Mr. Christopher Corbin, Coordinator of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Caribbean Environmental Programme (CEP) – the UN organisation charged with protecting the Caribbean Sea - will be celebrating the milestone achievements of Jamaica’s own White River Fish Sanctuary (WRFS) at Fifth Anniversary event at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, 8th February, 2023 at the WRFS offices in Ocho Rios, St. Ann.
OVERVIEW
From 13 – 14 December 2022, the Regional Eutrophication workshop will be held in Kingston Jamaica. Day 1 will consist of presentations and discussions at the office of the United Nations Environment Programme Cartagena Convention Secretariat, located at 14-20 Port Royal Street, Kingston. Activities on day 2 will involve a field trip to the parish of St. Ann.
From 25 – 28 October 2022, the Cartagena Convention Secretariat participated in the Third meeting of the Sustainable Ocean Initiative (SOI) Global Dialogue with Regional Seas Organizations and Regional Fishery Bodies.
The Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute and the Cartagena Convention Secretariat are co-hosts of the Caribbean Node of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML-Caribe).
The 75th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI 75) will be held in Fort Walton Beach, FL from 7th – 11th November 2022 at The Island Hotel.
GCFI is partnering with the Okaloosa County, the Destin – Fort Walton Beach Convention Center and Visitor Bureau to host GCFI75.
Through funding from the Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Africa, Caribbean, and the Pacific Countries (ACP MEAs III) programme, the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) is offering small grants to support organizations in the management of marine litter and capacity-building at site-specific marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Wider Caribbean Region.
Our Global Environment Facility-funded IWEco Project has launched a series of posters highlighting the rich flora and fauna in project countries:
Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Jamaica.
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.
