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WIDECAST : Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network : Activity highlights 2019-2020
(2021)
Sea turtles, once abundant in the Caribbean Sea and serving as keystone species in tropical marine ecosystems, are severely reduced from historical levels, both in population size and range. According to the IUCN Red List ...
Recommendations for the protection and recovery of Caribbean sea turtles
(2021)
Based on their review and expert knowledge, authors of this document are recommending the following priority actions to the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected ...
CARI’MAM : informe provisional 2019-2020
(2021)
Este documento contiene un informe provisional del proyecto de la Red de Preservación de Mamíferos Marinos del Caribe (CARI'MAM) que cubre los años 2019 y 2020. Fue presentado en la Novena Reunión del Comité Asesor Científico ...
Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management (RAPMaLi) for the Wider Caribbean Region
(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 ...
Status of Caribbean coral reefs after bleaching and hurricanes in 2005
(2008)
The most extreme coral bleaching and mortality event to hit the Wider Caribbean (including Atlantic) coral reefs occurred in 2005. This was during the warmest year ever recorded, eclipsing the 9 warmest years that had ...
Environmental science in middle school curricula : A pilot project in the Dominican Republic
(2012)
The Dominican Republic’s (DR) public investment in education by 2010 was 2% of the GNP; falling behind the 6% minimum established by UNESCO in 2010 as a requirement to achieve quality education. The DR has not developed ...
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) : gaps, challenges and constraints in means of implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
(2022)
Small Island Developing States currently suffer the highest frequency of disasters in the world, ranging from severe flooding to violent storms, hurricanes and cyclones. Due to inherent vulnerabilities and the persistent ...
Marine turtle trauma response procedures : a husbandry manual
(2010)
Prepared by the Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network (WIDECAST), the aim of this manual is to strengthen and coordinate the efforts of people throughout the Wider Caribbean Region to respond to sea turtles in ...
Plan Estratégico del Corredor Biológico en el Caribe 2022-2030
(2022)
La iniciativa del Corredor Biológico en el Caribe ha desarrollado un proceso de fortalecimiento en el que se han redefinido y consolidado científicamente sus bases generales y modelo conceptual, se han acordado nuevas ...
Special places in the ocean : a decade of describing ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs)
(2021)
In an effort spanning more than a decade, over 300 of these special marine areas have been described around the world, through a scientific and technical process involving more than 500 experts from 144 countries. EBSAs ...