Land Resources
26 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
15 November 2012: The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has signed a cooperation agreement with two conservation organizations, Natural Partners and Trees for the Future, to work together on agriculture, reforestation and improving the quality of life in rural communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
The agreement was signed on 15 November 2012, in Washington, DC, US, by: David Hatch, IICA Representative to the US; William Dent, Executive Director,...
08 Nov 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 November 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), conducted a capacity building workshop on national level implementation of synergies among the Rio Conventions (CBD, the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)).
The workshop, held in Hanoi, Viet Nam, included participants from...
08 Oct 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
8 October 2012: The 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opened on 8 October 2012, in Hyderabad, India, directly following the sixth Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. The two-week meeting will address a series of cross-cutting and ecosystem-related issues, as well as financial, administrative and implementation-related topics.
CBD COP 11 will address: the status of the Nagoya Protocol on access to...
25 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
25 July 2012: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Board of Directors approved a US$245,812 technical assistance grant to Anguilla to help it update its environmental and zoning legislation to address land use management, and to effectively tackle current environmental problems and emerging challenges such as climate change.
The grant will be used to a legal consultant, an institutional specialist and public outreach experts to help the Anguillan Government develop and draft an updated and...
20 Sep 2012
The eleventh session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 11) is scheduled to convene from 8-12 April 2013. Two additional days before the session, namely 5-6 April, will be dedicated to regional meetings preparatory to CRIC 11. [ for more information: http://sids-l.iisd.org/events/unccd-cric-11/ ]
