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Updated August 18, 2010 17:02:23 - The Pacific Islands Association of Non-government Organisations has welcomed comments by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretary-General calling for more dialogue with civil society. In the lead-up to the Pacific Island leaders meeting in Port Vila civil society organisations were critical of the forum secretariat for failing to consult them. Earlier on Pacific Beat, Forum Secretary General, Tuiloma Neroni Slade, acknowledged the enormous grassroots skills, knowledge and staying power of civil society organisations and called on regional bodies to build a partnership with them.

While G8 and G20 leaders are devising plans to ensure food security, farmers continue to remain on the sidelines. Why the disconnect, asks David King, secretary general of the International Federation of Agricultural Producers.

9 June 2010 - IIED says rich nations are double-counting cash and raiding existing budgets to 'wriggle out' of £21bn aid promise.

Updated Wed May 12, 2010 4:32pm AEST - The federal budget has delivered an additional half a billion dollars to overseas development assistance but aid groups say there is not much to help poor countries adapt to climate change.

1 April 2010 - Australia has stressed the importance of carbon markets in raising billions of dollars to help developing countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions at high level talks in London.

5 March 2010 - Environmentalists argue that what began as an initiative to clean up dirty palm oil production practices, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has become little more than an NGO-endorsed greenwashing tool. Rebecca Zhou, of Reportage/enviro reports.