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

Highlights in this issue:-

• Implementing and Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals in the Caribbean- The role of the Ocean Regional Conference
• Development of the State of the Marine Environment and Associated Economies Report -SOMEE
• Sixth International Marine Debris Conference (6IMDC)
• Eighth (8th) World Water Forum

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.

Statement on the Ban of Single-Use Plastics, Jamaica