States opposed both proposals. Based on information provided 

 by participants at the Sixth Conference of Parties, the pro- 

 posals were withdrawn, and the West African manatee was retained 

 on Appendix II. As a related matter, however, the Chairman 

 of the ten-year review Committee proposed that the newly 

 established Animals Committee investigate and report on trade 

 problems as may exist for any of the four species of Sirenia. 

 The proposal was referred to the Committee for consideration, 

 and it is expected that the matter will be reviewed at the 

 next Conference of Parties in 1989. 



The Convention for the Protection and 

 Development of the Marine Environment of the 

 Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention) 



The Convention for the Protection and Development of the 

 Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, more commonly 

 known as the Cartegena Convention, is a part of the Caribbean 

 Environment Program, one of 12 Regional Seas Programs developed 

 and sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program. 

 Regional Seas Programs are intended to protect marine resources 

 and habitat in selected areas vulnerable to pollution by 

 encouraging nations bordering the areas to commit financial 

 and human resources to cooperative research and management 

 programs. Each Regional Seas Program includes an Action Plan 

 outlining needed environmental projects (e.g., watershed 

 management, oil spill contingency planning, public awareness 

 campaigns, environmental impact assessment, and protection 

 and recovery of endangered species) and a Convention to provide 

 a framework for agreement among Contracting Parties to cooperate 

 in protecting and managing the regional marine environment. 



The Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment Program 

 was developed and approved in 1981. The Cartegena Convention, 

 which provides a complementry legal framework for the Action 

 Plan, was concluded in 1983 and entered into force in 1986. 

 Thirteen nations have ratified the Convention. 6 At the end 

 of 1987, 33 states and territories were participating in the 

 Convention. 



The Convention calls for: cooperation in controlling 

 marine pollution from ships, land-based and atmospheric sources, 

 man-made structures at sea, and exploration and exploitation 

 of the seabed; protecting and preserving rare or fragile 



6 At the end of 1987, parties that had ratified the 

 Cartagena Convention were: Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; 

 France; Grenada; Jamaica; Mexico; The Netherlands; Panama; 

 St. Lucia; Trinidad and Tobago; the United Kingdom; the United 

 States; and Venezuela. 



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