Pacific
17 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
16 January 2013: The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) has reported on an upcoming mangrove rehabilitation and replanting project in two of the Marshall Islands’ wetlands of international importance, Namdrik and Jaluit Atolls.
According to the Ramsar Secretariat, the project aims to: increase community resilience to climate change on both atolls through restoring some of the existing degraded...
17 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 January 2013: The third session of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Assembly convened on 13-14 January in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to discuss IRENA’s work programme and budget for 2013, medium-term strategy, progress on programmatic activities, and implementation of policies on ethics, conflicts of interest, and the secondment of personnel.
The Assembly marked the UAE’s ratification of its headquarters agreement with IRENA, which finalized the agency’s...
17 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 January 2013: The chairmanship of the Group of 77 and China (G77/China) has been handed over from Algeria, the 2012 Chair, to Fiji, the 2012 Chair. Speaking during the handover ceremony, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted recent global economic challenges and recalled his five-year action agenda, which emphasizes sustainable development.
In that regard, and noting the outcomes of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), Ban said this year’s special event...
17 Jan 2013
In 2013, national and regional preparatory meetings will convene to develop inputs for the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), to be held in 2014. These preparatory meetings will be held in the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and South China Sea (AIMS) regions, Caribbean region and Pacific regions, as well as inter-regionally. The Pacific sub-regional meeting is to be hosted by Fiji. The decision on the preparatory process for the Conference was taken in the UN...
09 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 January, 2013: The Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) has launched a series of stakeholder consultations in the Solomon Islands aiming to build partnerships and community leadership in the development of sustainable AAS.
Co-organized by WorldFish, a research centre of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), and the International Centre for Development Orientated...
