Biodiversity
22 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 March 2013: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have released the proceedings of a workshop held in 2012 on “Priority adaptations to climate change for Pacific fisheries and aquaculture: reducing risks and capitalizing on opportunities.”
The report summarizes the technical presentations given at the workshop on the implications of climate change for Pacific fisheries and aquaculture, as well as the outcomes of...
21 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 March 2013: The eighth edition of the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Sustainability Report indicates that, during the fiscal year 2012, the Bank surpassed its 2015 target of committing over one-fourth of its lending to projects dealing with climate change, sustainable energy and environmental sustainability.
The report, released ahead of the IDB Annual Meeting in Panama City, Panama, from 14-17 March 2013, includes a section highlighting environmental and social...
19 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 March 2013: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has completed a three-day Expanded Capacity Workshop (ECW) for the West African Sahel, bringing together focal points from the GEF, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).
Representatives from civil society, the GEF Secretariat, and the GEF Agencies, also...
19 Mar 2013
The second meeting of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is exepected to take place in late 2013. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/ipbes-2/ ]
18 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 March 2013: The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched a Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Program (BSE) to help Latin America and the Caribbean leverage its natural capital to protect the environment while promoting sustainable development.
The announcement took place on the occasion of the IDB Annual Meeting in Panama on 15 March. With the goal of identifying new biodiversity-friendly business and innovative South-South cooperation pathways, the program benefits from a...
