Freshwater Resources
22 Nov 2012
This workshop is organized by the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management (CReW), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and several Caribbean governments. The workshop seeks to provide participants from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the environmental, finance and utility sectors in CReW’s 13 participating countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Guatemala, Guyana,...
12 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 November 2012: The Second Meeting of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) addressed deep-sea mineral deposit mining and management of the Pacific region’s fragile freshwater resources. The meeting convened from 6-9 November 2012, in Noumea, New Caledonia.
According to SPC, discussions centered on the Regional Legislative and Regulatory Framework (RLRF) for Deep Sea Minerals Exploration and Exploitation. The RLRF aims to ensure:...
12 Nov 2012
The theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2013 will be "Water and Biodiversity;" the theme was chosen to coincide with the UN designation of 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/international-day-for-biological-diversity-2013/ ]
01 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
12 October 2012: The Latin American Development Bank (CAF) and the German Development Bank (KfW) signed an agreement for a US$100 million KfW credit line for CAF-financed projects in Latin America’s water and sanitation sector. The agreement was signed on 12 October 2012, in Tokyo, Japan, by CAF CEO Enrique Garcia and KfW CEO Stephan Opitz.
The agreement will cover lending for the water and sanitation sector under CAF’s sustainable development agenda, in four areas: management and...
30 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 October 2012: The Global Water Partnership – Caribbean (GWP-C) and Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) trained 20 participants from the agriculture sector in Barbados in water use efficiency (WUE). The training opened with an address by Charleston Lucas, Chief Agricultural Officer, Ministry of Agriculture, Barbados, who underlined that “there can be no food security without without land and water security.”
The training, which took place from 5-7 September...
