environment
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CARICOM Secretariat’s involvement in biodiversity in Region timely
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat’s expansion of its involvement in biodiversity in the Region is timely as it coincides with work being undertaken to establish a post-2015 sustainable development agenda in which biodiversity conservation and restoration are featured prominently. “We must now work to ensure that the contribution that biodiversity can make is adequately recognized and strengthened, including at the Regional and national…
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CARICOM to hold workshop on financing for biodiversity in Antigua and Barbuda
The Caribbean Community, under the EU-funded Project for Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries will be conducting a workshop in Antigua and Barbuda on resource mobilisation and sustainable financing for biodiversity . The workshop on May 18-21, 2015, at the City View Hotel, is being delivered in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD),…
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Saint Lucia prepares for Earth Day
The Saint Lucia National Trust (SLNT) joins the rest of the world in the celebration of Earth Day. Earth day is an annual event on which activities are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. Communications and Advocacy Officer at the Saint Lucia National Trust, Karetta Crooks-Charles, revealed that the SLNT will host their own activities on April 22.…
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Jamaica taking steps to address environmental breaches – Minister Pickersgill
MONTEGO BAY, April 1, 2015 – Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, says the Government is strengthening enforcement of environmental laws and has been taking steps to address breaches. He noted that the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), actively prosecutes offenders through the courts, using the provisions of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA)…
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Jamaica at forefront of environmental agenda, says PM Portia Simpson-Miller
MONTEGO BAY, March 31, 2015 – Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, says Jamaica, as a small island developing state, has always been at the forefront of the global environmental agenda. Speaking yesterday at the opening of the first ever Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law, at the Secrets Resorts in Montego Bay, Mrs. Simpson Miller said Jamaica’s presence…
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Environmental Rule of Law Meeting opens in Jamaica
More than 100 high-level officials including judges, prosecutors, parliamentarians, experts from international organizations, academics, students, and representatives of civil society and the private sector are meeting in Montego Bay, Jamaica, for the first Inter-American Congress on the Environmental Rule of Law. The two-day meeting opened on Monday and seeks to promote the development and strengthening of environmental legislation, policies and institutions…
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CARICOM General Counsel commends Guyana for ratifying Environmental Agreements
General Counsel at the CARICOM Secretariat Ms. Safiya Ali says Guyana has set an example for the Region by being the only CARICOM country so far to ratify two relatively new environmental agreements: the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing and the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Ms. Ali was speaking at the opening ceremony of a National Customs Workshop on Multilateral Environmental Agreements that…
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Customs & Border control officers undergo Int’l Environmental training
Customs and Border Control officers from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) are undergoing a three day workshop on the Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The workshop, which is being conducted at the GRA’s headquarters in Georgetown, is an initiative by CARICOM, the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment (MNRE) along with a number of regional and local agencies. The…
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Message by Dr. Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary-General Human and Social Development on the Occasion of World Water Day 22 March 2015
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) World Water Day is being observed on 22 March 2015 under the themeWater and Sustainable Development. Its observance is an important reminder of the central function of water in all facets of our existence. The provision of reliable potable water is essential for food and nutrition security, environmental sustainability, industrial and economic development, and…
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Partnerships crucial for water sustainability – CARICOM ASG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) At the world celebrates International Water Day on March 22, 2015, Assistant Secretary-General, Directorate of Human and Social Development, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Ambassador Douglas Slater, has underscored the importance of partnerships in achieving sustainable water management. In a message to mark the occasion, Dr. Slater noted that partnerships remained one of the means of…
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