Browsing by Author "United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)"
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Proposal for the inclusion of all parrotfishes (Perciformes: Scaridae) in annexes of the protocol on specially protected areas and wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region of the convention for the protection and development of the marine environment in the Wider Caribbean Region (SPAW Protocol)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Species Working Group (SWG) (2021)The working group in charge of this proposal presented to nominate all parrotfishes (Family Scaridae) for inclusion in Annex III of the SPAW Protocol and some species in Annex II. We believe that the key ecological role ... -
Protocol concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS Protocol)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) (2016)The LBS Protocol, which was adopted in 1999 and entered into force in 2010, is one of three Protocols of the Cartagena Convention. This legal instrument consists of obligations to reduce the negative environmental and human ... -
Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (1990)The Protocol for Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife—commonly referred to as the SPAW Protocol—is part of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (the ... -
Quaterly newsleter, edition 2, January-March 2023
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP); Cartagena Convention Secretariat (2023)In this issue: Launch of the Marine Litter Management Action Plan (ML-MAP) in Saint Lucia Supporting MARPOL implementation in the Dominican Republic -- Virtual pre-launch workshop of GEF LAC CITIES project -- Virtual Course ... -
RAC/REMPEITC Caribe : Long-term strategic plan 2015-2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) (2019)Over the past 20 years, RAC/REMPEITC-Caribe has delivered hundreds of national and regional capacity building workshops, developed two regional response plans, and maintained a system of networks to promote the implementation ... -
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management (RAPMaLi) for the Wider Caribbean Region
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Corbin, Chris; Wedemier-Graham, Sanya; Franc, Emily (2014)This document provides an update to the 2008 “Marine Litter in the Wider Caribbean: A Regional Overview & Action Plan” (RAPMaLi). The regional overview and development of the 2008 RAPMaLi was part of an initiative conducted ... -
Regional and global programmes and initiatives that address marine litter
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) (2019)Seventy to eighty-five per cent of marine litter within the Wider Caribbean Region, is from land-based sources of solid waste. Marine litter is now one of three priority pollutants that are being targeted for improved ... -
Regional overview of land-based sources of pollution in the Wider Caribbean region
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) (1994)The present report provides information on the land-based sources of pollution (LBSP) inventories undertaken in 25 countries of the Wider Caribbean region. This comprehensive information has been compiled from national ... -
Regional strategy and action plan for the valuation, protection and/or restoration of key marine habitats in the Wider Caribbean 2021–2030
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP); Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) (2020)The regional strategy and action plan for the valuation, protection and/or restoration of key marine habitats in the Wider Caribbean 2021-2030 (RSAP) is one of the tools developed by the Specially Protected Areas and ... -
Sargassum influx champions : civil society on the frontline
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2021)Civil society organisations (CSOs) have an important role to play in shifting mindsets to view sargassum as an opportunity rather than a threat. This summary document is based on the updated UNEP-CEP Sargassum White Paper. ... -
Sargassum influx update for entrepreneurs and SMES
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2021)This guidance brief is for innovators, entrepreneurs, and small and medium sized businesses interested in or having started a business initiative that makes use of sargassum as a resource or raw material. This brief is ... -
Sargassum influx update for policy makers
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2021)Since the impacts of sargassum influxes are multisectoral, there is correspondingly a wide range of stakeholders. Stakeholder dynamics, interrelationships, and interests are often complex, reflecting the complexity of the ... -
Sargassum white paper : turning the crisis into an opportunity
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) (2021)Since 2011, Caribbean coastlines have been subject to unprecedented, massive, episodic influxes of floating sargassum seaweed. While 2020 was relatively mild in terms of sargassum volumes, and a global pandemic became the ... -
State of biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribean (ROLAC) (2010)Of All the world’s regions, Latin America and the Caribbean has the greatest biological diversity. This informational leaflet provides a better understanding of the value asset that we are losing and offers suggestions on ... -
State of the Cartagena Convention Area : an assessment of marine pollution from land-based sources and activities in the Wider Caribbean Region
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) (2019)The State of the Convention Area (SOCAR)is the first such region-wide assessment undertaken by the Secretariat, and is a baseline assessment of the state of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) coastal and marine environment ... -
Strategic Plan for Marine Litter Management in the Wider caribbean Region
Caribbean Node for Marine Litter (GPML-CARIBE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2019)The Global Partnership of Marine Litter (GPML) is a multi-stakeholder partnership that provides a unique mechanism to bring together all actors working on marine litter to share knowledge and experience and to advance ... -
The state of nearshore marine habitats in the Wider Caribbean
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP); Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) (2020)The report focuses on three habitats that are characteristic of coastal ecosystems in the wider Caribbean, namely coral reefs, mangrove forests, and seagrass meadows. The report highlights the status and trends of the three ... -
Turning the golden tide : engaging women and youth in sargassum influx management
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2021)This summary document is based on the updated UNEP-CEP Sargassum White Paper. The brief provides key messages that highlight the vulnerability of women and youth to sargassum influx events; details the role women and youth ...