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International
actors and agreements in the region
See
Global action and Global
actors.
UNEP
Regional Seas Programme. ••>
UNEP Global programme of action for the protection of
the marine environment from land-based activities (UNEP
GPA). ••>
UN
Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC-CEPAL).
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UNEP
Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ROLAC). ••>
International
Coral Reef Initiative and other organizations and
networks on
the threats to coral reefs, including the effects of
litter/debris.
Regional
conventions, agreements, action plans and actors
Convention
for Cooperation in the Protection and Sustainable Development
of Marine and Coastal Environment of the Northeast Pacific
(Antigua Convention) • COCATRAM. ••>
Action Plan to the Convention for Cooperation in the
Protection and Sustainable Development of the Marine
and Coastal Environment of the Northeast Pacific.
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Latin American Agreement on Port State Control (Viña
del Mar Agreement).
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Regional
reports on the state of the marine and coastal environment
A
Regional Diagnostic Study on Land-based Sources of Pollution
in the North-East Pacific area is under development.
UNEP GPA: Assessment
of Land-based Sources and Activities Affecting the Marine,
Coastal and Associated Freshwater Environment in the
South-East Pacific. This report
includes Panama and Colombia. Four
areas — Baha de Panama, and Colombian areas Buenaventura,
Tumaco, and Esmeraldas — are identified as risk
areas for oil pollution.
UNEP GPA: North
East Pacific (brief description of environmental
state, priority issues).
UNEP: Global
Environment Outlook 3 (GEO3). Coastal and marine
areas.
University
of Rhode Island: Large Marine Ecosystems (LME): The
region includes the
Pacific Central American Coastal System.
Private
sector and NGOs actors and initiatives
Clean Caribbean Cooperative.
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Regional
Association of Oil and Natural Gas Companies in Latin
America and the Caribbean (ARPEL).
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Latin
Petroleum Analytics (LAPA).
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Rainforest
Action Network (RAN): Oil
report: Amazon.
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF).
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International Directory of Oil Spill Cleanup Contractors
and Response Organisations.
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International
Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association
(IPIECA).
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Oilwatch.
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