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PRESIDENT JAMES MICHEL OF SEYCHELLES QUESTIONED WORLD LEADERS AT 11 TH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT AT NEW DELHI
The 11th Delhi Substainable Development Summit being organized by the World Sustainable Developement Forum at New Delhi from 3-5 February 2011, on tapping local initiatives and tackiling Global inertia, that began yesterday was attended by
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Fiji on the front-line
Mexico City :: Mexico | over 2 years ago
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Small island developing states like Fiji are paying a high price for the cumulative historical action of others," Fiji's ambassador to the EU and Belgium Peceli Vocea told the 16th Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP16) ministerial plenary in
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Golding petitions debt forgiveness for small islands, developing states
Saint George's :: Grenada | over 2 years ago
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They will never be able to repay," Golding said at the official opening ceremony of the fifth annual Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) at the Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, Tuesday night. According to Golding, "
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Clovis man serves
Fresno :: CA :: USA | over 2 years ago
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Portugal Ever since it was created during the early years of America's entry into World War II, the airfield on this small island in the northeast Atlantic has been an important crossroads for ships and planes carrying people and cargo to strategic
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12 Islands Of Indonesia are Threatened to Disintegrated
Indonesia has 92 small outer islands at the boarder edge. 12 islands of which threatened environmental damage or disintegrating. The islands are Nipah, Rondo, Sekatung, Berhala, Kisar, Miangas, Marampit, Batek, Dana, Fani, Fanildo, and Brass.
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NEWS UPDATE: 2 p.m. — UOG calling for papers for sustainability conference
Tamuning :: Guam | almost 3 years ago
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The University of Guam will host a Conference on Island Sustainability for Guam and Micronesia on Sept. 2-3 at the Hyatt Regency Guam. This will mark the first formal event sponsored by the new Center for Island Sustainability, a press release from
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Small islands plea for help to fight climate change
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 3 years ago
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Vanuatu`s Minister for Finance and Economic Management Sela Molisa said here on Monday. "There have been too many pledges and commitments but these have not been followed through," Molisa told reporters during a meeting of the United Nation
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Migratory bird sanctuary threatened in Philippines
Cebu :: Philippines | 3 years ago
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A Chinese egret pauses in its hunt as a group of fishermen strides across the vast mudflats of Olango Island in the Philippines, carrying off baskets of its favorite crab snack. Spring beckons and great flocks of waterfowl are laying on the last
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Hotel on the Cay evicting unwanted guests - cattle egrets --
Road Town :: British Virgin Islands | 3 years ago
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Hotel on the Cay has been inundated with hundreds of cattle egrets this season, causing health concerns for the humans in the area and safety concerns for the endangered St...Federal and local wildlife officials are bringing the problem under control
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CLIMATE CHANGE: Small Islands Await Haitian-Type Disaster
Malé :: Maldives | over 3 years ago
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The devastation caused by the earthquake in Haiti last week has brought into sharp focus the threat of another natural disaster waiting to happen: a sea-level rise that could obliterate the world's small island states, triggering fears of mass
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