Coastal and Marine Resources
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30 Mar 2011
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29 Mars 2011: Plus de 37 000 plants de mangrove ont été récemment plantés sur les îles de Aranuka, Butaritari, Maiana, Makin et dans le Nord et le Sud de Tarawa, Kiribati, dans le cadre d'un projet soutenu par la Banque mondiale, le Global Environment Facility (GEF) , AusAID et la Nouvelle-Zélande programme d'aide dans le but de réduire la vulnérabilité de Kiribati aux changements climatiques, la variabilité climatique et l'élévation du niveau de la mer. Les mangroves, bien que...
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30 Mar 2011
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IISD
29 March 2011: Over 37,000 mangrove seedlings have recently been planted on the islands of Aranuka, Butaritari, Maiana, Makin and in North and South Tarawa, Kiribati, as part of a project supported by the World Bank, the Global Environment Facility (GEF), AusAID and the New Zealand Aid Programme with the aim of reducing Kiribati’s vulnerability to climate change, climate variability and sea level rise.
Mangroves, although considered a ‘soft’ option when compared to seawalls, can be one of the...
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25 Mar 2011
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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...
