Cape Verde submitted its Quatriéme Rapport sur l'etat de la Biodiversite au Cap Vert (Fourth National Report on the State of Biodiversity in Cape Verde) to the Commission on Biological Diversity in 2009. The Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries is the main body that overseas coastal and marine policy.
Marine resources and the coastal zone have strong production potential in terms of food, salt, and energy, and a potential for aquaculture and tourist development for the Cape Verdean economy. Previous studies have revealed the sensitivity of coastal zones to sea level rise and to the associated increases in tidal surges and sea storms. These effects are exacerbated by anthropogenic destruction of natural barriers along the coastal edge, particularly through the mining of sand and the over-exploitation of wells. Examples of commonly-exerienced effects include strong winds provoking dust storms and increasing coastal erosion, strong waves and high tides contributing to the degradation and even total destruction of coastal protection structures, and saline intrusion leading to the salinization of water sources and agricultural fields near beaches and in low lying river beds.
The report "SIDS-focused Green Economy: An Analysis of Challenges and Opportunities" was launched at COP7 of the Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region, which took place in Maputo, Mozambique, from 10 to 14 December 2012.
The Contracting Parties of the Nairobi Convention -among which there are SIDS, i.e., Comoros, Mauritius, Seychelles- , the Intergovernmental organisations and...
“Islands are the barometers of international environmental policies. The entire world will first witness their success or their failure on our islands.” These words, of James Michel, the President of Seychelles, deserve to be spoken out loud as delegates from small island developing States (SIDS) gear up to defend their interests at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).
SIDS serve as the guardians of a “planet under pressure,” whose point of no return is...
À mon avis, la discussion sur l'économie verte doit être liée au développement durable résultant à la fois d'une réflexion réaliste de la situation actuelle et d'une vision souhaitable du futur. Il devrait avoir un objectif atteignable sur la base d'un accord mutuel et doit répondre à la nécessité de continuer à réduire le fossé entre les pays développés...
