Launched in 2016, the Wider Caribbean Regional Node for Marine Litter Management is a partnership involving governments, non-governmental organizations and civil society, research and academic institutions, national and regional agencies including private sector and individuals, that are all interested in working together to reduce the quality and impact of marine litter in coastal zones and the marine environment of the Wider Caribbean Region. The Caribbean Node is hosted by the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), a regional not-for-profit organization, and the Secretariat for the Cartagena Convention, a UNEP-administered Regional Seas Programme for the Wider Caribbean Region. The work of the Regional Node is guided by the Cartagena Convention’s Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS) which entered into force in 2010, the 2016 Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter (RAPMali) and a Regional Marine Litter Strategy (2020). READ MORE
