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actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action.
UNEP
Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC).
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UN
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
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Small
Island Developing States Network (SIDSnet). ••>
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme. ••>
UNEP Global programme of action for the protection of the
marine environment from land-based activities (UNEP
GPA).
International
Coral Reef Initiative and other organizations and networks
on
the threats to coral reefs, including the effects of litter/debris.
Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans, projects, and actors
Convention
for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment
of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention) •
Caribbean Regional Co-ordinating Unit (CAR/RCU). ••>
Caribbean
Action Plan. ••>
Caribbean
Environment Programme • CAR/RCU.
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GEF
International Waters Projects. ••>
Orgnisation
of East Caribbean States. ••>
Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
CAR/RCU: Marine
issues in the Caribbean. Summary of the state of the environment
in the Caribbean region, published by CAR/RCU.
UNEP: Caribbean
Environment Outlook. Part of a UNEP project (1999) to
produce state of the environment assessments for the countries
of the Caribbean, Western Indian Ocean and Pacific Islands.
The objective of the CEO is to provide information on the
state of the environment in the Caribbean, help identify regional
environmental concerns and highlight policy priorities.
UNEP GPA: Assessment
of Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine,
Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment in the Wider
Caribbean Region.
UNEP
GPA: Wider
Caribbean (brief description of environmental state, priority
issue).
UNEP:
Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine areas.
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The Wider
Caribbean includes two LMEs -
the Caribbean Sea LME and the Gulf
of Mexico LME. University of Rhode Island. (See also book
(1999) - not available online - "Gulf
of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: Assessment, Sustainability
and Management".
Other
publications on marine and coastal environment, including
marine litter
Articles
in Marine Pollution Bulletin on marine litter/marine
debris in Netherlands Antilles and Florida : 2002,
and 2001.
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
Ocean
Concervancy: International Coastal Cleanup (ICC). ••>
UNEP
and Clean up Australia: Clean up the World! ••>
Caribbean
Conservation Association. ••>
Clean Islands
International. See also ReCaribe,
Wider Caribbean Solid Waste and Recycling Alliance.
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National
action
Grenada
Panos
Institute - Island Beat: "Tackling
beach erosion and marine debris in Grenada"
Netherlands
Antilles
Coast is
Clear, coastal cleanup in Bonaire (bottom of page)
Bonnaire
yellow submarine: Bonaire Monthly Underwater Clean-Up
dive.
St. Maarten Green Voice: "Dangers
of Sewage and Marine Debris".
Jamaica
Jamaica Sustainable Development Network: International
Coastal Cleanup activities.
St.
Lucia
"How
plastics threaten our oceans". Soufriere Marine Management
Association
United
States
U.S.
Environment Protection Agency (EPA) Marine
Debris Programme.
U.S. EPA: Beachgoer's
Guide: BeachWatch.
U.S.
EPA Gulf
of Mexico Programme. Aimed at "facilitating
the protection and restoration of the coastal marine water
of the Gulf of Mexico and its coastal natural habitats; sustaining
living resources; protecting human health and the food supply;
ensuring the recreational use of Gulf shores, beaches and
waters in ways consistent with the economic well-being of
the region, through a network of citizens and institutions".
See the Marine
Debris Action Agenda for the Gulf of Mexico. and Gulf
of Mexico Clean
Beach Information.
U.S.
EPA and Ocean Conservancy
U.S.
National Marine Debris Monitoring Program.
U.S. Coast Guard: Garbage
dumping restrictions in U.S. waters
Ocean Conservancy: Annual
U.S. Coastal Cleanup and U.S. Co-ordinators. From here
you can go to 54 state and district ICC web sites.
Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service: Marine
debris - St. Croix
Texas
U.S.Geological Survey: Effects
of Marine Debris on Sea Turtles
Adopt-a-Beach
Programme
Beach
trash in Matagorda Bay
Marine
debris or beach garbage?
Florida
Florida
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Monofilament
Recovery & Recycling Program - "a statewide effort
to educate the public on the problems caused by monofilament
line left in the environment, to encourage recycling through
a network of line recycling bins and drop-off locations, and
to conduct volunteer monofilament line cleanup events".
See also Entanglement research and photos.
Florida
coastal cleanup
Reef Relief: Photos
of marine debris as a threat to coral reefs in Florida
Florida
Clean Marina Program
Tampa Bay Estuary
Program: Boating and Marine debris
University of South Florida: Tampa
Bay Beach Buddies.
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