Biodiversity

SPREP, CMS Launch Pacific Action Plan for Year of Dugong
admin | 25 Mar 2011 | SIDS-L IISD
14 March 2011: A new pilot project using financial incentives to address direct hunting and accidental capture of dugongs was launched in Palau under the 2011 Year of the Dugong campaign. The initiative is led by the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS). The project aims to foster sustainable and long-term dugong protection by improving the economic livelihoods of local communities, and thereby...
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Global Sustainability Panel Receives Input on SIDS
admin | 25 Mar 2011 | IISD
16 March 2011: An Interactive Dialogue between the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) took place on 16 March 2011, in New York, US. After an update from the Co-Chairs on the second meeting of the GSP, speakers on behalf of small island States emphasized the urgency of concrete action and the importance of marine resources. Other speakers said the problems and solutions are known, and asked the Panel for concrete...
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