
September 2020
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The Government of the Republic of Nicaragua is now the 18th country in the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) to ratify the Cartagena Convention’s Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW). The Government of Nicaragua deposited its instrument of ratification with the Government of Colombia (Depositary of the Convention and its Protocols) on 4th May 2021.
The announcement was made at the 19th Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and 16th Conference of Parties to the Cartagena Convention, held virtually from 28th to 30th July 2021.
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