| dc.description | The Regional Strategy and Action Plan for the Valuation, Protection and/or Restoration of Key Marine Habitats in the Wider Caribbean 2021 - 2030 (RSAP) is one of the tools developed by the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Sub-Programme of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) to support conservation and sustainable use of coastal and marine ecosystems in the wider Caribbean. The RSAP is aligned with and contributes to implementation of global, regional and sub-regional instruments relating to marine habitats and supports their implementation (see Section 6). It:
• provides a framework for strategic interventions by participating countries to strengthen the resilience of vital nearshore marine habitats (coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrasses) as part of their regional obligations under the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean (Cartagena Convention) and the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW Protocol);
• supports commitments under the Cartagena Convention to sustainably manage the common coastal and marine resources of the wider Caribbean and facilitates alignment of actions to meet obligations of supporting multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs);
• contributes to implementation of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Sustainable Management of Shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems (CLME+) region, and is linked with, and mutually supportive of, other strategies and plans implementing the CLME+ SAP5; and
• provides a platform for synergistic regional action by participating governments, relevant regional and international inter-governmental organisations, members of the Interim Coordination Mechanism (ICM) for Integrated Ocean Governance in the wider Caribbean6, and stakeholders from academia, civil society, and other Major Groups. | en_US |
