Waste Management
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
2 July 2010: The 38th meeting of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Council took place in Washington DC, US, from 29 June-1 July 2010, and approved major reforms aimed at helping developing countries to meet international environmental challenges, including those related to climate change and biodiversity.
During the meeting the Council approved major reforms designed to give developing countries and stakeholders more control and access to funds, including: direct access to GEF resources for...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
9 September 2010: The 21st meeting of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) convened in Madang, Papua New Guinea, from 6-10 September 2010, and concluded with the adoption of a Strategic Plan for 2011-2015.
The Plan will guide regional environmental cooperation and the work of SPREP with four priorities: climate change; biodiversity and ecosystem management; waste management and pollution prevention; and environmental monitoring and governance. According to the meeting Communiqué,...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
17 September 2010: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Environment Outlook (GEO) Regional Consultation for Asia and the Pacific took place in Bangkok, Thailand, on 16-17 September 2010.
This regional consultation was the fourth in a series of seven regional consultations being undertaken by UNEP as part of the preparation for the production of the fifth GEO (GEO-5). The principal output of these consultations is a final report for each regional consultation, containing the outcomes of...
10 Dec 2011
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 October 2010: Parties to the treaties regulating the dumping of wastes at sea met from 11-15 October 2010, at the headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, UK, and adopted revised specific guidelines for assessment of bulky items.
The 32nd Consultative Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, 1972 (London Convention) and fifth Meeting of Contracting Parties to the 1996...
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24 Aug 2011
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean's (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean will convene an expert group to discuss waste management issues facing Caribbean island nations.
