Science and Technology
07 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 March 2012: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have released a joint report conveying the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water in 2010.
The report, titled “Progress on Drinking Water and Sanitation: 2012 Update,” indicates that between 1990 and 2010, over 2 billion people gained access to safe drinking water sources, thus reducing the proportion of the world...
07 Mar 2012
The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is an intergovernmental organization established under the Constitution of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). It is mandated to manage tuna and tuna-like species in the Indian Ocean and adjacent seas. At its ninth meeting, the Compliance Committee will: perform an overview of the implementation of the IOTC conservation measures; review national reports on the progress of implementation of management measures; review country-based...
05 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 March 2012: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released a technical paper featuring case studies from Brazil, India, Palau and Senegal. The paper is intended to ground the FAO Technical Guidelines on Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Fisheries in practical experience and to inform the use of MPAs globally.
The technical paper, titled “Marine protected areas: country case studies on policy, governance and institutional issues,” examines governance...
05 Mar 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 February 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) has reported that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) of Japan. SPC and FFPRI will conduct collaborative research activities (CRAs) to identify and provide solutions to issues of tree breeding and stand improvement in coastal areas.
According to SPC, FFPRI is an independent administrative research organization, which conducts research on forestry and...
01 Mar 2012
This meeting will plan for the upcoming Meeting of the Pacific Islands Nature Conservation Roundtable, which will set out conservation objectives for the Pacific region for the next four years. The Roundtable for Nature Conservation in the Pacific Island Region is a coalition of conservation organizations and donor agencies created to increase effective conservation action in the Pacific Island Region. It was formed in 1997 at the request of Pacific Island countries and territories. [ for more...
