Member Type Regional Intergovernmental Organization or Regional Sea
UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme
The Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) is one of the UNEP administered Regional Seas Programmes based in Kingston, Jamaica, and forms the programmatic framework for the Cartagena Convention – Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region. The Cartagena Convention is the only regional agreement of its kind allowing governments to work together to protect the economic and environmental sustainability of the region through improved management of coastal and marine resources.
The CEP has a sub-programme focused on Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW), which is supported by the Regional Activity Centre for Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW-RAC) in Guadeloupe. The SPAW Protocol relates to the protection of marine and coastal biodiversity in the wider Caribbean region
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CAR SPAW
Resources
United Nations Environment Programme – Caribbean Environment Programme. (2021). White Paper on Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. Ninth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region. Kingston, Jamaica.
https://gefcrew.org/carrcu/WhitePaper-STCLD-20072021.pdf
Escovar-Fadul, X., Hein, M. Y., Garrison, K., McLeod, E., Eggers, M., & Comito, F. (2022). A Guide to Coral Reef Restoration for the Tourism Sector: Partnering with Caribbean Tourism Leaders to Accelerate Coral Restoration. The Nature Conservancy.
https://www.nature.org/content/dam/tnc/nature/en/documents/Coral_Restoration_Guide_for_the_Tourism_Sector.pdf
United Nations Environment Programme- Caribbean Environment Programme (2020). Regional Strategy and Action Plan for the Valuation, Protection and/or Restoration of Key Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean 2021 – 2030. CLME+ Project Information Product Series – Technical Report 2. Port-of-Spain: CANARI
https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36347
The Ocean Foundation (2021). Integrated Large-Scale Action on Habitat Restoration and Pollution in the CLME+ Region: Baseline and Pre-Feasibility Assessment Report on the Needs and Opportunites for Investment
https://clmeplus.org/app/uploads/2021/02/TOF-CEP-Report-Final-1.pdf
- UNEP-CAR Report to the 24th GM
- UNEP-CAR/rcu Report to the 21st GM
- UNEP Report to the 20th GM
- CEP Report to the 19th GM
- UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme Report to the 27th ICRI General Meeting
- UNEP-CEP / SPAW-RAC report to the 29th ICRI General Meeting
- UNEP-Caribbean Environment Programme report to the 31st ICRI General Meeting (2016)
- UN Environment – Caribbean Environment Programme Regional Coordinating Unit report to the 32nd ICRI General Meeting
- UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme report to the 37th ICRI General Meeting
- UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme report to the 38th ICRI General Meeting
- Looking back at three productive days of events by the GCRMN
- UNEP/GCFI guidance document addressing Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the Wider Caribbean
- The State of Nearshore Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean, report
- A call for proposal from the SPAW-RAC for short-term Small Grants
- The Cayenne Statement
- First GCRMN-Caribbean integrated coral reef monitoring workshop in Jamaica, April 2016
- Twenty-third Global Meeting of Regional Seas Conventions and Action Plans
- UNEP – Caribbean Environment Programme Report (GM 23)
- UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) and SPAW (Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife) Protocol Presentation (GM 24)
- The Status of reefs in the Wider Caribbean: A critical situation – Presentation (GM 24)
- Presentation of the Caribbean reefs (GM 24)
- Invasive Lionfish: A Guide to Control and Management
Last Updated: 3 April 2025