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CARICOM Secretariat hosts workshop on enforcement of environmental agreements
The CARICOM Secretariat will host a workshop on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) in Guyana March 24 – 26. The seminar is being delivered under the Project for Capacity-Building related to in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries in partnership with the Guyana Revenue Authority. It is expected that there will be approximately 35 participants from the Customs Department, Ministry of Environment,…
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Workshop on trade in environmentally sensitive commodities ends
In an effort to enhance knowledge about international laws on environmentally sensitive commodities in Grenada, the CARICOM Secretariat hosted a workshop for Customs Officers and Border Control Officials on November 11-13, 2014. The main objective was to enhance Grenada’s capacity to implement multilateral environmental agreements, and to improve its management environment and natural resources. Speaking at an opening ceremony for…
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Caricom mulls new int’l agreement for biodiversity
JAMAICA recently played host to government officials as well as scientific and legal experts from across Caricom to discuss the need for an international agreement dedicated to systematic ocean conservation and the sustainable use of areas beyond the jurisdiction of national governments. Already, there are institutions and agreements governing the high seas and the deep seabed located beyond the limits…
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Saint Lucia hosts regional workshops on multilateral environmental agreements
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Four Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) will come under focus later this month when two workshops are convened in Saint Lucia to address harmonized reporting by Caribbean countries, and the use of Integrated Environment Assessment (IEA) tools for mainstreaming those agreements into national policy development. The workshops, funded by the European Union, are executed by…
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CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Examine Biodiversity, Healthy Lifestyle Project In Central Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A group of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYA)are presently in Guyana working with their peers from across the Region to develop strategies to fight against HIV/AIDS. This they are doing while at the same time observing Guyana’s biodiversity, by journeying to the central part of the country for a three-day visit to the…
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