Knowledge Management
22 Feb 2013
World Environment Day 2013 will be celebrated under the theme "Think, Eat Save," focused on anti-food waste and food loss, encouraging people to reduce their "foodprint". [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/world-environment-day-2013/ ]
22 Feb 2013
Organized by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), this workshop will provide an update on recent developments under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, including the Strategic Plan, the capacity-building framework and action plan and other decisions relating to capacity-building. The workshop also aims to promote understanding of the Nagoya–Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress and explore opportunities and challenges regarding its...
20 Feb 2013
This workshop, titled "The Ozone Layer and Chemical and Waste Management Challenges in the Caribbean," is being organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). It seeks to strengthen environmental journalism skills and provide media professionals with relevant information and inputs for transmitting messages related to environmental protection and governance in the Caribbean. Its primary target audience includes editors and journalists of print, broadcast and online media, as well as news...
19 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission have released the latest issue of the newsletter on the Multilateral Environment Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs) Project.
The newsletter features a guest article by Luz Romero, the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Secretariat, outlining the Quick Start Programme’s (QSP’s) efforts to finance chemicals management initiatives in developing countries....
14 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 February 2013: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is collaborating with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to include participation of biodiversity experts in the upcoming regional training workshop on adaptation for Francophone Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG), established by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC.
The LEG provides technical guidance and advice to the LDCs in...
