Polycentric coastal and ocean management in the Caribbean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem: harnessing community-based actions to implement regional frameworks

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 264-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulan Chen ◽  
Delfin Ganapin
Keyword(s):  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Ocean Management ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem ◽  
The Caribbean

Wider Caribbean Region—A Pivotal Time to Strengthen Regional Instruments For Biodiversity Conservation

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Lausche
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Global Environment Facility ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Specially Protected Areas

AbstractThe countries of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) are linked economically by their transboundary living marine resources. The region is facing a continued decline of these resources. Science is improving our understanding of the human contributions to this decline, but national policies and programmes have not kept pace with this understanding. The Caribbean Regional Seas Programme and its Cartagena Convention and Protocols provide the regional legal framework for protection and sustainable management of the WCR's living marine and coastal resources. This article focuses on the Cartagena Convention's Protocol for biodiversity conservation, the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW), arguing that governments and organizations need to significantly increase participation in this regional treaty regime to effectively address transboundary environmental challenges. A new initiative, the Global Environment Facility-supported Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem project, will help in this effort. International policy supports strengthened regional seas programmes. It is now imperative for all levels and sectors to assist governments in strengthening this important treaty regime for biodiversity conservation in the Wider Caribbean Region.

Linking oceanographic processes and marine resources in the western Caribbean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem Subarea

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 84-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Carrillo ◽  
J.T. Lamkin ◽  
E.M. Johns ◽  
L. Vásquez-Yeomans ◽  
F. Sosa-Cordero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Western Caribbean ◽  
Large Marine Ecosystem

scholarly journals A mechanism for freshening the Caribbean Sea in pre‐Ice Age time

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 508-517 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto M. Mestas‐Nuñez ◽  
Peter Molnar
Keyword(s):  
Caribbean Sea ◽  
Ice Age ◽  
The Caribbean
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