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Showing posts with label Papua New Guinea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Papua New Guinea. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

CTI-CFF/3rd Ministerial

The 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Coral Triangle* Initiative on Coral Reefs Fisheries and Food Security concluded its meeting on October 28 with ministers from the six Coral Triangle states  – Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste - officially adopting agreements on the establishment of a permanent Regional Secretariat. Furthermore, ministers endorsed other decisions such as the CTI-CFF Secretariat Transition Roadmap that includes among others: recruitment of Secretariat staff and initiation of collection of country contributions within the 12-month period.

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*The Coral Triangle is known as the "Amazon of the Seas" for being one of the world's most diverse and threatened marine ecosystems. It encompasses ocean areas of six states in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Legal Frameworks for REDD

This new IUCN publication identifies and analyzes critical issues in the formulation and implementation of national and sub-national legal frameworks for REDD activities. It is based on substantive findings from four national case studies (Brazil, Cameroon, Guyana and Papua New Guinea) chosen for their varying geographies, forest cover and deforestation rates, and stages of REDD preparations.

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