Freshwater Resources
04 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 February 2013: In commemoration of World Wetlands Day, David Sheppard, Director General, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), has highlighted the role of wetlands in the Pacific. In his address, he describes wetlands as the natural infrastructure for managing water, as they store and provide the water for human consumption and production needs.
World Wetlands Day is observed on 2 February each year.
Sheppard cites Lake Lanoto’o in Samoa, which is a ...
31 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 January 2013: The Secretariat of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar Convention) has reported that the Government of the Dominican Republic has designated the Parque Nacional Manglares del Bajo Yuna as its third Wetland of International Importance.
According to the Ramsar Secretariat, the site is a large subtropical coastal wetland located in the Samaná Bay, with a predominance of mangroves. It supports various species at...
25 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
January 2013: The UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) have developed the Water Learning Centre (WLC), an e-Learning programme to enhance national capacities to develop and implement sustainable natural resource management strategies at local, regional, sub-regional and basin scales.
The programme aims to build the capacity of developing country water sector personnel on topics such as climate change...
24 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 January 2013: At the conclusion of the Third Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, leaders from the region issued the Riyadh Declaration, which identified the importance of establishing an Arab renewable energy market and conserving natural resources, among other elements. It also reaffirms the countries’ commitment to fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and encourages strategies to address food and water security in the region.
The Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on...
24 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
22 January 2013: The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) has reported on the conclusion of Acclimate, a four-year project dedicated to climate change adaptation. The culmination of the project’s work, a regional strategy for climate change adaption, was adopted by the IOC’s 28th Council of Ministers on 17 January 2013, in the Seychelles.
According to IOC, the project, which concluded on 31 December 2012, has sustainably strengthened cooperation among the countries of the Indian ocean, enabling them...
