Warning message
Unable to retrieve at this time, please check again later.News
Showing 126 - 150 of 166
166 results found
Barbados will host the Intercessional Forum for Ministers of Environment from Latin America and the Caribbean, from Tuesday, November 5, until Wednesday November 6.
President of the Forum of Ministers of Environment for Latin America and the Caribbean, Minister of Environment and National Beautification, Trevor Prescod, will chair the meeting, which takes place at Hilton Barbados, Needhams Point, St. Michael.
Head of the Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Vincent Sweeney, says the organisation fully endorses the Rae Town Plastic Recycling Pilot Project, in Kingston, being implemented as a viable option to improve and diversify the country’s solid waste management programme.
The 1st International Conference on Sargassum was successfully hosted in Guadeloupe. The event which took place from October 23-26, 2019 brought together stakeholders from the Caribbean and other countries of the world to discuss the issue of sargassum.
Pilot: Solid Waste Reduction Project in Bluefields & Whitehouse, Westmoreland, Jamaica
Solid Waste Reduction Project
The Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fund announces NOK 20 million for projects to reduce plastic pollution outside Norway. Countries with major plastic pollution challenges and limited resources will be prioritised. Applications open on the 15th of October, and the announcement is open to both Norwegian and international actors.
The Caribbean is home to more than 700 islands and coastal countries that are connected by a shared resource - the Caribbean Sea.
This Sea forms the lifeblood of the region’s tourism, maritime and fisheries industries. However, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, valuable coastal and marine resources are under increasing threat from land and marine-based sources of pollution.
On September 21, 2019, several groups around the world rallied together to take part in beach cleanups in celebration of International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day. The United Nations Country Team in Jamaica was once again onboard to support this movement to raise awareness about poor solid waste management and catalyze action by local citizens to control, reduce and prevent marine litter and plastic pollution.
Building Partnerships is at the core of our work
Over the past few decades, people around the world have been mobilized every year to participate in cleanup activities along beaches, river banks, and even, underwater.
“The Caribbean is the second most plastic-contaminated sea in the world after the Mediterranean Sea. Estimations of the volume of plastic waste in this area range from 600 to 1,414 plastic items per square kilometer in different locations.” - Report on Status of Styrofoam and Plastic Bag Bans in the Wider Caribbean, UNEP – Caribbean Environment Programme, May 2019
https://youtu.be/j0FHWQSAP1M
Kingston, Jamaica. July 25, 2019. The Cartagena Convention Secretariat, based in Kingston, Jamaica, is pleased to announce that on June 29, 2019 the Government of Barbados acceded to its Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS).
Contributed by Waterlogic
Contributed by Professor Robin Mahon
“What on Earth is BBNJ?”
Are you from a Small Island Developing State and in the 15-24 age group?
Do you have a talent for writing, photography, creating music or artwork?
Then this international competition for youths may be for you!
https://youtu.be/RnpKF8VDaP8
At the United Nations (UN) Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14, held in New York in June 2017, OSPAR Commission (OSPAR) and the Cartagena Convention (CEP) registered a voluntary commitment to collaborate across the Atlantic.
Kingston, Jamaica. 17th June 2019. From 3rd - 6th June 2019, over 80 regional and international experts including government officials, non-governmental organizations, development partners and United Nations (UN) agencies met in Honduras to review the achievements of the Cartagena Convention Secretariat over the last two years (2017-2018) and to agree on priorities for the 2019-2020 biennium.
As co-hosts of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter-Caribbean Node, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat and the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute will launch a social media campaign from July 1-31, 2019 to raise awareness on plastic pollution and encourage the use of alternative products and practices.
Plastic pollution is one of the most relevant and important issues of our time. Plastic has gradually become a part of our everyday life, but this is no longer tenable. The traditional linear production, use and disposal model for conventional plastics is ecologically unsustainable and has caused adverse and unacceptable environmental harm.
The problem of marine litter and debris knows no bounds- even in the Mid-Atlantic.
“Our world is swamped by harmful plastic waste. Microplastics in the seas now outnumber stars in our galaxy. From remote islands to the Artic, nowhere is untouched. If present trends continue, by 2050, our oceans will have more plastic than fish. The message is simple: reject single use plastic. Refuse what you can't reuse. Together, we can chart a path to a cleaner, greener world.” - António Guterres United Nations Secretary General (World Environment Day 2018)
Regional Experts look forward to finding solutions for common challenges in the Wider Caribbean Region
Kingston, Jamaica.
Perceptions
When people all over the world think of the Caribbean, turquoise seas, clean beaches, coral reefs teeming with a variety of fish, turtles and other sea creatures, balmy breezes …come to mind.
To preserve our coal reefs in the Caribbean, we must begin by protecting the Parrotfish. Parrotfishes have significant ecological value to the survival pf coral reefs.
They feed on algae by scraping it from coral on the reef, thereby reducing its negative impact on the coral reef ecosystem.
The below infographic, available in English and Spanish, outlines more facts about the Parrotfish.
On Friday May 10, 2019 the Mount Airy Community Football Field in Northern Clarendon welcomed scores of residents from communities in the area to the launch of the UN Human Security Joint Programme and Community Fair.
On Tuesday May 7, staff members of the Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention and the UN Environment Caribbean Sub-Regional Office (CSRO) joined members of the public and private sector in Jamaica in taking part in the annual Read Across Jamaica Day activity. This year, UN Environment-CEP staff read to students in Grades 2MF and 5 at St. Anne’s Primary School in Downtown, Kingston.
Showing 126 - 150 of 166
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.