The Caribbean Challenge initiative involves eight Caribbean Governments that agreed to establish effective national systems of marine and coastal protected areas, covering at least 20 percent of their respective near-shore coastal environments, by 2020.
The update discusses Phase I of the Challenge and its recently initiated Phase II, which involves activities at the site, national and regional levels.
9 September 2011: The UN Environment Programme Caribbean Environment Program (UNEP-CEP) and The Nature Conservancy released the inaugural issue of a quarterly update to increase awareness of the Caribbean Challenge initiative, share progress and inspire others.
The Caribbean Challenge is a government-led effort involving eight Caribbean governments – Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – which have agreed to establish effective national systems of marine and coastal protected areas, covering at least 20 percent of their respective near-shore coastal environments, by 2020. Caribbean Challenge activities aim to develop financial mechanisms (trust funds) and train marine protected area (MPA) staff at regional and national levels.
The update includes sections on Phase I of the Caribbean Challenge and its recently initiated Phase II. Phase II involves activities at the site, national and regional levels. The update also includes a section on the Caribbean Challenge in the international context, and outlines several upcoming meetings. [IISD RS Sources]