Waste Management
21 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 September 2012: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) has highlighted the key outcomes of its 23rd Annual Meeting, which convened in Noumea, New Caledonia, from 30 August-8 September 2012. The meeting addressed four key areas: ocean conservation and management; renewable energy; financing for biodiversity and climate change; and follow-up to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
According to SPREP, members called on the international...
14 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 September 2012: The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) convened a Dialogue on Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes on 13 September 2012, in Geneva, Switzerland. The dialogue focused on the need to increase assistance to the Marshall Islands in facing the consequences of nuclear weapons testing, and was informed by the Report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights obligations related to environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and waste.
In his address, Calin Georgescu,...
07 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
20 July 2012: The Third Workshop on Enhancing the Regional Distribution of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects in Asia and the Pacific focused on the issues of standardized baselines and the CDM Programme of Activities (PoA), with the aim of promoting more CDM projects in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), small island developing States (SIDS) and countries hosting fewer than ten registered projects.
The workshop, which was held from 18-20 July 2012, in Manila, the Philippines, was...
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 August 2012: The Nguna-Pele Marine and Land Protected Area network (NPMLPA) announced the fourth new Marine Protected Area (MPA) established in the last two months on Vanuatu, with the latest MPA established on 29 August 2012, in the village of Woralapa on Nguna Island.
According to NPMLPA, staff assisted in developing an MPA management plan for Woralapa and establishing a four-member conservation committee. This took place after a week of active community discussions, awareness building...
05 Sep 2012
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SIDS Policy and Practice
31 August 2012: The International Labour Organization (ILO) is sponsoring efforts to help people in Haiti transition from livelihoods that degrade the environment to “green jobs” that restore it, following the 2010 earthquake in the country. Project outcomes are expected to address food insecurity, create jobs and restore the environment.
The ILO project provides skills training in: the use of debris from the quake to build homes, pavements and flood protection structures; urban...
