Waste Management
23 Aug 2012
The Sixth Conference of the Parties to the Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and the Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (the Waigani Convention) will consider financial issues, as well as business plan for the Pacific Regional Centre, and proposed cooperative arrangements with the Basel Convention Regional Cente in Beijing, China. [ for more information: http://...
21 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 August 2012: The Nguna-Pele Marine and Land Protected Area network (NPMLPA) announced a new Marine Protected Area (MPA), established on 9 August 2012 by the village of Rewoka on Nguna Island, Vanuatu. The Rewoka MPA aims to help the island community manage its marine resources.
According to NPMLPA, staff developed a management plan and established a five-member conservation committee after a week of active community discussions and reef surveys. The Rewoka MPA sets up new regulations for...
21 Aug 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 August 2012: The latest edition of Zwazo Magazine, Nature Seychelles’ bi-annual conservation magazine, focuses on the green economy, with features articles exploring the concept and its associated challenges.
Issue #25 of Zwazo Magazine, which is published by the NGO Nature Seychelles, showcases aspects of the green economy in action in Seychelles and the region. The issue opens with an editorial assessing the outcomes of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20) with...
17 Aug 2012
The ECWs bring together GEF focal points, focal points from the main conventions (biodiversity, desertification, climate change and persistent organic pollutants), representatives from civil society and representatives from the GEF Secretariat and the GEF Agencies, to discuss priority issues and share lessons and experiences from the development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within national policy frameworks. Countries eligible to participate in this Expanded...
17 Aug 2012
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Expanded Constituency Workshop (ECW) for East Africa will bring together GEF focal points, focal points from the main Conventions (Biodiversity, Desertification, Climate Change and persistent organic pollutants), representatives from civil society and representatives from the GEF Secretariat and the GEF Agencies to discuss priority issues and share lessons and experiences from the development and implementation of GEF projects and their integration within...
