{"id":265593,"date":"2021-03-31T17:09:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T21:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=265593"},"modified":"2021-03-31T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T22:04:03","slug":"oecs-member-states-set-to-benefit-from-two-eu-funded-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/oecs-member-states-set-to-benefit-from-two-eu-funded-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"OECS member states set to benefit from two EU funded projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"story__headlines\" role=\"heading\">\n<p class=\"story-intro\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-265594\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OECS-EU-Bio-642x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OECS-EU-Bio-642x233.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OECS-EU-Bio-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OECS-EU-Bio-768x279.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OECS-EU-Bio-640x232.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/OECS-EU-Bio.jpg 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Member States of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are set to benefit from the implementation of two European Union (EU) funded projects:\u00a0The\u00a0Biodiversity Support Programme for ACP Coastal Environments (BioSPACE)\u00a0and the\u00a0Integrated Landscape Approaches and Investments in Sustainable Land Management in the OECS (ILM).<\/p>\n<p>BioSPACE contributes to the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States and coastal countries within the African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP).\u00a0 It also supports the SAMOA Pathway through improving the management and sustainable use of coastal and marine resources.<\/p>\n<p>The ILM project, which complements BioSPACE and officially commenced in 2020, aims to optimize the contribution of land to agriculture, food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and the preservation of ecosystems and the essential services they provide.<\/p>\n<p>The project will contribute to climate smart and sustainable agriculture farming systems and enhancement of cross-sector approaches to land use planning and management.\u00a0 It will also support National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans. In addition, it will contribute to curbing deforestation and forest degradation by reducing deforestation and forest degradation emissions, and strengthen ecosystem management in general.<\/p>\n<p>The first joint Project Steering Committee Meeting of the OECS Environmental Sustainability Division for the BioSPACE and ILM projects was held on 10 March 2021, with key decision-makers within the sector along with officials of the OECS Commission and the EU participating.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressroom.oecs.org\/member-states-of-the-organization-of-eastern-caribbean-states-oecs-are-set-to-benefit-from-the-implementation-of-two-european-union-eu-funded-projects\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section><\/section>\n<section class=\"story__content story__content--with-wells\"><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Member States of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are set to benefit from the implementation of two European Union (EU) funded projects:\u00a0The\u00a0Biodiversity Support Programme for ACP Coastal Environments (BioSPACE)\u00a0and the\u00a0Integrated Landscape Approaches and Investments in Sustainable Land Management&#8230;","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":265594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,22,235,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-environment","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-regional"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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