The Caribbean Environment Programme is a broad environmental programme of the 36 States and Territories of the Wider Caribbean region. The Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, together with the protocols associated with the Convention, constitute the legal framework of the Programme. The Programme is implemented through an Action Plan operated under the authority of the States and Territories participating in the Caribbean Environment Programme. UNEP, through the Regional Coordinating Unit for the Caribbean Environment Programme, provides the secretariat of the Convention and the Action Plan, and the technical coordination for the implementation of the agreed activities.