The first session of the Conference of Parties (COP 1) to the Protocol on Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS Protocol) to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention) will be held to: review and approve the recommendations of the first meeting of the Scientific, Technical and Advisory Committee (STAC 1) for the Protocol held from 5-7 June 2012; review and agree on further activities of the LBS Regional Activity Centres (RACs) in Cuba, and Trinidad and Tobago; and decide on the 2013-14 work plan and budget for activities under the Protocol and the Assessment and Management of Environmental Pollution (AMEP) sub-programme of UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP).
date: 24 October 2012 location: Punta Cana, Dominican Republic contact: UNEP-CAR/RCU phone: +876-922-9267 fax: +876-922-9292 e-mail: rcu@cep.unep.org www: http://www.cep.unep.org/press/press-releases/announcing-the-15th-igm-in-punta-cana-dominican-republic