1. Deputy Project Coordinator
LME 21 – Building Partnerships Around LMEs in Support of the Sustainable Development
Agenda
The CLME+ Initiative
Laverne Walker
Deputy Project Coordinator

2. The Caribbean
Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention

3. The Caribbean Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention
Catalyzing implementation of the
10-year Strategic Action Programme
for the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf LME’s

4. CARTAGENA CONVENTION AREA
THIS FIGURE:
WECAFC AREA
CARTAGENA CONVENTION AREA
3 LARGE MARINE ECOSYSTEMS:
CLME + NBSLME
= CLME+
Note: LME’s = adequate geographic units for EBM
(NOAA, GEF,..)
Catalyzing implementation of the
10-year Strategic Action Programme
for the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf LME’s

5. Wider Caribbean Region and oceans
Huge dependency of the region on the ocean and ocean related economies
According to the World Bank Group (2012), the gross revenues generated by the ocean economy in the Caribbean in 2012 were on the order of US$407 billion, equivalent to some 14 to 27 percent of the estimated value of the global ocean economy
Catalyzing implementation of the
10-year Strategic Action Programme
for the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf LME’s

6. Threats to the CLME+ ROOT CAUSES of THREATS WEAKNESS OF GOVERNANCE
limited HUMAN & FINANCIAL resources;
inadequate (ACCESS to) DATA and INFORMATION/KNOWLEDGE
inadequate public AWARENESS and INVOLVEMENT
inadequate consideration of the VALUE of ECOSYSTEM goods & services
Overarching Root Cause
Habitat Degradation
Pollution
Unsustainable Fishing Practices

7. CLME+ Initiative
Public Sector
Civil Society
Private Sector

8. Thank you!