Policy Brief on SIDS and Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

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Policy Brief on SIDS and Implementation of the
Mauritius Strategy

• 4th Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and
  Islands
• Working Group on Small Island Developing States
  and Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy
• Rolph Payet, Chair

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About

• What have we achieved since WSSD and the
  Mauritius International Meeting in terms of the
  SIDS Agenda?
• What are the priorities that SIDS need to address
  in the remaining 2 years of this decade?
• What opportunities ?

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Priority Policy Issues

• Adaptation to climate change and role of
  integrated coastal zone management
• Sustainable natural resources management and
  ecosystem-based approach to marine and coastal
  management, including fisheries
• Delineation of the Extended Continental Shelf
• Capacity building for coastal and marine
  management

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Strategic Issues
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Thank You

• http//www.globaloceans.org/sids/index.html