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The state of nearshore marine habitats in the Wider Caribbean
(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 ...
Sargassum white paper : turning the crisis into an opportunity
(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 ...
GEO SIDS - Global Environment Outlook: Small Island Developing States
(2014)
The UNEP GEO SIDS Outlook provides an ensemble of four island-centric futures: the blue-green economy; technology leapfrogging; priority to island community and culture; and reconnecting with nature. ...
State of the Cartagena Convention Area : an assessment of marine pollution from land-based sources and activities in the Wider Caribbean Region
(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 ...
Sargassum influx update for policy makers
(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 ...
Regional and global programmes and initiatives that address marine litter
(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 ...
Sargassum influx update for entrepreneurs and SMES
(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 ...
National adaptation planning : emerging lessons learned from UNEP projects : policy brief
(2023)
To better inform adaptation planning and implementation, this briefing note summarises lessons, practices and areas of future adaptation support from the National Adaptation Plans (NAP) that UNEP is supporting in 23 countries ...