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30 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
26 April 2013: The Commission des Forets d’Afrique Centrale (COMIFAC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) convened a regional workshop to plan for the implementation of national forest monitoring in the Congo Basin.
The workshop was organized with three main objectives: planning for the first stage of the project; facilitating stakeholder engagement; and initiating contact between project staff, national REDD+ coordinators and climate change foal points. As such, the...
30 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
23 April 2013: The first issue of the 2013 UN Chronicle has been released with a focus on the theme of water cooperation. Articles in the magazine address water cooperation in the context of cross-cutting issues such as development goals, women and agriculture, integrated water resources management (IWRM), and private sector involvement.
The Chronicle examines both fresh water and ocean cooperation in articles titled: “The sustainable exploitation of the ocean’s minerals and...
30 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 April 2013: The UN Regional Coordination Mechanism in Asia-Pacific has launched the Zero Hunger Challenge for the region, calling on governments, farmers, scientists, business, civil society and consumers to work together to end hunger in the region, where the majority of the world’s undernourished people live. The launch took place on the sidelines of the 69th Commission Session of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), on 29 April 2013, in Bangkok,...
30 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 April 2013: The 11th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (BC COP 11), the sixth meeting of the Rotterdam Convention COP (RC COP 6), the sixth meeting of the Stockholm Convention COP (SC COP 6) and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the COPs to the three conventions (ExCOPs 2) are convening back-to-back in Geneva, Switzerland.
By holding the meetings back-to-back, parties hope to achieve more effective and coherent decision-making on policy,...
30 Apr 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
29 April 2013: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Pacific “Implementing Sustainable Water Resources and Wastewater Management in Pacific Island Countries” (IWRM) project has issued a progress snapshot on Vanuatu, highlighting improvements in watershed management and community engagement.
The GEF reports on Vanuatu’s GEF Pacific IWRM Demonstration Project, titled “Sustainable Management of the Sarakata Watershed,” which is carried out in the town of Luganville on the Island...
