Marine and Coastal Issues
Marine and coastal environment issues are dynamic and diverse. This section of the site is a good starting point for research into many of the pressing concerns of the nations and territories of the Wider Caribbean Region. They contain definitions, descriptions, discussions, links to relevant on-line documents and web sites.
- Heavy Metals
- Marine Invasive Species
- Marine Mammals
- Marine Turtles
- The Wider Caribbean Region once supported populations of sea turtles that numbered in the millions. Seventeenth and eighteenth century mariner records document flotillas of turtles so dense and vast that net fishing was impossible, even the movement of ships was curtailed. Today some of the largest breeding populations the world has ever known are virtually gone; for example, the green turtles of the Cayman Islands. It is clear that sea turtles cannot survive the next century without unflinching regional cooperation and coordination of conservation and management programs. Everyone has a role to play!
- Radioactive Substances
- Nutrients
- Oils (hydrocarbons)
- Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Pesticides
- Sedimentation and Erosion
- Solid Waste and Marine Litter
- Wastewater, Sewage and Sanitation
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- Marine and Coastal Issues
- Marine and coastal environment issues are dynamic and diverse. This section of the site is a good starting point for research into many of the pressing concerns of the nations and territories of the Wider Caribbean Region. It provides up to date information on the issues and what the CEP is doing in relation to the respective issues, links to relevant on-line documents and web sites.
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9 - Choi y Eckert (2009) Protección de las Playas de Anidación.pdf
