Regional statisticians identify 113 core Indicators for SDGs

Regional statisticians have listed an initial 113 core Indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The statisticians identified the core Indicators during a three-day meeting held in Dominica late last month at which a CARICOM Technical Working...
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Sargassum project presents at the Smithsonian

A Saint Lucian project on the transformation of sargassum seaweed into organic compost will be showcased during the Earth Optimism Summit at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. The project, the brainchild of Johannan Dujon, owner/manager of Algas Organics, will be highlighted at a gatherin...
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CARICOM advancing climate change goals at COP22

CARICOM Member States are part of the global community of nations gathered in Marrakech, Morocco, for this week’s start of the Climate Conference COP22, which is seeking to accelerate implementation of the agreement reached in Paris at COP 21 last December. CARIC...
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Consider CMS as conservation tool - environmentalists urged

Environmentalists were on Wednesday encouraged to seriously consider the Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) as a mechanism that can support Regional conservation objectives. The advice came from Dr. Thérèse Yarde, Project Coordinator, Caribbean H...
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The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have produced the most successful anti-poverty movement in history and will serve as the jumping-off point for the new sustainable development agenda to be adopted this year, according to the final MDG report launched today by United Nations Secretary-...
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The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing Fact Sheet

A CARICOM Secretariat fact sheet introducing the Nagoya Protocol under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), covering access to genetic resources, fair and equitable benefit-sharing, traditional knowledge considerations, and examples of utilization such as research and development, alongside...
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