Co-hosted by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and Jamaica's Office for Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPEM), the 7th Conference on CDM will convene under the theme “CDM: Building Disaster Resilience - A Shared Responsibility”.
29 October 2012: The French development agency (AFD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the expansion of the AFD-IDB partnership and cooperation ties for development efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean.
30 October 2012: Two IUCN meetings convened back-to-back on the Building River Dialogue and Governance (BRIDGE) project and Hydro-Diplomacy.
29 October 2012: The UN World Tourism Organization (WTO) has announced that 14 of Mexico's major tourism companies and associations have signed on to the UNWTO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism. The signing took place during the 94th Session of the UNWTO Executive Council, which convened from 24-25 October 2012, in Campeche, Mexico.
23 October 2012: The North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) has presented a set of scientific guidelines for designing marine protected areas (MPAs) that are resilient to climate change. The Guidelines were developed by the CEC in collaboration with the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea's (ICES) Study Group on Designing Marine Protected Area Networks in a Changing Climate (SGMPAN).
18 October 2012: The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Mexico announced joint implementation of a project aiming to improve the capacity of Caribbean countries to value and measure ecosystem services of coral reefs and to strengthen coastal zone management systems.
12 October 2012: The Latin American Development Bank (CAF) and the German Development Bank (KfW) signed an agreement for a US$100 million KfW credit line for CAF-financed projects in Latin America's water and sanitation sector. The agreement was signed on 12 October 2012, in Tokyo, Japan, by CAF CEO Enrique Garcia and KfW CEO Stephan Opitz.
30 October 2012: The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) annnounced that Brazil has joined GBIF.
October 2012: The Indigenous Peoples' and Community Conserved Areas and Territories (ICCAs) Forum published its September 2012 newsletter, focusing on ongoing work and events hosted by ICCA. It includes articles on: the First National Conference on ICCAs in the Philippines; ICCA activities on sustainable management of natural resources in Madagascar; and a workshop in Panama on connecting indigenous and scientific knowledge systems.
September 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 Mette Annelie Rasmussen and Miriam Hinostroza, UNEP Risø Centre, outlining efforts to “level the playing field” for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and carbon finance.
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