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A range of organizations have been involved in the implementation of the first phase of CReW. The main “actors” in CReW have been the ministries with responsibility for water...

Effective management of wastewater in the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) is a significant challenge faced by the region. Currently in the Caribbean, approximately 85 per cent of...

KAP studies can be approached using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Although quantitative methods are often used in KAP studies because of their generalizability,...

The purpose of this report is to document and analyse the information received through the KAP questionnaire that was distributed and completed by participants before the actual...

This briefing Regional Briefing on National Adaptation Plans - Caribbean in Focus aims to provide a brief overview of the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) experiences of Caribbean...

As encouraged by the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response, and Co-operation (OPRC 1990) and the Protocol Concerning Co-operation in Combating Oil...

Wastewater pollution is a serious problem in the Caribbean. The Nature Conservancy (TNC) is assessing wastewater management in four island nations—the Dominican Republic, Haiti,...

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...

This report summarises ten actions being undertaken in the sub‐region to improve air quality. In selecting these ten actions, consideration was given to their replicability,...

At the Inter-governmental Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Convention in Kingston, Jamaica (February 2000), the Parties adopted the Scientific Committees’ recommendation...

This booklet provides a quick overview of the context, objectives and scope of the Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management of the shared Living Marine...

The report focuses on three habitats that are characteristic of coastal ecosystems in the wider Caribbean, namely coral reefs, mangrove forests, and seagrass meadows. These...

The State of the Convention Area (SOCAR)is the fi rst such region-wide assessment undertaken by the Secretariat, and is a baseline assessment of the state of the Wider Caribbean...

Just as important, we need to relate all our work to people whose health, livelihoods and prosperity we are trying to safeguard. I grew up in South Africa and still remember how...

This booklet introduces a unique and first ever regional mechanism for assessment and reporting on the state of the marine environment and how the marine environment contributes...

The Toolkit is a resource that: • Lays out tools and instruments for key government officials; • Assists in building capacity at regional and national levels to understand the...

This document provides an update to the 2008 “Marine Litter in the Wider Caribbean: A Regional Overview & Action Plan” (RAPMaLi). The primary action categories addressed in...

The lionfish is the first reef fish invasive species to become established in the Wider Caribbean Region threatening coral reef ecosystems and associated ecological and economic...

This document presents the source, scope and inventory by country of the Wider Caribbean Region’s waste trade problem, along with political initiatives leading to a waste trade...

The present document was prepared with the co-operation of the participants attending the workshop on Environmental Quality Criteria and Effluent Guidelines convened in San...