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This is the fourth edition of the Cartagena Convention's newsletter. It features updates and highlights of our work for the period January to March 2023.  

This is the third edition of the Cartagena Convention's newsletter. It features updates on our work during the last quarter of 2022, as well as some of the main highlights from our work throughout the year and an end of year message from our Coordinator.

This is the second edition of the Cartagena Convention Secretariat's Quarterly Newsletter, published on 20 October 2022.

In order to achieve the objectives of the Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAPMaLi) for the Wider Caribbean Region and the Global Partnership on Marine Litter, this strategy builds on the substantial amount of work already underway at the local and regional level by adding greater coordination of efforts.

Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter Management (RAPMali) for the Wider Caribbean Region 2014 

This report presents the key aspects of these policies and regulatory instruments that have been implemented in the Wider Caribbean Region. It provides lessons for policy makers who seek to regulate the use and production of disposable plastics.

This is the first edition of the Cartagena Convention Secretariat's Quarterly Newsletter, published on 15 July 2022.

This is the inaugural edition of the Cartagena Convention Secretariat's Quarterly Newsletter, published on 1 June 2022. 

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, Jamaica, and Grenada—to understand the barriers and opportunities for addressing this issue.

The Regional Strategy and Action Plan for the Valuation, Protection and/or Restoration of Key Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean 2021 – 2030 (RSAP) was developed to address the continued deterioration of the region’s marine resources.

The Regional Strategy and Action Plan for the Valuation, Protection and/or Restoration of Key Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean 2021 – 2030 (RSAP) was developed to address the continued deterioration of marine resources. It provides strategic direction, practical solutions, and specific actions to conserve and restore these vital habitats

The RSAP provides for private sector involvement in collaborative efforts to develop pilot projects and participate in the collection and analysis of the data it needs for strategic decision-making

This manual contributes to strengthening local, national, and regional capacities for the ecological restoration of mangroves and the ecosystem services they provide in the MAR and the  Wider Caribbean region.

The ecosystem of the Caribbean has evolved over millions of years of geological and biological processes that have shaped the islands and marine environments of the region. These processes have created diverse and complex habitats that have fueled the Caribbean’s spectacular biodiversity.

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 based on the 2021 update to the UNEP-CEP white paper on Sargassum influxes to the Caribbean region.

The brief outlines the causes and effects of sargassum influxes, presents a sargassum strategy framework, highlights the complexity in Caribbean transboundary coordination and outlines important sargassum stakeholders.

Civil society organisations (CSOs) have an important role to play in shifting mindsets to view sargassum as an opportunity rather than a threat.

This summary document is based on the updated UNEP-CEP Sargassum White Paper. The brief:-

The assessment of management effectiveness in protected areas has been considered as a very important activity to learn about the management of the site and to implement actions and adapt management.

The State of the Cartagena Convention Area: An Assessment of Marine Pollution from Land-based Sources and Activities in the Wider Caribbean Region (SOCAR)3 was conducted to determine exactly that - how pollution from land-based sources (LBS) negatively affects the region’s coastal and marine environments and the human communities that depend upon them.