Knowledge Management
13 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
4 March 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), with funding from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and technical support from Griffith University and the Fiji National University, has initiated an annual training course on best practice waste management techniques.
The two-week training course is being attended by 16 participants from eight Pacific island nations. The course, which has been developed specifically to address waste management...
13 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
March 2013: The March 2013 issue of the “Micronesia Challenge Newsletter,” published by the Micronesia Challenge Secretariat, features articles on: a meeting of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Micronesia Challenge Communications Working Group; and Guam’s adoption of a Micronesian Challenge logo.
According to the newsletter, the CNMI MC Communications Working Group held its inaugural meeting on 28 February 2013, to design the CNMI Micronesia Challenge...
08 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 March 2013: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released a report on the costs of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in South Asia, titled “Economics of Reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in South Asia: Options and Costs.” The report synthesizes the results of studies conducted under an ADB technical assistance activity on the Regional Economics of Climate Change in South Asia Phase 1 (RECCSA 1) in five countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
The 102-page study...
08 Mar 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 February 2013: The Global Island Partnership (GLISPA) has released an update on recent progress toward the Western Indian Ocean Coastal Challenge (WIO-CC), and on plans for 2013. Plans include formalizing WIO-CC support mechanisms and communications modalities.
According to the update, which covers the period since the WIO-CC’s Second Regional Technical Meeting in October 2012, progress has been made on formalizing the role of the Consortium for the Conservation of Coastal and Marine...
08 Mar 2013
Organized by the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis and the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere Programme, this meeting will convene under the theme "Tools for Sustainable Development and Growth." The objective of the event is to facilitate discussions on the identification of appropriate locations for new biosphere reserves as well as their integration with local/national sustainable development and adaptation to climate change plans. [ for more...
