Pacific
01 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
28 February 2013: Albania, Botswana and the Federated States of Micronesia have ratified the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS), bringing the number of ratifications to 15.
The three countries join Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, India, Jordan, Lao PDR, Mauritius, Mexico, Panama, Rwanda, the Seychelles and South Africa, which have already ratified the Protocol. The Nagoya Protocol on ABS will enter into force 90 days after the date of deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification. [...
01 Mar 2013
The Government of Timor-Leste is hosting an international conference on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, under the theme "Development for all : Stop conflict, build states and eradicate poverty," from 26-28 February 2013. This event will be preceded, on 25 February, by the Pacific Islands stakeholder consultation meeting on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The conference will provide a country-owned and country-led forum for representatives of the g7+ and Pacific Island countries to...
28 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 February 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has launched the South Pacific Ocean Ecosystem Analysis project (PACIOCEA), which aims to enhance local and regional capacity for improving conservation and sustainable ocean management through marine spatial planning.
According to SPREP, the project is funded by the European Union, managed by the French MPA Agency (Agence des Aires Marines Protégées), and coordinated by SPREP. The Intergovernmental...
27 Feb 2013
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) will conduct a two-day training for Asia-Pacific policy makers and practitioners on the migration-environment nexus, in collaboration with the Foresight Programme (Government Office for Science, UK), the Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The training aims to build the capacity of policy makers and practitioners to address migration challenges within climate change, development and environment...
27 Feb 2013
The forum aims to assist government, community and business decision-makers at all levels to develop appropriate climate change and development strategies and to build their capacity to adapt to a changing climate. The forum will focus on the overall theme "Mainstreaming Adaptation into Development" and will include four sub-themes: adaptation strategies; critical and neglected groups; adaptation in sectors and systems; and knowledge management for adaptation. The co-organizers are the UN...
