Biodiversity
08 Feb 2013
The 68th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 68) will convene at UN Headquarters on Tuesday, 17 September 2013. The General Debate will open on Tuesday, 24 September 2013. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/68th-session-of-the-un-general-assembly-unga-68/ ]
08 Feb 2013
The 69th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 69) will convene at UN Headquarters on Tuesday, 16 September 2014. The General Debate will open on Tuesday, 23 September 2014. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/69th-session-of-the-un-general-assembly-unga-69/ ]
06 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 February 2013: The Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (RFLP) in South and Southeast Asia, funded by Spain and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), has launched a series of country surveys that provide data concerning small-scale fishing communities.
The RFLP aims to strengthen capacity among participating small-scale fishing communities and their supporting institutions in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and Viet Nam....
06 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 February 2013: The February 2013 issue of the “Micronesia Challenge Newsletter,” published by the Micronesia Challenge Secretariat, highlights recent support for the Awareness Campaign for Sustainable Management of the Tafunsak Marine Protected Area Project in Kosrae. It also spotlights the outcomes of a Micronesian Challenge Communications workshop, which convened in Guam.
According to the newsletter, the Kosrae Conservation and Safety Organization (KCSO) has signed a grant...
06 Feb 2013
The seventh meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Conference of the Parties serving as Meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is tentatively scheduled to be held from 6-10 October 2014. Among other issues, the meeting is expected to address: handling, transport, packaging and identification (HTPI) of living modified organisms (LMOs); risk assessment and risk management; and socio-economic considerations. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd....
