(Jun. 20) – The Rio +20 Conference is started: in these days, the Italian Cooperation is offering a series of side events on topics from Dgcs to water management, together with Undesa. And today it will be the turn of the conference on “A blue economy initiative for marine and coastal conservation in the Caribbean, Pacific and Indian Ocean island nations, and the Coral Triangle: integrating coastal adaptation, Fisheries, tourism and food security Objectives”. The event, organized in collaboration with the Global Island Partnership, will be attended by the Heads of State and Government of the island countries and will provide a useful opportunity for Italy to announce the 1.5 million euros pledge for financing the second phase of the project for clean energy in favor of Small Island Developing States of the Pacific. The initiative is organized by the Italian Ministries of Foreign Affairs and the Environment. The third and most important meeting, selected as a national event to be held at the Rio Center, is the tomorrow side event: “Innovative Approaches Toward the actual implementation of the Green Economy: the ‘Fogo always Amazonia’ integrated sustainable development model” that aims to contribute at reaching the objectives of the Green Economy through policy and methodology practical lessons, in a context of sustainable development and poverty reduction in forest regions. (Red)
