Protected areas of the Caribbean

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Protected areas of the Caribbean are significant in a region of particular ecological vulnerability, including the impact of climate change and the impact of tourism.[1]

The University of the West Indies' "Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway"[2] supports informational resources for the 16 Caribbean member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. It forms the regional component of the ACP's program,[3] building on the World Database on Protected Areas.

The United Nations Environment Programme supports the Greater Caribbean through its Regional Seas initiative,[4] but studies have pointed to the shortage of marine protected areas and marine reserves in the region as particularly detrimental to shark conservation,[5] an issue also addressed globally though the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks. Comparative county-by-county studies on MPA enforcement have also been made by the Environmental Law Institute.[6]

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  1. ^ "Parks Caribbean". parkscaribbean.net. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  2. ^ "CPAG – Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway". Retrieved 2021-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "BIOPAMA". IUCN. 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  4. ^ "Protected areas in the wider Caribbean Region". United Nations Environment Programme.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ Gallagher, Austin J.; Amon, Diva J.; Bervoets, Tadzio; Shipley, Oliver N.; Hammerschlag, Neil; Sims, David W. (2020-02-14). "The Caribbean needs big marine protected areas". Science. 367 (6479): 749–749. doi:10.1126/science.abb0650. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 32054752.
  6. ^ "Caribbean MPA Enforcement". ELI Ocean Program: MPAs. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
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