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The Eleventh Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region is scheduled for July 27, 2021. Due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat will host this meeting virtually.

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.44/1

    Provisional Agenda

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.44/2

    Provisional Annotated Agenda

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.44/3

    DECISIONS OF THE MEETING - Eleventh Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region (updated Nov. 22, 2021)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.44/4

    REPORT OF THE MEETING - Eleventh Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region, 27 July 2021

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/3 Rev.1

    Workplan and Budget of the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Sub-programme for the 2021-2022 Biennium (updated Oct. 11, 2021)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/8

    RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE MEETING - Ninth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/9

    REPORT OF THE MEETING - Ninth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.44/INF.1

    Provisional List of Documents

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.3

    Status of Activities of the SPAW Subprogramme for 2019-2020 (includes status of STAC8 Recommendations and COP10 Decisions)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.4

    SPAW-RAC 2019-2020 Activity Report Operations and budget

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.5

    The State of Nearshore Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.6

    Regional Strategy Action Plan for the Valuation, Protection and/or Restoration of Key Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean 2021–2030

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.7

    Update on the Caribbean Marine Protected Areas Management Network and Forum (Campam) and Its Major Activities During The 2019-2020 Biennium

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.7 Addendum 1

    Assessment of the Impact and Effectiveness of the Caribbean Marine Protected Area Network and Forum (CaMPAM) 

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.8 Rev1

    Strategic Directions and Plan for CaMPAM

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.9

    CaMPAM Database and Citizens Science Monitoring

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.10

    Developing an Ecological Network between the SPAW-listed MPAs of the Wider Caribbean

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.11

    Proposal of Parke Marine Aruba for Listing under the SPAW Protocol (updated 14 March 2021)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.12

    Terms of Reference of the SPAW STAC Ad Hoc Working Groups

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.13

    Ecosystem-based Management and the application of a Decision Support System in the Wider Caribbean: Lessons learnt from EBM Application in the Wider Caribbean: concept to action 

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.14

    NOAA Strategy for Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Response and Prevention

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.15

    Proposal for potential inclusion of all parrotfishes (Perciformes: Scaridae) in Annexes of the Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region (SPAW Protocol)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.16

    Manual for the Ecological Restoration of Mangroves for the Wider Caribbean Region

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.17

    Report of WIDECAST Activities

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.18

    SPAW Protected Areas of the Wider Caribbean: A comprehensive Booklet (updated March 1, 2021)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.19

    Protected Areas Management Effectiveness (PAME) of SPAW

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.20

    The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Efforts to Address Ocean Acidification in the Caribbean

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.21

    Exemptions Ad Hoc Working Group – Compliance to the SPAW Protocol

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.22

    Review of Dominican Republic’s proposal for listing of the “Cotubamana National Park” under the SPAW Protocol

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.22 Add.1

    Proposal of the “Cotubamana National Park” by the Dominican Republic for Listing Under the SPAW Protocol

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.23

    Information Paper on Establishing a Marine Mammal Regional Activity Network in the Wider Caribbean Region (updated 16 Mar 2021)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.24

    Effective national legal protection and regionwide management of sharks and rays (updated 16 Mar 2021)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.24 Add.1

    Proposal for the inclusion of the Oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus in Appendix II of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.24 Add.2

    Proposal for the inclusion of the whale shark Rhincodon typus in Appendix II of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.24 Add.3

    Proposal for the Uplisting of the Giant Manta Ray Manta Birostris from Annex III to Annex II of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.24 Add.4

    Proposal for the Uplisting of the Great Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna Mokarran from Annex Iii to Annex Ii of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol) (updated 16 Mar 2021)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.24 Add.5

     

    Proposal for the Uplisting of the Smooth Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna Zygaena from Annex III to Annex II of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.25

    Recommendations for preventing sawfish extinction

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.26

    Report of GCRMN – Caribbean network activities for the period 2019-2020

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.27

    SPAW-RAC 2020 Call for proposals: Interim Reports

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.27 Add.1

    SPAW-RAC 2020 Call for proposals: Interim Reports

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.28

    Cari’Mam: an interim report

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.29

    Implementation highlights of the Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP) in the Wider Caribbean and recommendations

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.29 Add.1

    Implementation of the Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP): A Scientific and Technical Analysis

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.29 Add.2

    Current status of national legislation on Marine mammals in countries and territories of the Wider Caribbean Region report

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG 42/INF.30

    Inclusion of marine mammals in the MPA management plans: regional study, tools and recommendations for an improved consideration

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG 42/INF.31

    Recommendations to support sustainable marine mammal watching in the Wider Caribbean Region   

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG 42/INF.31 Add.1

    Recommendations for a regional label/certificate for a sustainable commercial marine mammals observation activity in the Wider Caribbean Region

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.31 Add.2

    Synthesis report of the legal study prior the implementation of a regularly instrument for marine mammal touristic activities in the wider Caribbean region

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.32

    Tool kit for implementing marine mammal watching guidelines in the Wider Caribbean Region

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.33

    Raising awareness and promoting a natural heritage for the conservation of marine mammals in the Caribbean area through online games, for smartphones and tablets

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/4

    Report of the STAC Working Group on the Listing of Species under the Annexes to the SPAW Protocol

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.35

    Sargassum White Paper 2021

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/5

    Report of the STAC Working Group on Marine Protected Areas

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.37

    Carib-coast: an interim report

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.38

    Recommendations for conserving the Nassau Grouper

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.39

    Recommendations for the protection and recovery of the Caribbean sea turtles

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/6

    Report of the STAC Exemptions Working Group

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/7

    Report of the STAC Working Group established for Sargassum

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.41/INF.11

    Draft Final Report GEF Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME+) Project – Final Report

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  • UNEP(DEPI) CAR WG.41/INF.12

    Collaborative Development and Institutionalization of A Regional Integrated SOMEE Reporting Mechanism and Its Contributions to Socio-Economic Development in The Wider Caribbean Region: An Update

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  • UNEP(DEPI) CAR WG.41/INF.13

    Regional Spatial Data Infrastructure Coordination and Collaboration Supporting Integrated Ocean Governance in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems

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  • UNEP(DEPI) CAR WG.41/INF.14

    Integrated Large-Scale Action on Habitat Restoration and Pollution in the CLME+ Region: A Baseline and Feasibility Assessment Report on the Needs and Opportunities for Investment

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.40/4

    REPORT OF THE MEETING - Tenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region Roatán, Honduras, 3 June 2019 (Updated Nov. 25, 2019)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.40/INF.8

    Action Document for Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in ACP Countries – Phase III (ACP MEAs 3)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/7

    REPORT OF THE MEETING - Eighth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region (includes Recommendations of the Meeting) (Updated May 28, 2019)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/ INF8 Rev.1

    Sargassum White Paper - Turning the crisis into an opportunity

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/ INF.9

    United States Exemptions Report to the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol of the Cartagena Convention for 2017

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/ INF.10

    Updating CaMPAM MPA Database - Product of a consultant agreement with GCFI

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/ INF.11

    Caribbean Wildlife Enforcement Network (CaribWEN) Briefing

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/3.Rev1

    Reporting Format for Exemptions under Article 11(2) of the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol (SPAW)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/INF.10

    Agoa Caribbean Marine Mammals Preservation Network (CARI’MAM) White Paper: Strengthen Regional Cooperation for The Conservation of Marine Mammals within the Caribbean Region and Beyond

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/INF.13

    Overarching Principles and Best Practice Guidelines for Marine Mammal Watching in the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/INF.16

    The Sister Sanctuaries Program for Marine Mammals in the Wider Caribbean – A US/NOAA, Dominican Republic, France and the Netherlands Initiative

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/INF.17

    GCRMN-Caribbean Guidelines For Coral Reef Biophysical Monitoring

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.37/INF.7/Rev.3

    The GEF Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME+) Project and its Joint Implementation through the AMEP and SPAW Sub-programmes
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.37/INF.10

    Annex A and C (Agreement) – CLME+: Catalysing Implementation of Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management of shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.36/INF.7

    Report on the Ratification of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region and its Protocols (Cartagena Convention)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.37/3

    Guidance document - Criteria and process to assess exemptions under Article 11(2) of the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol (SPAW)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.39/INF.11

    OSPAR Commission & Caribbean Environment Programme - Cooperation Project Document 
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  • EU/UNEP/2018

    Applying Marine and Coastal Area-based Management Approaches to Achieve Multiple Sustainable Development Goal Targets Summary for Policy Makers

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  • UNEP/RSRS/205/2018

    The Contributions of Marine and Coastal Area-based Management Approaches to Sustainable Development Goals and Targets - UN Environment Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 205

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  • CLME+ PCM-SFP Phase II Report

    Proposals for a permanent Coordination Mechanism and a Sustainable Financing Plan for Ocean Governance in the Wider Caribbean Region

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  • SOMEE: Booklet

    An Information Booklet - State of the Marine Environment and associated Economies CLME+ SOMEE in the Wider Caribbean (a collaborative, integrated long-term reporting mechanism)

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  • CLME+ SAP v1.6.3

    CLME+ Strategic Action Programme (SAP) Information Booklet (v1.6.3), June 2019

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  • MTS 2018-2021

    UNEP Medium Term Strategy 2018-2021

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/ 5 Rev.1

    Workplan and Budget for the Specially Protected Areas And Wildlife (SPAW) Subprogramme for the 2019 - 2020 Biennium

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.42/7

    REPORT OF THE MEETING - Eighteenth Intergovernmental Meeting of the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Fifteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region Roatan, Honduras, 5 to 6 June 2019

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.42/3

    Workplan and Budget for the Caribbean Environment Programme for the Biennium 2019-2020

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG. 42/6

    DECISIONS OF THE MEETING - Eighteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Fifteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region
    Roatan, Honduras, 5-6 June 2019 (updated September 6, 2019)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/INF.6

    Evaluation of CaMPAM Activities and Recommendations for Improvement - An analysis of the last 15 years

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.36/INF.10

    Report on the Workshop of Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) for the Wider Caribbean: Review, improve and revitalize the network and the nodes for more effective coral reef monitoring and data management

     

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.36/INF.9

    Report of the First Meeting of Managers of the Protected Areas Listed under the SPAW Protocol of the Cartagena Convention at the 66th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, November 5, 2013

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.36/INF.8

    Report on the LifeWeb-Spain UNEP-CEP Meeting on Scenarios for Transboundary Marine Mammal Management in the Wider Caribbean, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 23 - 24 April 2014

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.36/INF.6

    Update on the Implementation of Activities in Support of the Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP), including the Government of Spain-UNEP Lifeweb project “Protecting Habitats and Migration Corridors for Marine Mammals in the South and Northeast Pacific and the Wider Caribbean through Marine Protected Area Networks

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.34/INF.9

    Report of the Regional Workshop on Marine Mammal Watching in the Wider Caribbean Region (Panama City, Panama, 19-22 October 2011)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.31/INF.6

    IUCN Caribbean Red List of Threatened Species – A Proposal

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.29/INF.5

    Exemptions to the SPAW Protocol Under Article 11(2): A Legal Review

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.32 INF.9 Rev.3

    Template for National Reporting on the Cartagena Convention and its Protocols

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  • UNEP(DEC)/CAR WG.26/4

    Draft Grid for the Objective Evaluation of Proposals for Inclusion in the SPAW Protected Areas List

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  • UNEP(DEC)/CAR IG.20/4

    Structure and Scope of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the SPAW Protocol

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  • UNEP(OCA)/CAR IG.11/7

    Proposed Legal Framework for the Administrative Technical and Financial Operations of RACs and RANs

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.36 CRP.1

    Amendment to the Financial Rules for the Cartagena Convention Rules of Procedure for the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention)

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  • UNEP, 2010

    Rules of Procedure for the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention)

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  • UNEP, 2008

    Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP) in the Wider Caribbean Region. United Nations Environment Programme – Caribbean Environment Programme, Kingston, Jamaica. 2008

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  • UNEP, 1991

    Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the Adoption of the Annexes to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region

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  • UNEP, 1990

    Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Caribbean Region

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  • UNEP, 2012

    Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Combating Oil Spills, Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife and the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities

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  • Presentation: Report of the SPAW Regional Activity Center: 2019-2020

    Dr. Sandrine Pivard

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  • Presentation: Status of Activities of the SPAW Sub-programme for the 2019–2020 Biennium

    Ileana Catalina Lopez

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  • Presentation: Workplan and Budget for the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Sub-programme for the 2021 - 2022 Biennium

    Ileana Catalina Lopez

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