| International
actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action.
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme. ••>
UNEP Global programme of action for the protection of the
marine environment from land-based activities (UNEP GPA).
••>
UNEP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC).
••>
UN
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC-CEPAL).
••>
International
Coral Reef Initiative and other organizations and networks
on
the threats to coral reefs, including the effects of litter/debris.
Other
publications on marine and coastal environment, including
marine litter
Article
in Marine Pollution Bulletin on marine litter/marine
debris in Baja
California, Mexico:
2003.
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
Ocean
Concervancy: International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). ••>
UNEP
and Clean up Australia: Clean up the World! ••>
ANCON, Panamá: Limpieza
de Playas, Costas y Rios.
|
 |
Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
A
Regional Diagnostic Study on Land-based Sources of Pollution
in the North-East Pacific area is under development.
UNEP GPA: Assessment
of Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine,
Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment in the South-East
Pacific. This report
includes Panama and Colombia.
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine areas.
UNEP GPA: North
East Pacific (brief description of environmental state,
priority issues).
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The region
includes the
Pacific Central American Coastal System.
Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans and actors
Convention
for Cooperation in the Protection and Sustainable Development
of Marine and Coastal Environment of the Northeast Pacific
• COCATRAM. ••>
Action Plan to the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection
and Sustainable Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment
of the Northeast Pacific.
••>
|
