Coastal and Marine Resources
04 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
18 September 2012: The Third Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF III) recommended greater coordination among Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member States in policies regarding energy integration, energy efficiency and the promotion of renewable energy sources.
CSEF III was held 13-14 September 2012, in St. Kitts and Nevis, and was attended by over 150 participants from CARICOM member States, the UK, Germany and Finland, as well as representatives of regional and UN agencies.
CSEF III...
03 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 November 2012: The Caribbean Weather Impacts Group (CARIWIG), a project funded by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and implemented in partnership with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCC), has officially launched a website devoted to the project.
CARIWIG seeks to: provide unbiased, locally-relevant information on modelling weather impacts of climate change in the Caribbean over different time horizons (short-term, 2030s, or 2080s); train technical staff...
03 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 November 2012: The Caribbean Fish Sanctuary Partnership Initiative (“C-FISH”), a four-year (2012-2016) project on the management of 15 community-based “no take” zones or marine reserves in five Caribbean countries, was launched on 9 November 2012, in Bluefields, Jamaica.
The five countries are Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
C-FISH will partner with tourism companies to involve the tourism sector in support for the...
30 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 November 2012: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is consulting Community member governments to assess the current state of national environmental statistics collection, management, and dissemination. The focus is on statistics related to agriculture and land use, biodiversity, coastal and marine resources, and forestry.
The exercise undertaken by the CARICOM Secretariat’s Regional Statistics Programme is part of the EU-funded project on Capacity Building Related to...
23 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
November 2012: Throughout 2012, a series of workshops have been held to contribute a regional perspective and content for the first World Ocean Assessment (WOA).
At the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), held in Johannesburg, South Africa, States agreed to “establish by 2004 a regular process under the UN for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including socio-economic aspects, both current and foreseeable, building on existing regional...
