Pacific
05 Feb 2013
FAO's Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific is holding an Expert Consultation on Post-Doha Conference of the Parties (COP) Implications for Forestry in Asia-Pacific. The meeting will take place on 5 February 2013 in Bogor, Indonesia. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/fao-expert-consultation-on-post-doha-conference-of-the-parties-implications-for-forestry-in-asia-pacific/ ]
04 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 February 2013: In commemoration of World Wetlands Day, David Sheppard, Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), has highlighted the role of wetlands in the Pacific. In his address, he describes wetlands as the natural infrastructure for managing water, as they store and provide the water for human consumption and production needs.
World Wetlands Day is observed on 2 February each year.
Sheppard cites Lake Lanoto’o in Samoa, which is a ...
04 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
31 January 2013: The Pacific Invasives Learning Network (PILN) “Soundbites” January 2013 issue highlights the Solomon Islands’ $1.5 million grant to fight the Giant African Snail, and the Pacific Invasives Partnership (PIP) member contributions to the Pacific Environment and Climate Change Outlook (PECCO) report, which was released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Doha, Qatar, at the 2012 Doha Climate Change Conference.
The Issue notes 2012 achievements by the Global...
31 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 January 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) held a workshop at the Kiribati Institute of Technology to train government officers to use cost-benefit analysis (CBA) as a framework to improve decision making and project quality, in particular for projects affected by climate change.
The workshop focused on two analysis, namely alternative energy options on Kiribati Island, and fish aggregating device deployment. Kurinati Robuti, Kiribati National Economic Planning Office (NEPO...
29 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 January 2013: The Government of the Cook Islands has submitted a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) seeking support for implementation to pursue the objective of achieving electricity 100% based on renewable sources by 2020. The proposal includes an implementation plan to generate 50% of its energy production from renewables by 2015, phasing out its current diesel generator-dominated system.
The Cook Islands are currently dependent on imported diesel fuel that costs households...
