Coastal and Marine Resources
17 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 December 2012: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of States (ACP) to strengthen collaboration on food insecurity, malnutrition, hunger, natural resources management and climate change.
Collaborative efforts will be undertaken in the following areas: food security; sustainable intensification of crops and livestock; fisheries and aquaculture production; food crisis early warning...
17 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 December 2012: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted a resolution on sustainable fisheries that recognizes the contribution of fisheries to sustainable development (document A/67/L.22). The resolution also reflects the call made at Rio+20 for the adoption, by 2014, of strategies to assist developing countries, particularly the least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing States (SIDS), in developing their national capacity to conserve, sustainably manage and realize the...
12 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 December 2012: Scientists from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have urged negotiators working on a tuna fish stocks management mechanism for the Western Central Pacific to agree on reference points to drive the process.
The message was delivered during a two-day management workshop, held during the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), which convened from 2-6 December 2012, in Manila, the Philippines.
SPC scientists recommend that...
12 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 December 2012: The latest issue of the Global Island Partnership’s (GLISPA) “Event Spotlight” features two events that took place on 16 October 2012 in Hyderabad, India, on the sidelines of the 11th meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The events are: “Island Bright Spots: Exchanging Innovations and Successes;” and “Island Life: Celebrating Leadership and Commitment to Action.”
“Island Bright Spots...
12 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
10 December 2012: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) held a session to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Addressing the meeting, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted the Convention’s contribution to international peace and security, as well as to the equitable and efficient use of ocean resources.
Ban underlined that UNCLOS is “an important tool for sustainable development,” as affirmed by the UN Conference on Sustainable...
