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Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP)
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The Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) is one of the UNEP administered Regional Seas Programmes. The CEP is managed by and for the countries of the Wider Caribbean Region through the Caribbean Action Plan (1981) outlining regional environmental challenges.
UNEP AMEP SPAW CETA -
Integrating Watershed and Coastal Area Management in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean (IWCAM) — UNEP-GEF IWCAM
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This project was developed under the Project Development Facility (PDF) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). UNEP is the lead GEF Implementing Agency in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and UNEP-CAR/RCU is co-executing this project with the Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI), on behalf of the 13 small island developing states of the Wider Caribbean Region.
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Sustainable Management of the Shared Marine Resources of the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) and Adjacent Regions
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Many living marine resources in the Caribbean Region are in crisis. Most of the fishery resources are coastal and are intensively exploited by large numbers of small-scale fishers. The majority of the human population in the Caribbean region lives in coastal communities and there is high dependence on living marine resources for employment and food. There is also high demand for seafood in the tourism industry, a mainstay of the economy in many of the region?s countries. Some species, such as lobster and conch are in high demand for export. These pressures have led to widespread depletion of these resources, a situation that must be reversed in accordance with the targets identified at the WSSD.
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Mesoamerican Barrier Reef Systems Project
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The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS) extends from the southern half of the Yucatan Peninsula to the Bay Islands of Honduras and includes the second longest barrier reef in the world. It is unique in the Western hemisphere due to its length, composition of reef types, and diverse assemblage of corals and related species. The MBRS contributes to the stabilization and protection of coastal landscapes, maintenance of coastal water quality, and serves as breeding and feeding grounds for marine mammals, reptiles, fish and invertebrates, many of which are of commercial importance. The MBRS is also of immense socio-economic significance providing employment and a source of income to an estimated one million people living in adjacent coastal areas.
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EcoMap Costa Rica
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The EcoMap Costa Rica website documents an ecological study of the reforestation sites by the University of Dallas Biology Department. The field work is being performed by University of Dallas students as a part of their Field Ecology class. Field sites are on the Leaves and Lizards Arenal Volcano Cabin Retreat in Costa Rica.
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