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This is the fourth edition of the Cartagena Convention's newsletter. It features updates and highlights of our work for the period January to March 2023.
This is the inaugural edition of the Cartagena Convention Secretariat's Quarterly Newsletter, published on 1 June 2022.
The Regional Strategy and Action Plan for the Valuation, Protection and/or Restoration of Key Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean 2021 – 2030 (RSAP) was developed to address the continued deterioration of marine resources. It provides strategic direction, practical solutions, and specific actions to conserve and restore these vital habitats
The Regional Strategy and Action Plan for the Valuation, Protection and/or Restoration of Key Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean 2021 – 2030 (RSAP) was developed to address the continued deterioration of the region’s marine resources.
The RSAP provides for private sector involvement in collaborative efforts to develop pilot projects and participate in the collection and analysis of the data it needs for strategic decision-making
This manual contributes to strengthening local, national, and regional capacities for the ecological restoration of mangroves and the ecosystem services they provide in the MAR and the Wider Caribbean region.
The ecosystem of the Caribbean has evolved over millions of years of geological and biological processes that have shaped the islands and marine environments of the region. These processes have created diverse and complex habitats that have fueled the Caribbean’s spectacular biodiversity.
Highlights include:-
3rd CARI’MAM Meeting
GCFI72 Poster 1
GCFI72 Poster 2
Next steps of the CARIMAM Project
Carib’Coast project
GCRMN-Caribbean
Coral Reefs
The Land-Based Sources of Marine Pollution (LBS) Protocol (signed in 1999 and adopted in 2010) and the Caribbean Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAPMaLI) (developed in 2008 and updated in 2010) are regional frameworks for our marine litter projects and activities.
Highlights this issue includes:-
- Meeting of Contracting Parties to the Cartagena Convention and its Protocols
- CARIMAM Workshop
- Managing the Sargassum outbreak in the Wider Caribbean Region
- Caribcoast
- Arrival of 2 project officers at SPAW-RAC
- Caribaea Initiative
- Coral Restoration Consortium
- Final year of the BEST 2.0 Programme
Highlights in this issue include - Recommendations of the 8th SPAW STAC; launch of the CARI’MAM project; GCFI Session (5 - 9 November 2018); Coral Restoration Consortium, Managing the Sargassum outbreak in the Caribbean; Summary of Anguilla Workshop (4 - 7 February 2019); Honduras is our 17th Contracting Party; SPAW-RAC’s new location; Introducing ne
Highlights in this issue include:-
2018 Year in Review
Safeguarding World Heritage Marine Sites from Marine Pollution
Honduras becomes the 26th Country to ratify the Cartagena Convention
Highlights From the Regional Activity Centres for the Pollution Protocol
Global Environmental Facility Projects
The Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the Adoption of the Annexes to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region was convened by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in pursuance of Article 26 of this Protocol and the Resolution of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries on Specially Protected Areas and W
The people of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) depend greatly on coastal and marine resources for their economic, social and cultural well-being. One of the region’s major economic activities-tourism is dependent on these resources and, therefore, it is critical that it be developed and carried out in a responsible and sustainable manner.
The Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol, born out of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention), came into force in 2000 and is the only regional biodiversity legal agreement for the advancement of the conservation and protection of the marine environment in the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR).
Benefits of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Especially (SPAW, 1990) to the Cartagena Convention (1983).
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.
Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Jamaica.
Status of Protected Area Systems in the Wider Caribbean Region.
Regional Management Plan for the West Indian Manatee: Trichechus Manatus.
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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.