The Parties will develop collaborative actions for sustainable coastal and marine resources conservation and management in the Wider Caribbean by increasing consultation and cooperation between them.
As Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention and its Protocols, the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) plays a diverse and critical role in the conservation of biodiversity, the establishment of coastal and marine protected areas, the reduction of marine pollution from land and marine-based sources, environmental education and capacity building.
Updated CEP Technical Report No. 33 - Land-based Sources and Activities in the Wider Caribbean Region: Domestic and Industrial Pollutant Loads and Watersheds Inflows.
The Secretariats will liaise on how best to complement each other in promoting (i) their Conventions' shared goals of supporting biodiversity conservation and sustainable use through their instruments' respective competences on international wildlife conservation; (ii) transboundary concerted and cooperative actions on migratory species and their habitats; and (iii) membership.
The Contracting Parties to this Protocol, Being Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region, done at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on 24 March 1983
Numerous technologies are available for the treatment of wastewater. Many systems have been constructed and successfully operated ranging from simple on-site systems to sophisticated large-scale systems with computer operational control. In evaluating the technologies for application in a particular situation many factors have to be considered.
Appropriate Technology for Sewage Pollution Control in the Wider Caribbean Region.
This report is part of an effort to assist the Governments in developing the annex on domestic wastewater. The purpose of the annex is to identify the most appropriate wastewater treatment technologies and water quality standards for the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR).