Waste Management
07 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 December 2012: The Central American Integration System (SICA) countries held a regional workshop to discuss experiences, tools and best practice and to coordinate strategies to enforce their obligations under the Montreal Protocol to implement and enforce a phaseout of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) consumption.
The workshop for National Ozone Units (NOUs) and customs authorities from Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama was held in...
07 Jan 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2012: The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) has coordinated a series of national training workshops to help customs and enforcement officers in Belize, Dominica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Kitts and Nevis prepare for their Montreal Protocol commitments involving hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs).
The national workshops, held in October and November 2012, were supported financially by the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund (...
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
19 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
7 December 2012: A national forum hosted by the Dominican Republic’s Environment Ministry, with technical support from the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), has set priorities for national chemicals management.
The National Forum on Governance and Priority Setting for Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Implementation was held from 29-30 November 2012 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The Forum, attended by some 50 representatives of...
13 Dec 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
11 December 2012: The Organization of American States (OAS) has announced the 14 recipients of small grants under the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) “Sustainable Communities in Central America and the Caribbean” project.
The winning proposals were announced by OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulsa at a formal ceremony held at OAS Headquarters on 10 December 2012.
The project, funded by the US and implemented by OAS within the ECPA framework, seeks to...
