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COP3/2006/R-7: Memorandum of Cooperation between the IAC
and OSPESCA (PDF file)
COP4/2009/R-6:
Memorandum of Cooperation between the IAC and CPPS (PDF file)
2nd Meeting of the Caribbean Wetlands Initiative,July 4-9, 2011, Bonaire. The meeting was organized by the Ramsar Convention on wetlands with the following objectives: to follow-up on the commitments established during the first meeting, prepare a proposal to finance the Initiative’s action plan, as well as identify activities for the Pan-American meeting that will be held in Jamaica in December of 2011 and the Conference of the Parties (COP11) in Romania in June of 2012. The IAC gave a presentation on the Convention’s activities in the Caribbean and their relation to Ramsar sites associated with sea turtle nesting beaches and foraging grounds in the Americas and Caribbean region. As a result, the participants identified possible synergies and ways for the two Conventions to collaborate and recommended that the two Conventions sign a Memorandum of Understanding/Cooperation to facilitate information exchange on topics like the interconnectedness between sea turtles and Ramsar sites and the possibility of designating Ramsar sites based on their importance as nesting sites for critically endangered species of sea turtles. The Contracting Parties that are also party to the Initiative participated in the meeting (Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Surinam) in addition to representatives from Non Contracting Parties, French and United Kingdom overseas territories and autonomous countries within the Kingdom of Holland. Furthermore, representatives from International Organizations associated with Ramsar and regional experts particiapted as observers.
www.ramsar.org
Workshop on standardizing sea turtle data and annual reports, December
14-19, Guayaquil, Ecuador. This activity was developed under the framework of
the Memorandum of Cooperation recently signed between the Permanent Commission
of the South Pacific and the IAC, with support from the Smithsonian Institution.
Its objective was to provide recommendations for standardizing the collection of
sea turtle data with special emphasis on the context of the IAC Annual Reports,
in order to evaluate population trends which are essential to be able to perform
an objective analysis as to the success of research and conservation activities.
The recommendations of this workshop will be provided as feedback to the IAC
Scientific Committee for their future analysis of Annual Reports. For more
information in Spanish
http://www.cpps-int.org/spanish/planaccion/planaccion.htm.
Regional Workshop on the Hawksbill Turtle in the Wider Caribbean and Western
Atlantic, September 23-25, 2009 in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico. This activity was developed under the framework of the Memorandum of Cooperation between the IAC and the SPAW Protocol and CITES, with additional support from the Government of Mexico and WWF. Its objective was to develop a regional cooperation framework for the Conservation of the Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata in the Wider Caribbean and Western Atlantic. The full report can be found online at
http://www.iacseaturtle.org/English/pub.asp
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