Caribbean
27 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
April 2013: The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is calling for proposals to enhance the involvement of the private sector under the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) and the Forest Investment Program (FIP).
PPCR distributes US$70 million to stimulate innovative programmes and projects enabling the private sector to reduce countries’ exposure to climate risk and uncertainty, while FIP distributes over US$50 million to engage the private sector in REDD+.
With respect to the PPCR,...
24 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 April 2013: The Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) programme of the European Union (EU) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has endorsed 14 projects from Latin America, Africa and Asia.
The projects include timber tracking in Nepal; investment in smallholder forests in Myanmar; improved forest governance in Guatemala; combating illegal forest activities in Belize; forestry law and governance in Nigeria; forestry administration in Sierra Leone; a study...
23 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 April 2013: The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), a collaborative effort by Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela to promote sustainable development, has been acknowledged at the tenth session of the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF10).
ACTO was established in 1995 in order to address the sustainable use of forests and water resources, the monitoring and management of endangered wild fauna and flora species, the promotion of indigenous affairs, and...
22 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 April 2013: A UN Environment Programme (UNEP)-Global Environment Facility (GEF) Project, implemented by Bioversity International, will be officially launched in May to address issues of farming and biodiversity conservation within two Cuban “Man and the Biosphere Reserves.”
A diverse group of government departments and project partners met in April for their first planning meeting of the five year, “Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Man and the Biosphere Reserves in Cuba:...
17 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 April 2013: At a two-day conference in Dublin, Ireland, global leaders discussed critical challenges related to addressing hunger, nutrition and climate justice. Panel discussions focused on: risks, rights, knowledge and empowerment in the hunger, nutrition and climate justice dialogue; a vision for the world in 2050; local knowledge and local solutions; the post-2015 development agenda; effective policy responses; and commitments to lead.
The Dublin Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, Climate...
