CBD
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: The Executive Board of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has confirmed its call for UNESCO to develop a coherent Biodiversity Initiative encompassing all areas of competence and work of UNESCO – natural and social sciences, education, culture and communication. The Initiative will focus on the underlying drivers of biodiversity erosion and loss, and will encompass actions aimed at providing assistance to UNESCO member States underpinning the...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
3 June 2011: As part of the in-depth review of the programme of work on island biodiversity (IBPoW) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the CBD Secretariat has invited interested parties to participate in a collaborative effort to address the issue of invasive alien species (IAS) on islands.
The in-depth review will be conducted by the 16th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 16) in May 2012, and the Conference of the Parties...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
27 June 2011: The Seychelles Government has announced the designation of new protected areas that will result in half of all Seychelles’ land becoming protected under the law.
Following the creation of the Silhouette National Park and the Recif Island Reserve last year, which raised the total area of protected land to 47.06 percent, the recent decision resulted in protecting by law 50.59 percent of Seychelles’ land.
The new designations follow Seychelles President James Michel’s...
