![]() Between the 2 snorkel spots I was taken back to the island and told to wait (which was a solid 20min or so). All of the guides were very very nice, helpful, and I could tell they were putting a lot of effort into making the day enjoyable for us. The fish were beautiful, the water was warm, the equipment provided was much nicer than I’ve been given on other snorkeling outings. That being said, the snorkeling quite incredible. Our guide was very kind but did not speak any English at all so we didn’t get to learn anything about the amazing things we were seeing. It kind of seems like something is going to go wrong at all times because there are so many people involved in getting you from place to place, but it actually is fairly well coordinated. ![]() Then joined some people who had been diving or snorkeling already for one session. Got our equipment and did wait around for a bit before departing for snorkeling. We then took a very packed boat ~1hr to the island we would be snorkeling around. My friend and I got in a truck with another couple and a guide drove us to the very hectic dock area where basically all boat trips leaving Cartagena leave from. Be advised that you do need your passport number (or some ID number) when filling out the paperwork. We met at the dive shop in the morning in the walled city at 8am, very pleasant staff who offered coffee and water. In addition, they benefit from funding support for the Hedgerow Rehabilitation Programme which is being implemented within the context of the National Beautification Programme and Clean and Green Initiative.We were staying in the old city in Cartagena. Barbados benefits from regional interventions which largely have to do with different aspects of capacity building.IWEco is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) is the lead implementing agency for national and regional sub-projects.As such, the project supports the objectives of the Cartagena Convention and its Protocols. The Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (IWEco Project) addresses water, land and biodiversity resource management as well as climate change, by improving the management of fresh and coastal water resources, land resources and forests.The Convention was adopted in Cartagena, Colombia on 24 March 1983 and entered into force on 11 October 1986. The Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) or Cartagena Convention is a regional legal agreement for the protection of the Caribbean Sea.We hope that this will become an example of best practice that we can share throughout the region. We have developed a very detailed communication strategy with the government, to explain this to farmers, and the general public. ![]() One of our projects is working to ensure that reused water is safe. Over the years, more and more countries like Barbados started to say that they needed more concrete work on the ground, and our more recent projects have focused primarily on supporting Barbados at the local level. Some of the early work of the convention was more in the context of regional policy, regional standards, and we worked very closely with the government of of Barbados in reviewing regulations and helping them develop new policies. They are heavily dependent on groundwater and therefore their water is at high risk from pollution, particularly domestic wastewater. A lot of the work we have done in Barbados is really to help them build resilience.Ĭoral nursery off the coast of Barbados, created by CORALLĬhristopher Corbin Barbados has been listed globally as one of the most water-stressed countries in the world: they have a significant challenge as it relates to the provision of drinking water. It's also, one would argue, one of the more vulnerable islands in the region because of its geography. The whole approach to ecosystem-based management is also a recognition that we can't approach the management of our resources in an isolated and sectoral way.īarbados has been, I would say, one of the extremely strong supporters of the work of the Cartagena Convention. When it comes down to issues such as sea level rise, we are seeing the importance of integrated planning and integrated coastal zone management. So, we're starting to look at issues of adaptation, and nature based solutions. We are not completely changing the focus of the Convention, but rather seeing how the impact of climate change relates to our two core focus areas of marine pollution and marine biodiversity. Khus khus grass is being grown in the Barbados National Botanical Gardens, to be used in hedgerows as part of an initiative to reduce land-based pollution in the ocean.Ĭlimate change impacts on all of the activities that happen within the region.
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