The present document is being presented to the Thirteenth Meeting of the Monitoring Committee on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Programme and Special Meeting of the Bureau of Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (San José, 9-13 July, 2001). It has been prepared by the secretariat of the Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), the United Nations Environment Programme Regional Coordinating Unit for the Caribbean (UNEPCAR/ RCU) with a view to presenting the status of activities for CEP and its subprogrammes: Assessment and Management of Environmental Pollution (AMEP); Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW); Information Systems for the Management of Marine and Coastal Resources (CEPNET); and Education, Training and Awareness (ETA).