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  2. Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine ...

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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 ...

  3. Protected areas of the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Environment Programme supports the Greater Caribbean through its Regional Seas initiative, [4] but studies have pointed to the shortage of marine protected areas and marine reserves in the region as particularly detrimental to shark conservation, [5] an issue also addressed globally though the Memorandum of Understanding on ...

  4. List of international environmental agreements - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Marine protected area - Wikipedia

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    Milford Sound, New Zealand is a strict marine reserve (Category Ia).. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) defines a protected area as: [12] [13]. A clearly defined geographical space, recognised, dedicated and managed, through legal or other effective means, to achieve the long-term conservation of nature with associated ecosystem services and cultural values.

  6. Record amount of seaweed chokes Caribbean beaches and ... - AOL

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    In addition, the U.S. Virgin Islands’ electricity-generating station relies on ultra-pure water from the desalination plant to reduce emissions monitored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  7. Environmental impacts of tourism in the Caribbean - Wikipedia

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    In 1983, the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region has been an important regional framework for the protection of the Caribbean Sea. [2] This convention helped by establishing a series of protocols directed at the protection of the environment of the Caribbean.

  8. Coral reefs of Jamaica - Wikipedia

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    The Caribbean's coral reefs have been increasingly becoming diseased by 20 percent. [19] Coral diseases can cause tissue damage or it could even destroy the entire colony. [ 19 ] In 1980, white-band disease killed 95 percent of the Acroporid palmata and Acroporid cervicornis colonies which placed them on the Endangered Species Act . [ 15 ]

  9. Next tropical weather threat forming in the Caribbean - AOL

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    The last day of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season is Nov. 30, but as we near that finish line, the Caribbean apparently has other thoughts in mind. Next tropical weather threat forming in the ...

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