OECS Needs to Get Serious About Environmental Management
Friday, September 28th, 2007Temas Foreword: The OECS is a collection of nine small island states (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) and territories (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat) in the Eastern Caribbean that cooperate in a variety of areas, including the environment (wastes, watershed management, environmental planning, etc.). […]
O futuro é hoje!
Thursday, September 27th, 2007It is a pleasure to welcome a second guest post by Brazilian Federal Deputy Arnaldo Jardim — for a full introduction please see his "Cidadania Ambiental." As I mentioned in that post, for those of you who cannot read Portuguese, you can always use the handy translation button in the righthand column of this blog. […]
The Real Significance of the OAS Declaration of Panama on Energy
Friday, June 22nd, 2007Let’s Keep It in Perspective If you read about it in Biopact, you could be forgiven for coming away with the impression that the Organization of American States’ (OAS) Panama Declaration on Energy for Sustainable Development (English, Spanish, Portuguese) focussed mostly on biofuels. (It didn’t.) If you read some of the region’s traditional media reports, […]
Member States Ask CAN to Take the Lead on Climate Change
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007Synopsis in English: Officials responsible for environmental protection and sustainable development in the member states of the Andean Community (Comunidad Andina – CAN), meeting recently in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, agreed with CAN’s new Secretary-General and called on CAN to assume the leadership role for the subregion on the issue of climate change. Recognizing that “Andean […]