Land Resources
29 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 January 2013: The Global Soil Partnership (GSP), an initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), held a training on soil legacy databases and soil classification in support of the establishment of a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Soil Partnership and the development of a regional soil legacy database and soil map.
The training was held from 13-17 January 2013 in Amman, Jordan and included a focus on soil legacy data, standard soil templates, quality control and...
16 Jan 2013
In addition to the ITTC 49 meeting, the session will include meetings of the committees on finance and administration, economic information and market intelligence, forest industry, and reforestation and forest management. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/49th-session-of-the-international-tropical-timber-council-and-associated-sessions-of-the-committees/ ]
21 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
We at IISD RS wish you all the best for this holiday season and throughout the coming year. We will resume publication of our knowledgebases on 7 January 2013. Thank you for your support during 2012.
The IISD RS Knowledge Management team
21 Dec 2012
The third meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing (ABS) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is expected to address, among others, issues related to compliance, a global multilateral benefit-sharing mechanism, the ABS clearing-house, and monitoring and reporting, and will exchange views on the state of implementation of the Protocol, and on sectoral and cross-sectoral model contractual clauses, codes of conduct and guidelines...
21 Dec 2012
At its eighteenth meeting, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is expected to address, among others, issues related to marine and coastal biodiversity, biodiversity and climate change, and the relationship with IPBES. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/cbd-sbstta-18/ ]
