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19 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
December 2012: The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the European Commission have released the latest issue of the newsletter on the Multilateral Environment Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP MEAs) Project.
The newsletter features a guest article by Luz Romero, the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Secretariat, outlining the Quick Start Programme’s (QSP’s) efforts to finance chemicals management initiatives in developing countries....
19 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
1 February 2013: The Congo Basin Forest Fund has launched a forest monitoring initiative to support improved remote sensing use for forest cover and forest cover change. The initiative, totaling €6.1 million, will also provide technical support for the development of forest monitoring proposals for funding under REDD+ programmes.
The fund will support national actions in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Equatorial...
15 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
14 February 2013: The 36th Session of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Governing Council convened from 13-14 February 2013, in Rome, Italy, and focused on building partnerships to reduce poverty and ensure food security in rural communities worldwide.
During official business, the Governing Council approved the membership applications from Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu, countries that each experience a range of common development challenges, particularly related to land...
14 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
6 February 2013: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is collaborating with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to include participation of biodiversity experts in the upcoming regional training workshop on adaptation for Francophone Least Developed Countries (LDCs) of the Least Developed Countries Expert Group (LEG), established by the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC.
The LEG provides technical guidance and advice to the LDCs in...
13 Feb 2013
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SIDS Policy and Practice
13 February 2013: The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is calling on Pacific communities to assist with ongoing efforts to track over 15,000 sea turtles in the region. Communities are asked to report turtle sightings, along with turtle tracking information to SPREP.
According to SPREP, over 15,000 turtles have had their flippers tagged since the initiative started in the mid-1990’s. Tagging helps estimate turtle populations and gather information on their...
