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The Eleventh Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean will convene from 30th June 2025 - 3rd July 2025.
 


 

  • UNEP (DEPI)/CAR WG.45/1

    Provisional Agenda
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/2

    Provisional Annotated Agenda
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/3

    Draft Work Plan For The Specially Protected Areas And Wildlife (SPAW) Sub-Programme For The 2026 – 2027 Biennium
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  • UNEP (DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.1 Rev.1

    Provisional List Of Documents
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.3. Rev. 2

    Status of Ratification of the SPAW Protocol
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.4

    Status Of Activities Of The Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas And Wildlife (SPAW) Sub-Programme For The 2023–2024(2025) Biennium
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.5

    Report of the SPAW Regional Activity Centre (SPAW-RAC) in Guadeloupe with regard to RAC operations and budget for the period 2023-2024(2025)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.6

    SPAW-RAC 2022 and 2023 CALL FOR PROPOSALS
    Report
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.6 Addendum 1

    Call For Proposals Short-Term Small Grants - Year 2023 - Information Note For The SPAW Protocol Scientific And Technical Advisory Committee Addendum 1

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.7

    Implementation and Compliance Issues within the SPAW Protocol: Briefing Paper March 2025
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.8

    Revision of the legal and governance structure for a new Marine Mammals RAN
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.9

    Analysis of the Functioning of the Cartagena Convention Working Groups and Recommendations for Improvement
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.10

    Report of the STAC Protected Area Working Group
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.11

    Report on the SPAW protected area manager network for the period 2023-2024
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.12

    Report on the development of a regional support program for protected area managers in the Wider Caribbean Region
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.13

    Updated  Procedure Through Which Contracting Parties Can Propose New Protected Areas To Be Listed As SPAW Sites
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.14

    Report of The SPAW STAC Species Working Group On The Listing of Species Under The Annexes to The SPAW Protocol
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.15

    Report On The Conservation Of Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus Striatus)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.16

    Recommendations For The Conservation Of Sawfish (Pristidae) In The Wider Caribbean Region
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.17

    SPAW Consortium Expanding Civil Society Participation In The Caribbean Environment Programme 
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.18

    Conservation And Management Recommendations For The Whale Shark (Uplisted In Annex Ii), Giant Manta Ray (Uplisted In Annex Ii) And Hammerhead Sharks (Annex Iii) In The Wider Caribbean Region
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.19

    Report Of The SPAW STAC Exemption Working Group
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG 45/INF 20

    United States Exemptions Report to the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol of the Cartagena Convention for 2022-2024

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG 45/INF 21

    Bonaire Exemptions Report to the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol of the Cartagena Convention
    for the crocodilian case

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG 45/INF 22

    Curacao Exemption Report to the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol of the Cartagena Convention for
    Coastal development at the Santa Martha coastal area

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.23

    Report of the ACP MEAs III Programme 2023 and 2024

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.24

    Project Under Development: Sargcoop II
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.25

    Report Of The STAC Sargassum Working Group
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.26

    Contracting Parties needs related to managing Sargassum influx and how such influx may affect their implementation of obligations under the SPAW Protocol and Cartagena Convention, as well as the LBS Protocol-Survey analyze
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.27

    STAC Sargassum Working Group Updated Action Plan Proposal And Sustainable Financing Resources
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.28

    Caribbean Node of the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN-Caribbean) activities 2023 – 2024
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.29

    WIDECAST: Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network Activity Highlights: 2023-2024
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.30

    Caribbean Marine Mammals and Anthropogenic Activities (CAMAC) Project
    Final report of the phase 1, objectives and launch of the phase 2
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.31

    Report of the Joint Monitoring and Assessment Open Ended Working Group and Sargassum Working Group Meeting/Workshop (Hybrid)

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.32

    Letter Of Intent Between The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) And The Inter-American Convention For The Protection And Conservation Of Sea Turtles (IAC) And, To Promote Collaboration For The Conservation And Protection Of Sea Turtles And Their Habitats
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.33

    Letter Of Intent Between The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) And The International Whaling Commission, To Promote Collaboration For The Conservation And Protection Of Cetecean Species In The Wider Caribbean Region

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.34

    SPAW and the International Whaling Commission:A Strategic Partnership for Marine Mammal Conservation
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.35

    Saltwatta Roots Initiative:Informative Document for the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee of the SPAW Protocol
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.45/INF.36

    Project Document: Protecting and Restoring the Ocean’s natural Capital, building Resilience and supporting region-wide Investments for sustainable Blue socio-Economic development (PROCARIBE+)
     

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  • UNEP(DEPI)CAR IG.24_CRP.9 Rev.4

    FINAL after consultation:Updated guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of the Regional Activity Centres and Regional Activity Networks for the Cartagena Convention
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.11

    Proposal of Parke Marine Aruba for Listing under the SPAW Protocol

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG. WG.43/3 Rev .1

    Workplan and Budget of the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Sub-programme for the 2023-2024 Biennium
    EN I ES I FR

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.43/INF.39

    Project Document: Implementation of the Strategic Action Program of the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.43/4

    Recommendations of the Meeting Final: (updated 29 March 2023)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.43/5

    Report of the Tenth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region. (last updated 22 August 2023)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.43/INF.32

    Potential costs, benefits and operational framework for the establishment of a Marine Mammal Regional Activity Network (RAN)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.46/4 (Updated 14 April 2025)

    Report of the Twelfth Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region-
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.46/3

    Decisions of the Twelfth Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region.
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.48/4

    Decisions of the Twentieth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and the Seventeenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (to be prepared during the Meeting)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.48/5

    Report of The Meeting
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.43/INF.4

    Overview of Procedural Deadlines under the SPAW Protocol (updated 20 January 2023)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.43/INF.6

    Report of the SPAW Regional Activity Centre: Operations and Budget for the period 2021-2022
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.43/INF.7

    SPAW Regional Activity Centre Strategic Plan 2023-2028
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.41/INF.22/Rev.3

    CEP Strategy and Action Plan
     

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.41/INF.25

    Template for National Reporting on the Cartagena Convention and its Protocols
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42 INF. 12/Rev.1

    Terms of Reference of the SPAW STAC Ad Hoc Working Groups (updated 18 January 2023)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CARWG.42/INF.24 Add.1

    Proposal for the inclusion of the Oceanic whitetip shark Carcharhinus longimanus in Appendix II of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) 
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.24 Add.2

    Proposal for the Uplisting of the whale shark Rhincodon typus from Annex III to Annex II of the Protocol concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.24 Add.3

    Proposal for the Uplisting of the Giant Manta Ray Manta Birostris from Annex III to Annex II of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.24 Add.4

    Proposal for the Uplisting of the Great Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna Mokarran from Annex III to Annex II of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) (updated 16 Mar 2021)
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.24 Add.5

    Proposal for the Uplisting of the Smooth Hammerhead Shark Sphyrna Zygaena from Annex III to Annex II of the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) 
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.25

    Recommendations for preventing sawfish extinction 
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.29

    Implementation highlights of the Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP) in the Wider Caribbean and recommendations 
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.29 Add.1

    Implementation of the Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP): A Scientific and Technical Analysis 

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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.38

    Recommendations for conserving the Nassau Grouper 
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.42/INF.39

    Recommendations for the protection and recovery of the Caribbean Sea turtles 
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CARWG.38/INF.6

    Evaluation of CaMPAM Activities and Recommendations for Improvement - An analysis of the last 15 years
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  • UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.36 CRP.1

    Amendment to the Financial Rules for the Cartagena Convention Rules of Procedure for the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention)

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  • UNEP(DEC)/CAR IG.20/4

    Structure and Scope of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the SPAW Protocol

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  • UNEP (DEPI)/CAR IG.43/INF.3
    Protecting and Restoring the Ocean’s natural Capital, building Resilience and supporting region-wide Investments for sustainable Blue Socio-Economic development (PROCARIBE+) PIF
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  • UNEP CEP 2022

    Review of Operations, Functioning, and Financing of Regional Activity Centres and Regional Activity Networks of the Cartagena Convention

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  • UNEP CEP, 2020

    The State of Nearshore Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean 

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  • UNEP, 2012

    Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Combating Oil Spills, Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife and the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities

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  • UNEP, 2010

    Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of Regional Activity Centres and  Regional Activity Networks for the Cartagena Convention

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  • UNEP, 2010
    Rules of Procedure for the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention)
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  • UNEP, 2008
    Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP) in the Wider Caribbean Region. United Nations Environment Programme – Caribbean Environment Programme, Kingston, Jamaica. 2008
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  • UNEP, 1991
    Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries for the Adoption of the Annexes to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region
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  • UNEP, 1990
    Final Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Caribbean Region
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susana.pereravalderrama@un.org-SPAW PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT OFFICER
tamoy.singh@un.org -SPAW PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT