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The SPAW-RAC just launched its 2023 Call for proposals This call is open until April 3, 2023 at midnight in Guadeloupe (UTC-4)
Download below the description of the call for project proposals and the application form available in English, French and Spanish.
Contracting Parties and Observers at the Sixth Meeting of the Scientific, Technical and Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources (LBS) and Activities in the Wider Caribbean, have reiterated the urgent need to protect our very valuable but fragile and vulnerable coastal and marine ecosystems from the negative impacts of mari
The Wider Caribbean Region is in urgent need of preserving its treasured ecosystems and preventing further biodiversity loss which negatively impacts its growth and sustainable development targets. It is estimated that US$54.6 billion in economic value is directly linked to marine habitats.
Season's Greetings from the United Nations Environment Programme Cartagena Convention Secretariat and Caribbean Environment Programme.
We wish you and yours all and happy holiday and all the very best for 2023.
Christopher Corbin
From 25 – 28 October 2022, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat participated in the Third meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fishery Bodies.
In accordance with Rules 53 (Participation of UN and its Subsidiary Bodies) and 54 (Participation of other Observers) of the Cartagena Convention’s Rules of Procedure, the Secretariat may invite the ''United Nations, any subsidiary body thereof, or any specialized agency...any international inter-governmental or non-governmental organization, which so requests, to any meeting or conference as an observer pro
The third Project Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting of the
An increasing amount of evasive plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm in length (Microplastics) are found in the water of the Caribbean Sea annually. The management of these Microplastics are proving to be an increasing challenge for the Greater Caribbean region. The impacts of these Microplastics on the environment and human health are the subject of ongoing research and studies in the region.
The UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat and Caribbean Environment Programme is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Christopher Corbin as Coordinator, effective 1st September 2022.
The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean has extended the application deadline for the 2022 edition of its “Young Caribbean Water Entrepreneurs Shark Tank Competition” to 31st August 2022.
Through funding from the Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Africa, Caribbean, and the Pacific Countries (ACP MEAs III) programme, the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) is offering small grants to support organizations in the management of marine litter and capacity-building at site-specific marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Wider Caribbean Region.
On 21st July 2022, Acting Coordinator of the Cartagena Convention Secretariat, Christopher Corbin, met with Ana Ramirez, Director for Disaster Risk Reduction, Environment and the Caribbean Sea, at the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) in Trinidad and Tobago.
In June 2022, the Pollution Division of the Centre of Research and Environmental Management of Transport (CIMAB) in Cuba conducted water sampling in the Guanabo watershed and its coastal zone in support of the GEF IWEco Cuba sub-project.
On Tuesday 21st June 2022, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat was pleased to welcome its focal points, representatives of governments, UNEP staff, partner agencies and members of the wider public to the virtual launch of its 35th anniversary video.
In the lead up to the United Nations Ocean Conference, the United Nations Department of Global Communications explored some of the ocean-related issues facing the eastern Caribbean island nation of Barbados.
In the lead up to the United Nations Ocean Conference, held from 27th June to 1st July 2022 in Portugal, Acting Coordinator of the Secretariat Mr. Christopher Corbin was interviewed by UN News on the importance and role of the Convention in addressing pressing environmental issues in the Wider Caribbean.
The full interview is below.
The Tenth Ordinary Steering Committee Meeting of the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency, Information and Training Centre – Caribe (RAC REMPEITC-Caribe) was held in Willemstad, Curacao from 18th to 19th May 2022.
It has been almost 40 years since governments in the Wider Caribbean adopted the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean (Cartagena Convention), and more than 20 years since the adoption of its Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS).
Geneva, 25 May 2022 – Paint reformulation is entirely possible, and the industry can produce paint without added lead. However, a lack of technical knowledge; a lack of awareness of the health and environmental hazard of lead and where to source lead-free alternatives, as well as a shortage of lead paint laws in the countries where they are based mean many small manufacturers around the world are still producing hazardous lead paint.
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CEP was established in 1981 as part of the Regional Seas Programme in recognition of the importance and value of the Wider Caribbean Region’s fragile and vulnerable coastal and marine ecosystems including endemic plants and animals.