized a regional training workshop in Nadi, Fiji, from 19-21 January 2011, to support the preparation of the Pacific contribution to the State of the World’s Forest Genetic Resources Report.
The training session was attended by 20 participants from 13 countries. Inoke Wainiqolo, Fiji’s Conservator of Forests...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 February 2011: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has invited island Parties and Parties with islands to provide information for the in-depth review of the implementation of the Programme of Work on island biodiversity.
The review will be undertaken by the CBD’s Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) at its 16th meeting, tentatively scheduled for May 2012. The review will measure progress in the implementation of the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 April 2011: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has informed parties to the CBD and to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety that the GEF is making available expanded and expedited access to funding for enabling activities, including national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs), and national reports under the CBD and the Biosafety Protocol.
According to the GEF communication, GEF will assist GEF-eligible parties in meeting their reporting obligations under the CBD and the UN...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 April 2011: The Steering Committee of the Global Islands Partnership (GLISPA) met from 22-23 February 2011, in Washington, DC, and has issued the report of its meeting.
The Steering Committee is co-chaired by the Presidents of Seychelles and Palau and comprised of representatives from the Governments of Grenada, Seychelles and Italy, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the UN Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
5 May 2011: Mali, the Seychelles, Sudan, Panama and Peru have recently signed the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS), bringing the number of signatures to 13.
Following Sudan’s signing in April 2011, Panama and Peru signed the ABS Protocol on 5 May 2011, bringing the number of signatories from Latin America and the Caribbean to six. Mali and the Seychelles signed in April.
The ABS Protocol...
