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The second phase of The GEF SGP UNDP Knowledge Fair 2020/2021 organised by the GEF Small Grants Programme UNDP and coordinated...

The UWI, Press Release Castries, Saint Lucia (Monday February 8th, 2020) - The UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia, in collaboration with the GEF Small Grants Programme UNDP, will host its 4th Country Conference from the 15th to 17th February 2021. The theme of this year’s Conference is “Visioning Sustainable Futures - Confronting the Threats of Climate Change and Climate Variability”, and it is expected to provide an avenue to share existing research and disseminate information on Saint Lucia. The conference will take place using a virtual Zoom platform, anchored at the Conference Room, Floor...

“It could have been worse”: How Samoa is building resilience to floods in its capital Format A young boy tries unsuccessfully to collect sacks washed away at the height of flooding in the Apia town area on December 18, 2020. This area at Convent Street, directly in front of the Marist Primary School and behind the Catholic Cathedral, is notorious for flooding during the cyclone season. © UNDP Samoa It could have been worse. That’s what Lagi Keresoma, a resident of Samoa’s capital Apia, said about the effects of the floods that inundated her property and many others in the area on the...

Indigenous Peoples and Community (ICCAs) Projects in Malaysia 120SHARES The Global Support Initiative for Indigenous Peoples and Community – Conserved Territories and Areas (ICCA-GSI) is a global project funded by the Government of Germany, through its Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMU), implemented by UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP). The ICCA-GSI response to COVID-19 will support IPLCs to strengthen their short-term coping mechanisms as well as their long-term socio-ecological resilience. Grassroots actions and initiatives wil...

Seaweed provides new opportunities for the Blue Economy Article by December 17, 2020 The Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) from the University of the West Indies (The UWI) held a special hybrid of real-time and virtual instruction at the Charnocks headquarters of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy on the challenges and opportunities presented in controlling the spread of sargassum seaweed. Before it began officially, the CERMES co-editors of the Caribbean Blue Economy book – Professors Robin Mahon and Hazel Oxenford –w...