Assessment & Management of Environmental Pollution (AMEP)

Information material

• AMEP Workplan 08/09
  

• AMEP  Brochure
  
  
• LBS Brochure
  
• Media Brief 08
  
• AMEP Quarterly

           Jan/Mar 09
           Oct/Dec 08

• LBS Focal Point Directory (April 09)
  

Pollution Issues

• Heavy Metals
• Solid Waste & Marine Litter
• Nutrients
• Oils (Hydrocarbons)
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Pesticides
• Radioactive Substances
  
• Wastewater, Sewage and Sanitation
• Sedimentation and Erosion
  

AMEP Goal

To control, prevent and reduce pollution of the coastal and marine environment from land and marine-based sources and activities thereby enabling Countries of the Wider Caribbean to meet their obligations under the Land Based Sources of Marine Pollution and Oil Spills Protocols of the Cartagena Convention.

AMEP Objectives

1. Promote ratification of, accession to, and implementation of the LBS and Oil Spills Protocols;
2. Enhance coordination, collaboration, cooperation, and communication with regional and international organizations (CCCCs)‏ in project development and implementation related to AMEP

AMEP Thematic Areas

1. National Programmes of Action
2. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
3. Integrated Watershed Management
4. Sewage and Wastewater Management
5. Integrated Waste Management
6. Oil Spills Planning