The Ninth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean is scheduled for the first quarter of 2021. Due to the continued spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat will host this meeting virtually.
Provisional List of Documents (updated 15 Mar. 2021)
DownloadOverview of Procedural Deadlines under the SPAW Protocol
DownloadThe State of Nearshore Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean
DownloadStrategic Directions and Plan for CaMPAM
DownloadProposal of Parke Marine Aruba for Listing under the SPAW Protocol (updated 14 March 2021)
DownloadNOAA Strategy for Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Response and Prevention
DownloadProposal for potential inclusion of all parrotfishes (Perciformes: Scaridae) in Annexes of the Protocol on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region (SPAW Protocol)
DownloadInformation Paper on Establishing a Marine Mammal Regional Activity Network in the Wider Caribbean Region (updated 16 Mar 2021)
DownloadSPAW-RAC 2020 Call for proposals: Interim Reports
DownloadImplementation of the Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP): A Scientific and Technical Analysis
DownloadSargassum White Paper 2021
DownloadDraft Final Report GEF Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME+) Project – Final Report
DownloadCollaborative Development and Institutionalization of A Regional Integrated SOMEE Reporting Mechanism and Its Contributions to Socio-Economic Development in The Wider Caribbean Region: An Update
DownloadIntegrated Large-Scale Action on Habitat Restoration and Pollution in the CLME+ Region: A Baseline and Feasibility Assessment Report on the Needs and Opportunities for Investment
DownloadREPORT OF THE MEETING - Eighth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region (includes Recommendations of the Meeting) (Updated May 28, 2019)
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United States Exemptions Report to the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol of the Cartagena Convention for 2017
DownloadUpdating CaMPAM MPA Database - Product of a consultant agreement with GCFI
DownloadCaribbean Wildlife Enforcement Network (CaribWEN) Briefing
DownloadAgoa Caribbean Marine Mammals Preservation Network (CARI’MAM) White Paper: Strengthen Regional Cooperation for The Conservation of Marine Mammals within the Caribbean Region and Beyond
DownloadGCRMN-Caribbean Guidelines For Coral Reef Biophysical Monitoring
DownloadOverarching Principles and Best Practice Guidelines for Marine Mammal Watching in the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR)
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The Sister Sanctuaries Program for Marine Mammals in the Wider Caribbean – A US/NOAA, Dominican Republic, France and the Netherlands Initiative
DownloadAnnex A and C (Agreement) – CLME+: Catalysing Implementation of Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management of shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems
DownloadReport on the Ratification of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region and its Protocols (Cartagena Convention)
DownloadApplying Marine and Coastal Area-based Management Approaches to Achieve Multiple Sustainable Development Goal Targets Summary for Policy Makers
DownloadThe Contributions of Marine and Coastal Area-based Management Approaches to Sustainable Development Goals and Targets - UN Environment Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 205
DownloadAn Information Booklet - State of the Marine Environment and associated Economies CLME+ SOMEE in the Wider Caribbean (a collaborative, integrated long-term reporting mechanism)
DownloadCLME+ Strategic Action Programme (SAP) Information Booklet (v1.6.3), June 2019
DownloadUNEP Medium Term Strategy 2018-2021
DownloadREPORT OF THE MEETING - Eighteenth Intergovernmental Meeting of the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Fifteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region Roatan, Honduras, 5 to 6 June 2019
DownloadDECISIONS OF THE MEETING - Eighteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Fifteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region
Roatan, Honduras, 5-6 June 2019 (updated September 6, 2019)
Report on the Workshop of Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) for the Wider Caribbean: Review, improve and revitalize the network and the nodes for more effective coral reef monitoring and data management
DownloadReport of the First Meeting of Managers of the Protected Areas Listed under the SPAW Protocol of the Cartagena Convention at the 66th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) Conference, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, November 5, 2013
DownloadReport on the LifeWeb-Spain UNEP-CEP Meeting on Scenarios for Transboundary Marine Mammal Management in the Wider Caribbean, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 23 - 24 April 2014
DownloadUpdate on the Implementation of Activities in Support of the Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP), including the Government of Spain-UNEP Lifeweb project “Protecting Habitats and Migration Corridors for Marine Mammals in the South and Northeast Pacific and the Wider Caribbean through Marine Protected Area Networks”
DownloadIUCN Caribbean Red List of Threatened Species – A Proposal
DownloadExemptions to the SPAW Protocol Under Article 11(2): A Legal Review
DownloadDraft Grid for the Objective Evaluation of Proposals for Inclusion in the SPAW Protected Areas List
DownloadStructure and Scope of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the SPAW Protocol
DownloadProposed Legal Framework for the Administrative Technical and Financial Operations of RACs and RANs
DownloadAmendment 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)
DownloadRules of Procedure for the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention)
DownloadAction Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals (MMAP) in the Wider Caribbean Region. United Nations Environment Programme – Caribbean Environment Programme, Kingston, Jamaica. 2008
DownloadFinal 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
DownloadFinal Act of the Conference of Plenipotentiaries Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Caribbean Region
DownloadConvention 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
DownloadWorkplan and Budget for the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Subprogramme for the 2021 - 2022 Biennium
DownloadStatus of Activities of the SPAW Sub-programme for the 2019–2020 Biennium
DownloadPresentation of Proposed Area for Inclusion in the SPAW PA-list
DownloadSPAW STAC Species Working Group reports
DownloadReport of the Sargassum working Group
DownloadReport of the SPAW Regional Activity Center: 2019-2020
DownloadReport of the PA Working Group
DownloadFunctioning
DownloadSPAW STAC Exemptions Working Group reports
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