Knowledge Management
29 Feb 2012
The 2012 celebration of World Day to Combat Desertification, an annual event on 17 June, will focus on the theme "Healthy soil sustains your life: LET’S GO LAND-DEGRADATION NEUTRAL". In 2012, World Day to Combat Desertification falls three days before the start of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20), and the global observance is planned to take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/2012-world-day-to-combat-...
29 Feb 2012
The 11th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), which will convene in New York from 7-18 May 2012, will consider the special theme of "The Doctrine of Discovery: its enduring impact on indigenous peoples and the right to redress for past conquests (articles 28 and 37 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples)". [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/un-permanent-forum-on-indigenous-issues-11th-session/ ]
29 Feb 2012
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP), implemented by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), will hold this workshop for Pacific countries. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/gef-sgp-regional-workshop-for-pacific/ ]
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 February 2012: The February 2012 issue of the “Micronesia Challenge Newsletter,” published by the Micronesia Challenge Secretariat, features articles on a climate change adaptation workshop in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and an upcoming pig derby in Guam.
The newsletter highlights that the Micronesia Conservation Trust has been supporting climate change adaptation workshops across the region. The most recent workshop was conducted in Chuuk, FSM, from 6-10 February...
28 Feb 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 February 2012: The first training for the Clean Pacific Campaign highlighted waste minimization options and issues related to marine pollution and the disposal of electronic/electrical goods, asbestos and hazardous chemicals. Hosted by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the workshop was part of SPREP’s designated campaign for 2012, which is encouraging improved management of waste and pollution in the Pacific.
The workshop took place in Nadi, Fiji,...
