Biodiversity
08 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention) has reported that during a stakeholder meeting held on the occasion of the celebration of World Wetlands Day 2013, Agostinho da Costa, Secretary of State for Environment and Tourism, signed an inter-ministerial decree for the creation of a National Ramsar Committee in Guinea-Bissau.
The meeting, which brought together over 35 wetland stakeholders, was jointly organized by the State Secretariat for Environment...
08 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 February 2013: The Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) has released an update on recent progress toward the Western Indian Ocean Coastal Challenge (WIO-CC), and on plans for 2013. Plans include formalizing WIO-CC support mechanisms and communications modalities.
According to the update, which covers the period since the WIO-CC’s Second Regional Technical Meeting in October 2012, progress has been made on formalizing the role of the Consortium for the Conservation of Coastal and Marine...
08 Mar 2013
Organized by the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis and the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere Programme, this meeting will convene under the theme "Tools for Sustainable Development and Growth." The objective of the event is to facilitate discussions on the identification of appropriate locations for new biosphere reserves as well as their integration with local/national sustainable development and adaptation to climate change plans. [ for more...
05 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 February 2013: The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) has formally launched the Small Grants Country Programme (SGP) in Saint Lucia, at Pigeon Island National Landmark, a key historic site and protected area.
The SGP in St. Lucia will provide grants to civil society organizations (CSOs) with the goal of identifying, replicating and scaling-up best practices in the country and among other Caribbean States. At the launch, Michelle Gyles-McDonnough, UNDP’s Resident Representative, noted that...
05 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
February 2013: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP)/GRID-Arendal Marine Programme has released the February issue of its newsletter (Marine Newsletter #2), featuring articles on the Pacific Marine Planning Decision Support Tool and on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Oceans and Coasts Knowledge Portal.
The newsletter indicates that the Pacific Marine Planning Decision Support Tool will collate information about the limits of maritime jurisdictions, living and non-living...
