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Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Committee Meeting November 2017 Joint Ministerial Meeting 2017; CC 2.0 Foreign & Commonwealth Office The Minister for the Overseas Territories, Lord Ahmad, and elected leaders and representatives of the Overseas Territories met at a Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) at Lancaster House in London on 28 and 29 November 2017. Ministers from …

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Hurricane Irma and Maria Video: BVI Strong – A story of recovery and resilience. Copyright: Aerial Produced In late August 2017, a tropical storm, Irma, formed in the east Atlantic, rapidly strengthening and heading towards the NE Caribbean. About a day or two behind, storm Jose formed and initially followed about the same track. Shortly …

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Darwin Projects 2017 The Darwin Initiative assists countries that are rich in biodiversity but poor in financial resources to meet their objectives under one or more of the three major biodiversity Conventions. The successful bidders for Round 5 of the Darwin Plus awards, which are dedicated to projects in the UK Overseas Territories were announced …

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Second Meeting of UKOT & CD Environment Ministers Ministers gather in Alderney for the second meeting of Environment Ministers; Copyright: UKOTCF Representatives from 13 UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) and Crown Dependencies (CDs) from as far afield as Bermuda, Pitcairn and the British Virgin Islands participated in discussions on 27th and 28th April 2017 on the …

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