Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee Meetings (STACs)
SPAW STAC8
5 - 7 December 2018
Panama City , Panama
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The 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 will be held in Panama on 5 -7 December, 2018. This meeting proposes to review the achievements of the SPAW sub-programme during 2017- 2018 and to develop the workplan of SPAW for the 2019-2020 biennium.
Additionally there will be 2 workshops on development of the “State of the Marine Ecosystems and shared Living Marine Resource in the CLME+” report (3 - 4 December), and a special session on achievements under the SPAW Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) project (5 December 2018).
The objectives of the meeting are:-
- Evaluate the projects and activities implemented by the Secretariat and the SPAW Regional Activity Centre (RAC) within the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) sub-programme during the period 2017-2018;
- Review the progress made in the implementation of the Recommendations of the Seventh STAC Meeting (STAC7);
- Review the status of ratification and/or implementation of the SPAW Protocol in member countries and provide recommendations
- 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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EN | ES | FR - UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/INF.2
Provisional List of Participants
Download - UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/INF.6
Report on the “Biodiversity for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean through Ecosystem Based Management” Project (2018)
Download - UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/INF.6 Addendum 1
Summary of Project accomplishments: January to December 2017
Download - 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
Download - UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/ INF.10
Updating CaMPAM MPA Database - Product of a consultant agreement with GCFI
Download - UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/ INF.11
Caribbean Wildlife Enforcement Network (CaribWEN) Briefing
Download - 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
Download - 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
Download - 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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Information note for participants
Please find link below containing room reservation form for Crowne Plaza Panama to be completed for booking of rooms at the hotel. The deadline for submission of completed forms is Thursday, 15th, November 2018 in order to benefit from the agreed room rate of 75USD per night (single occupancy) or 85USD (double occupancy) . Completed forms should be sent to groups@bernhotelspanama.com CC jarauz@bernhotelspanama.com
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.