Large marine ecosystem fisheries management with particular reference to Latin America and the Caribbean Sea

AbstractThe countries of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) are linked economically by their transboundary living marine resources. The region is facing a continued decline of these resources. Science is improving our understanding of the human contributions to this decline, but national policies and programmes have not kept pace with this understanding. The Caribbean Regional Seas Programme and its Cartagena Convention and Protocols provide the regional legal framework for protection and sustainable management of the WCR's living marine and coastal resources. This article focuses on the Cartagena Convention's Protocol for biodiversity conservation, the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW), arguing that governments and organizations need to significantly increase participation in this regional treaty regime to effectively address transboundary environmental challenges. A new initiative, the Global Environment Facility-supported Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem project, will help in this effort. International policy supports strengthened regional seas programmes. It is now imperative for all levels and sectors to assist governments in strengthening this important treaty regime for biodiversity conservation in the Wider Caribbean Region.

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Building an ecosystems-type fisheries management approach for the Campeche Bank, subarea in the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem

Environmental Development ◽

10.1016/j.envdev.2017.03.004 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 ◽

pp. 143-149 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Francisco Arreguín-Sánchez ◽

Pablo del Monte Luna ◽

Manuel Jesús Zetina-Rejón ◽

Arturo Tripp-Valdez ◽

Mirtha O. Albañez-Lucero ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gulf Of Mexico ◽

Fisheries Management ◽

Marine Ecosystem ◽

Management Approach ◽

Large Marine Ecosystem

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14. An Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries for Large Pelagic Fish Resources in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem

Towards Marine Ecosystem-Based Management in the Wider Caribbean ◽

10.1515/9789048512805-017 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 197-212

Keyword(s):

Marine Ecosystem ◽

Ecosystem Approach ◽

Pelagic Fish ◽

Fish Resources ◽

Large Marine Ecosystem ◽

The Caribbean

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Latin American Cities

Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering - Designing Grid Cities for Optimized Urban Development and Planning ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3613-0.ch003 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 39-51

Author(s):

Carles Crosas

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Latin America ◽

Latin American ◽

Buenos Aires ◽

Caribbean Sea ◽

Capital Cities ◽

Urban Imaginary ◽

The Caribbean ◽

New Generation ◽

American Cities

During the nineteenth century, capital cities in Latin America established a new generation of “green” grids, inherited from the tradition of Hispanic colonization that introduced new elements of modernity: technique, transport, and ecology. From hundreds of cases, it is worth paying attention to those that are most outstanding for embodying a number of characteristics: certain isolated condition, perfect geometrical layout, tram connection, “hygienist” inspiration, innovative engineering, new urban imaginary, etc. The brief presentation of some cases in Buenos Aires, México DF, Montevideo, and Sao Paolo leads the authors to assess the outstanding case of El Vedado in La Habana (1859) within its contemporary panorama. This is a canonical grid district settled in a vast and privileged area near the Caribbean Sea, with its quiet tree-lined streets and notable for its exquisite buildings. After 150 years, reviewing the transformation of this unique grid allows one to gain insight regarding the flexibility of urban grids, appreciate the splendour of its past, and explore the potential for its future.

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