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The Cartagena Convention was the product of the first Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, held in Cartagena, Colombia, between 21 and 24 March 1983. The Convention and its first protocol, the Oil Spills protocol, were concurrently adopted on 24 March 1983 in ...
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Protected areas of the Caribbean are significant in a region of particular ecological vulnerability, including the impact of climate change and the impact of tourism. [1]The University of the West Indies' "Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway" [2] supports informational resources for the 16 Caribbean member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty; Convention for Co-operation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region, Abidjan, 198; Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, Cartagena de Indias, 1983
The Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, better known as the Escazú Agreement (Spanish: Acuerdo de Escazú), is an international treaty signed by 25 Latin American and Caribbean nations concerning the rights of access to information about the environment, public participation in environmental ...
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The Forum was formed in 1982 and is part of the United Nations Environment Programme in the Regional Office of Latin America and the Caribbean, with meetings every two years. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] All thirty-three countries within the region are invited to be a part of the Forum, as are other interested parties including NGOs. [ 5 ]
At the time of its creation in 1987, the government passed the Marine Environment Ordinance to protect the coral reefs and other marine life within the park. [2] [3] [4] The Saba Conservation Foundation manages the Saba National Marine Park, [5] as well as the island's hyperbaric facility, [6] [7] and natural sites on land (e.g., the Saba Trail ...