Sentences with phrase «small island country»

The largest average decrease in maximum catch potential will occur in small island countries like Tuvalu, which is expected to see a 79 percent drop in annual catches in its waters, and Kiribati, which is projected to see a 70 percent decrease.

Speaking exclusively to Breaking Travel News, Dr Ewart Brown said: «We are going to highlight the special case of small island countries.

The Ambassador said an example of this was Fiji's selection to become the first small island country to preside over the annual Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP23).

In small island countries sprinkled across the Pacific and the Caribbean, for instance, Pauly says, «the situation is much worse than anyone knew: the catches of local reef fish were crashing all over the place and the government officials didn't know or care.»

Small island countries make up the other extreme.

Third, many small island countries are reluctant themselves to have their international migrants designated as being victims of climate change (McNamara and Gibson, 2009; Farbotko, 2010; Barnett and O'Neill, 2011; Farbotko and Lazrus, 2012).

In contrast with India, Chinese officials avoided direct criticisms of the Fijian presidency, instead saying they are here in a spirit of support for the first small island country to steer climate talks.

(a small island country east of Madagascar, in the middle of the Indian Ocean),.

Like we've seen above, the chart of the least biocapacity is a list of the smallest island countries.

it is all short - term, short - sighted... all the ice shelf is melting MUCH more rapidly than previously forecast, small island countries are now UNLIVABLE....

Niue, a small island country in the South Pacific with a population of just 1,600, established a new marine protected area that covers 40 percent of the island's exclusive economic zone... In September this year, Chile announced a 740,000 - square - kilometer (285,700 - square - mile) marine reserve around its remote Easter Island.

China knows that the most vulnerable countries, such as the small island countries, should get priority for international funding, but China has not counted itself out of contention for funds in the long run, when $ 10 billion per year in aid grows to $ 100 billion per year.

by 2100, which would flood major coastal cities and submerge some small island countries, causing untold devastation.