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Kingston, Jamaica. 17th June 2019. From 3rd - 6th June 2019, over 80 regional and international experts including government officials, non-governmental organizations, development partners and United Nations (UN) agencies met in Honduras to review the achievements of the Cartagena Convention Secretariat over the last two years (2017-2018) and to agree on priorities for the 2019-2020 biennium.
As co-hosts of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter-Caribbean Node, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat and the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute will launch a social media campaign from July 1-31, 2019 to raise awareness on plastic pollut
Plastic pollution is one of the most relevant and important issues of our time. Plastic has gradually become a part of our everyday life, but this is no longer tenable. The traditional linear production, use and disposal model for conventional plastics is ecologically unsustainable and has caused adverse and unacceptable environmental harm.
The problem of marine litter and debris knows no bounds- even in the Mid-Atlantic.
“Our world is swamped by harmful plastic waste. Microplastics in the seas now outnumber stars in our galaxy. From remote islands to the Artic, nowhere is untouched. If present trends continue, by 2050, our oceans will have more plastic than fish. The message is simple: reject single use plastic. Refuse what you can't reuse. Together, we can chart a path to a cleaner, greener world.” - António Guterres United Nations Secretary General (World Environment Day 2018)
Regional Experts look forward to finding solutions for common challenges in the Wider Caribbean Region
Kingston, Jamaica.
Perceptions
When people all over the world think of the Caribbean, turquoise seas, clean beaches, coral reefs teeming with a variety of fish, turtles and other sea creatures, balmy breezes …come to mind.
To preserve our coal reefs in the Caribbean, we must begin by protecting the Parrotfish. Parrotfishes have significant ecological value to the survival pf coral reefs.
They feed on algae by scraping it from coral on the reef, thereby reducing its negative impact on the coral reef ecosystem.
The below infographic, available in English and Spanish, outlines more facts about the Parrotfish.
On Friday May 10, 2019 the Mount Airy Community Football Field in Northern Clarendon welcomed scores of residents from communities in the area to the launch of the UN Human Security Joint Programme and Community Fair.
On Tuesday May 7, staff members of the Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention and the UN Environment Caribbean Sub-Regional Office (CSRO) joined members of the public and private sector in Jamaica in taking part in the annual Read Across Jamaica Day activity. This year, UN Environment-CEP staff read to students in Grades 2MF and 5 at St. Anne’s Primary School in Downtown, Kingston.
The Global Environment Facility-funded Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (GEF IWEco) Project’s Third Regional Project Steering Committee Meeting (RPSC 3) will take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from 2nd – 4th April 2019.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, March 21st, 2019 – The Environmental Health and Sustainable Development (EHSD) Department of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), based in Saint Lucia, operates at the nexus between health and the environment. With this mandate, water security (including quantity and quality) is central to CARPHA’s support of its 26 Member States.
Mr. Christopher Corbin will be a guest (regional expert) on next Monday’s (18th March) simulcast and phone in programme (Helen 100; HTS; & Calabash).
The topic is: Is clear water clean water? By Ms. Nadia Cazaubon.
Discussions will likely include the following:
The session, set to begin Wednesday 13th of March 2019, will explore work on marine litter and microplastics across the world through the 18 Regional Seas Programmes. An overview of current work will be presented along with an assessment of different region’s action plans on marine litter. Audience will have the chance to interact with representatives from different Regional Seas Programmes.
Haiti’s Canal De La Gonave is a unique marine ecosystem, with two underwater canyons that drop to over 10,000 feet. This marine ecosystem is threatened by several factors: pollution (e.g. marine debris), non-native species invasions (e.g.
Many species of marine mammals, including small cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), are maintained in captivity (including both tanks and sea-pens) for the stated purposes of entertainment, research or education, and in some cases military use. In recent years, the ethics of capturing and maintaining marine mammals in captivity have increasingly come into question.
90% of Guyana’s population live on flat coastal plains, 0.5 metres below sea level. The soil is rich and good for agriculture but at risk from rising sea levels.
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, WEDNESDAY, 23 January 2019 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has initiated a regional fact-finding study to document the record-breaking influx of Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean Sea in 2018, and the impacts this phenomenon has been having on countries in the region since 2011.
UNEP’s Caribbean Environment Programme reminds of the deadly impact of Marine litter in the Ocean in recognition of World Oceans Day
June 8th was World Oceans Day, designated by the United Nations as a global day to highlight the value of our oceans. We often don’t realize the significance of our oceans though they cover over 70% of the earth’s surface, support humankind, the greatest biodiversity on the planet, and, regulate the world’s climate.
The Caribbean is home to more than 700 islands and coastal countries that are connected by a shared resource - the Caribbean Sea.
This Sea forms the lifeblood of the region’s tourism, maritime and fisheries industries. However, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, valuable coastal and marine resources are under increasing threat from land and marine-based sources of pollution.
This is a message from Vincent Sweeney, Head of the Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, UN Environment, regarding the recent ban on plastics in Jamaica.
The Cleaner and More Efficient Fuels and Vehicles Conference for the Caribbean will bring CARICOM countries together at the Knutsford Court Hotel on the 5th and 6th of December 2018 to discuss how to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs in the transport sector.
Honduras has become the 26th Country to ratify the Cartagena Convention
Key decisions related to work of the Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention for the 2019-2020 biennium are expected to be formulated in Roatan, Honduras when delegates meet from June 3-7, 2019.
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CEP was established in 1981 as part of the Regional Seas Programme in recognition of the importance and value of the Wider Caribbean Region’s fragile and vulnerable coastal and marine ecosystems including endemic plants and animals.