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The tourism product in the Wider Caribbean is largely dependent on the natural resource base; that is, on the physical environment. The traditional marketing approach of selling...

The Caribbean Environment Programme is a broad environmental programme of the 36 States and Territories of the Wider Caribbean region. The Convention for the Protection and...

The Fifth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Caribbean Environment Programme and Second Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Cartagena Convention, Kingston, 17-18 January...

The obejective of the present document is to provide an assessment of the main environmental problems affecting the marine and costal environment in the Wider Caribbean region,...

This directory is intended to assist in building foundations for continuing environmental education and public awareness programmes in the region, thus providing the support...

This updated report provides an update on the domestic and industrial pollutant loads discharged in WCR, sanitation coverage expansion and treatment, as well as the pollutant...

The benefits of plastic are undeniable. The material is cheap, lightweight and easy to make. These qualities have led to a boom in the production of plastic over the past...

The specific objectives of the proposed SAP are to: 1. Ensure effective co-ordination and support of the ballast water related activities through the establishment of an...

This Action Plan represents an expression of goals and a programme agenda, adopted by participating Governments, that is consistent with a growing worldwide concern for the...

This study aims to contribute to the development of a monitoring scheme for marine litter in the WCR, with a focus on monitoring visible marine litter on the shoreline - litter...

The principal objectives of the Action Plan are to assist the Governments of the region in minimizing environmental problems in the Wider Caribbean through assessment of the...

This directory was compiled under auspices of a UNEP financed protect as a product of ASFIS. FAQ circulated institution register forms to marine environmental centres in the...

This issue of UNEPs Regional Seas Reports and Studies summarizes the main findings of the Regional Task Teams on implications of climate change on the marine environment and...

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea contains the most comprehensive, flexible yet binding system for the peaceful settlement of disputes ever devised by the...

This document provides the detailed agenda items and summary of the CEPPOL Seminar. It notes the IOC/UNEP Regional Workshop which established the joint IOC/UNEP CEPPOL Programme...

The objectives of the study are in short, to ascertain the present status of ecotourism in the States and Territories of the region, to clarify the scope of the concept and...

The purpose of this report is threefold: 1. To present projections of coral bleaching conditions (i.e., exposure to the primary climate threat to coral reefs) and potential...

The aim of this report is to document the experiences that Caribbean countries have had in the development of NPAs and similar strategy documents. This will serve as a valuable...

Our recommended approach to economic valuation to influence decision-makers on investment in wastewater treatment follows the three-phased approach recommended by Waite et al.,...

Annex 1 provides two templates - the Characterization Form (for collecting information about the study area) and a template for development of a summary of results. These...