Highlights in this issue:-
Implementing and Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals in the Caribbean- The role of the Ocean Regional Conference
Development of the State of the Marine Environment and Associated Economies Report -SOMEE
Sixth International Marine Debris Conference (6IMDC)
Eighth (8th) World Water Forum
The purpose of this MOU is to provide a framework of cooperation and understanding, and to facilitate collaboration between the Parties to further their shared goals and objectives in regard to the protection of marine environment.
The CMS and Ramsar Secretariats ("the Secretariats") will seek to achieve mutual compatibility in the policy content of the documents they prepare for major technical and decision-making meetings, such as their respective Conferences of Parties and meetings of subsidiary bodies.
The Parties will develop collaborative actions for sustainable coastal and marine resources conservation and management in the Wider Caribbean by increasing consultation and cooperation between them.
As Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention and its Protocols, the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) plays a diverse and critical role in the conservation of biodiversity, the establishment of coastal and marine protected areas, the reduction of marine pollution from land and marine-based sources, environmental education and capacity building.
Updated CEP Technical Report No. 33 - Land-based Sources and Activities in the Wider Caribbean Region: Domestic and Industrial Pollutant Loads and Watersheds Inflows.
The Secretariats will liaise on how best to complement each other in promoting (i) their Conventions' shared goals of supporting biodiversity conservation and sustainable use through their instruments' respective competences on international wildlife conservation; (ii) transboundary concerted and cooperative actions on migratory species and their habitats; and (iii) membership.
The Contracting Parties to this Protocol, Being Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region, done at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia on 24 March 1983
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.
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).