Regional activity center for areas and species specially protected
Caribbean Environment Program
Parc National de Guadeloupe
United Nations Environment Programme
Regional activity center for areas and species specially protected

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Humpback whales feeding in the Stellwagen Sanctuary Malfini in flight St Pierre, Martinique, FWI Angel fish, Guadeloupe 17. Blow of humpack whale, Guadeloupe

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Meetings and events in 2013
January Dates Topics Place 22 – 24 Workshop on information and capacities development priorities for MPAs under the BIOPAMA Project – IUCN Barbados 23-25 and 28-30 Caribbean Regional Workshops on (...)
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Newsletter - release #9
We are pleased to inform you that the 9th release of the SPAW Newsletter, dated May 2013, is online.
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Invasive Lionfish Manual
We are most pleased to announce the release of the Spanish translation of “Invasive Lionfish: A Guide to Control and Management.” The purpose of this manual is to assist coastal managers and field (...)
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7th SPAW COP : new workplan for 2013-2014
The 7th Conference of the Parties to the SPAW Protocol was convened on October 23rd, 2012, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. It was preceeded by the 5th meeting of the Scientific and Technical (...)
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Call for research projects on invasive species for 2012-2013
The call for projects of European research ERA-Net BiodivERsA, coordinated by the French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity was launched on 1 November 2012. The goal is to finance research (...)
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Development of a Regional Red List for the Caribbean
A Key Step Towards Improved Management of Biodiversity OVERALL ISSUES Biodiversity loss is one of the most pressing issues for humans and there is growing global concern about the status of the (...)
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Enhancing Law Enforcement for the Caribbean Marine Environment
Marine protected area managers and rangers from around the Caribbean came together in the Florida Keys for a week in August to share best practices for strengthening law enforcement for coral (...)
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Last news on CaMPAM activities
To know the last news on the activity of the network and forum of management of Caribbean AMP ( CaMPAM), you can visit: http://campam.gcfi.org/campam.php#ToT. You will find the last reports on (...)
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Accommodated by the  Parc national de la Guadeloupe  [Guadeloupe National Park] and funded by the French Government, the SPAW-RAC works under the aegis of the  Regional Coordination Unit for the United Nations Environment Programme in Kingston , to implement the  SPAW protocol  concerning the protection of marine and coastal biodiversity in the wider Caribbean region, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean Sea.

Download the detailed list of countries that have ratified the SPAW Protocol.



Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Colombia | Cuba | Dominican Republic | France (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint-Martin) | Grenada | Guyana | Netherlands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint-Eustachius, Sint Maarten) | Panama | Saint-Lucia | St Vincent and the Grenadines | Trinidad and Tobago | United States (States bordering the Gulf of Mexico; U.S. Virgin Islands; Puerto-Rico) - Venezuela