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	Briefing and Information Documents Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Consumption and Production: Concept Note on the Theme of the Fourth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly The present concept note takes into account the interlinkages and integrated nature of the Sustainable Development Goals as set out in General Assembly resolution A/RES/70/1, entitled “Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”. United Nations Environment Programme Download: March 11, 2019 to March 15, 2019
	Briefing and Information Documents Report of the Executive Director on the Implementation of the 2015-2016 Workplan and Budget of the Caribbean Environment Programme United Nations Environment Programme, Caribbean Environment Programme Download: March 15, 2017 to March 17, 2017
	Briefing and Information Documents Template for National Reporting on the Cartagena Convention and its Protocols The Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, known as the Cartagena Convention, is a legally binding regional agreement for the protection and development of the Wider Caribbean Region. The Convention focuses on land-based sources of pollution, dumping of wastes at sea, pollution from ships, biodiversity protection, and airborne pollution among other things. Within the Convention, three protocols have been developed to deal with these issues: the Oil Spills Protocol; the Specially Protected Areas & Wildlife Protocol (SPAW); and Land-Based Sources and Activities Protocol (LBS). United Nations Environment Programme, Caribbean Environment Programme Download: English, Spanish, French October 25, 2012 to October 27, 2012
	Briefing and Information Documents Rules of Procedure for the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention) These rules of procedure shall apply to any meeting or conference convened under the auspices of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region. United Nations Environment Programme, Caribbean Environment Programme Download: English, Spanish, French May 24, 2010 to May 28, 2010
	Briefing and Information Documents International Environmental Governance: Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity-building - Note by the Executive Director United Nations Environment Programme Download: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish February 21, 2005 to February 25, 2005
	Briefing and Information Documents Progress in the implementation of Resolution 2/12 on Sustainable Coral Reefs Management: Report of the Executive Director The United Nations Environment Assembly of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in its resolution 2/12,1 on sustainable coral reefs management, requested the Executive Director of UNEP, in cooperation with the International Coral Reef Initiative, other relevant international organizations and other relevant partners, to prepare, by 2018, an analysis of global and regional policy instruments and governance mechanisms related to the protection and sustainable management of coral reefs. The present report summarizes the main findings of the completed analysis (contained in document UNEP/EA.4/INF/6) and presents recommendations for action. United Nations Environment Programme Download: March 11, 2019 to March 15, 2019
	Briefing and Information Documents Laboratory Capacity Survey Report. First Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS Protocol) in the Wider Caribbean Region. United Nations Environment Programme, Caribbean Environment Programme Download:
	Briefing and Information Documents Exemptions to the SPAW Protocol under Article 11(2): a Legal Review - Third Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) in the Wider Caribbean Region. Caracas, Venezuela, 4-8 October 2005 In Article 11(2), the STAC is granted power to assess the pertinence of Parties’ exemptions to the Protocol. Such exemptions are to be granted “for scientific, education or management purposes necessary to ensure the survival of the species or to prevent significant damage to forests or crops” and must not “jeopardize the species”. Article 11(2) does not provide clear definitions of these requirements. This review intends to guide the Meeting of the Parties (COP), the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) and Contracting Parties in defining their obligations under Article 11(2) United Nations Environment Programme, Caribbean Environment Programme Download: October 4, 2005 to October 8, 2005
	Briefing and Information Documents IUCN Caribbean Red List of Threatened Species – A Proposal In response to a request expressed by a Resolution of its Membership, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is currently in the process of designing and initiating an Initiative in support of conservation and sustainable development in the insular Caribbean. In consultations with IUCN members, partner organisations and selected experts over the past few months, the need and opportunity for the preparation of a regional Red List of Threatened Species has repeatedly been mentioned United Nations Environment Programme, Caribbean Environment Programme Download: July 2, 2008 to July 5, 2008
	Briefing and Information Documents Grid for the Objective Evaluation of Proposals For Inclusion in the Spaw Protected Areas List The purpose of the grid is to assess as objectively as possible, and with the highest degree of homogeneity, the degree of conformity of the sites proposed for inclusion in the SPAW Protected Areas List with the criteria defined according to the Protocol United Nations Environment Programme, Caribbean Environment Programme Download: April 19, 2004 to April 23, 2023