10th GEF International Waters Conference
The dates for the 10th GEF Biennial International Waters Conference (IWC10) are now confirmed! Don't miss the conference on 30 October - 2 November 2023 and the pre-conference workshops on 28-29 October 2023.
See you in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean has issued a Call for Project Proposals to provide grant funding for small-scale Integrated Water and Wastewater Management (IWWM) capacity-building projects in the Caribbean. Financing is provided by our Global Environment Facility-funded CReW+ project.
The Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C) in collaboration with our Global Environment Facility-funded (GEF) CReW+ project is organising workshops for young persons and the media on Integrated Water and Wastewater Management (IWWM).
It has been almost 40 years since governments in the Wider Caribbean adopted the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean (Cartagena Convention), and more than 20 years since the adoption of its Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS).
Numerous technologies are available for the treatment of wastewater. Many systems have been constructed and successfully operated ranging from simple on-site systems to sophisticated large-scale systems with computer operational control. In evaluating the technologies for application in a particular situation many factors have to be considered. These include capital cost, availability of fund, financing arrangement, cost-recovery possibility (affordability by the users), operating and maintenance, and the need for training in operation and maintenance.
The geographic area of Northern Clarendon in Jamaica boasts a vast number of fruit trees, lush vegetation, and forested land. Its beautiful landscape is typical of hilly rural areas that are interspersed across Jamaica, and which depend heavily on agriculture for livelihoods. Residents in the communities of Northern Clarendon, however, are challenged by the lack of a crucial resource- water. Without water, sanitation and hygiene are at risk, crops will wither, and school attendance rates will be impacted.
Appropriate Technology for Sewage Pollution Control in the Wider Caribbean Region.
This report is part of an effort to assist the Governments in developing the annex on domestic wastewater. The purpose of the annex is to identify the most appropriate wastewater treatment technologies and water quality standards for the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR).
Approximately 15% of the Caribbean’s coral reefs are currently threatened by marine sources of pollution such as wastewater discharge from ships. Sewage runoff causes serious damage to coral reefs because it stimulates the growth of aquatic plants and algae which threatens marine life.
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.
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.
