Biodiversity
31 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 January 2013: The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) has reported that the Government of the Dominican Republic has designated the Parque Nacional Manglares del Bajo Yuna as its third Wetland of International Importance.
According to the Ramsar Secretariat, the site is a large subtropical coastal wetland located in the Samaná Bay, with a predominance of mangroves. It supports various species at...
29 Jan 2013
The 14th meeting of the UN Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (ICP) is to carry out an in-depth review of the oceans-related outcomes of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), and how those outcomes would impact and benefit international coordination and cooperation. The consideration of issues relating to sea-level rises and their impact on security and survival, particularly on low-lying coastal areas and island nations, against...
29 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 January 2013: The UN Forum on Forests (UNFF) produced a Note by the Secretariat on the multi-stakeholder dialogue to be held at its tenth session (UNFF 10), which will run from 8-19 April 2013, in Istanbul, Turkey. The note reports on actions taken since UNFF 9 and presents suggestions on enhancing the effectiveness of the upcoming multi-stakeholder dialogue.
Inter-sessionally, four stakeholder workshops were organized by the UNFFF Secretariat on facilitating finance for Small Island...
28 Jan 2013
The Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction (Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity) will meet in August 2013, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/ad-hoc-open-ended-informal-working-group-to-study-issues-relating-to-the-conservation-and-sustainable-use-of-marine-biological-diversity-beyond-areas-of-...
26 Jan 2013
Following renewal of its mandate by the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the 24th session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) will continue negotiations on an international instrument/instruments, focusing on traditional knowledge and particularly the subject matter of protection, beneficiaries, scope of protection, and limitation and exceptions. [ for more information...
