Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Barbados - WIDECAST
Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Barbados - WIDECAST
Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan for Barbados - WIDECAST
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The series of CEP Technical Reports contains selected in<strong>for</strong>mation resulting from the<br />
various activities per<strong>for</strong>med within the framework of the UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme<br />
(CEP). CEP was initiated in 1976 by UNEP with the assistance of ECLAC, at the<br />
request of the Governments of the region. A framework <strong>for</strong> regional projects and activities<br />
was first <strong>for</strong>mulated in Montego Bay in 1981, when the <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> <strong>for</strong> the Caribbean Environment<br />
Programme was adopted by the First Intergovernmental Meeting.<br />
The major legal instrument of CEP was adopted at the Second Intergovernmental<br />
Meeting, convened at Cartagena de Indias, in 1983: the Convention <strong>for</strong> the Protection and<br />
Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region. The Cartagena<br />
Convention provides a framework <strong>for</strong> the development of specific protocols.<br />
The implementation of CEP is supported by the Caribbean Trust Fund, established by<br />
the participating States and Territories. Their active participation is ensured through regular<br />
Intergovernmental and Contracting Parties Meetings, a rotating Monitoring Committee<br />
<strong>for</strong>med by representatives from nine States and Territories and through the National Focal<br />
Points. The principal focal point in each State or Territory is the ministry or department responsible<br />
<strong>for</strong> external relations or <strong>for</strong>eign affairs. Additionally, the agency responsible <strong>for</strong><br />
the management of marine and coastal resources is the focal point <strong>for</strong> technical purposes.<br />
Currently, the <strong>Action</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> of CEP concentrates in six major areas <strong>for</strong> the management<br />
of marine and coastal resources: Overall Co-ordination, Specially Protected Areas and<br />
Wildlife (SPAW), Assessment and Control of Marine Pollution (CEPPOL), Integrated <strong>Plan</strong>ning<br />
and Institutional Development (IPID), In<strong>for</strong>mation Systems (CEPNET), and Education,<br />
Training and Awareness (ETA).<br />
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The Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) to the<br />
Cartagena Convention was adopted in two stages: the text of the Protocol was adopted on 18<br />
January 1990 and the initial Annexes listing relevant marine and coastal species, were<br />
adopted on 11 June 1991. The Protocol will enter into <strong>for</strong>ce following ratification by nine<br />
Contracting Parties.<br />
The Regional Programme <strong>for</strong> Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider<br />
Caribbean Region (SPAW) was designed to implement the provisions and requirements of<br />
the SPAW Protocol. Its objectives are: (a) to develop specific management plans <strong>for</strong> economically<br />
and ecologically important species; (b) to significantly increase the number of<br />
adequately managed protected areas and species in the region; and © to develop a strong regional<br />
capability <strong>for</strong> the co-ordination of in<strong>for</strong>mation exchange, training and technical assistance<br />
in support of national, subregional and regional ef<strong>for</strong>ts on management of protected<br />
areas and wildlife.