Workshop on public participation in international negotiations on environmental matters: Panel on environmental justice and access rights for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Broad, open and inclusive public participation has become a hallmark of recent international negotiation processes related to sustainable development. Public participation has been a salient characteristic of the negotiation process of the regional agreement on access to information, public participation, and access to justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Principle 10 regional agreement, in reference to Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development) that stemmed from the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). The…

Final assessment report. Assessment of development account project 14/15 AI: Strengthening statistical capacities for building macroeconomic and sustainable development indicators in Latin American, Caribbean and Asia-Pacific countries

Road map for the implementation in Saint Lucia of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

This document contains the road map for the implementation in Saint Lucia of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement), prepared by the Government of Saint Lucia with the support of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Its purpose is to provide a normative and practical analysis of access rights in Saint Lucia, systematizing the progress made and the gaps that remain. A workshop-consultation was held with a number of stakeholders, including publ…

Report of the regional preparatory meeting for the midterm review of the implementation of the Almaty programme of action: addressing the special needs of the landlocked developing countries

Workshop for government officials on the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Final assessment report: assessment of development account project 12/13 AD: Towards a low carbon economy in Latin America: policy options for energy efficiency and innovation May 2016

Informe del Taller de Trabajo sobre Inventarios y Cuentas del Patrimonio Natural del Corredor Biológico de Chichinautzin, Estado de Morelos, México = Report of the Workshop on Natural Heritage Inventories and Accounts for the Chichinautzin...

Contiene los antecedentes y resumen de los debates de la reunión que tuvo por objetivo presentar los resultados obtenidos en la elaboración de un inventario y una cuenta del patrimonio natural para el corredor biológico de Chichinautzin, y contribuir por medio de estudios presentados, a la preservación de un cinturón ecológico en torno al Distrito de Morelos.…

Informe del Taller de Trabajo sobre Inventarios y Cuentas del Patrimonio Natural del Corredor Biológico de Chichinautzin, Estado de Morelos, México = Report of the Workshop on Natural Heritage Inventories and Accounts for the Chichinautzin...

Contiene los antecedentes y resumen de los debates de la reunión que tuvo por objetivo presentar los resultados obtenidos en la elaboración de un inventario y una cuenta del patrimonio natural para el corredor biológico de Chichinautzin, y contribuir por medio de estudios presentados, a la preservación de un cinturón ecológico en torno al Distrito de Morelos.…

Estudio general sobre los recursos naturales renovables para la alimentación y la agricultura en el Gran Caribe = Overview on the state of renewable natural resources for food and agriculture in the Wider Caribbean

Estudio sobre los principales aspectos de los recursos naturales del Gran Caribe. Reseña el estado actual de los subsectores de la agricultura, silvicultura y pesca; intenta determinar el potencial de los recursos renovables en relación a su uso; recomienda medidas necesarias para la utilización racional de los recursos y lograr una productividad sostenible.…

Estudio general sobre los recursos naturales renovables para la alimentación y la agricultura en el Gran Caribe = Overview on the state of renewable natural resources for food and agriculture in the Wider Caribbean

Estudio sobre los principales aspectos de los recursos naturales del Gran Caribe. Reseña el estado actual de los subsectores de la agricultura, silvicultura y pesca; intenta determinar el potencial de los recursos renovables en relación a su uso; recomienda medidas necesarias para la utilización racional de los recursos y lograr una productividad sostenible.…

Developments in relation to the proposal for securing the international recognition of the Caribbean sea as a special area in the context of sustainable development

Our Caribbean civilisation has been very much shaped by the sea. The evidence of this in our region abounds from time immemorial: the peopling of our Caribbean; its trading; its economy and commerce, ancient and modern; its daily living and eating; its culture and its thinking. All these facets of life and production have been moulded, even determined, by the sea. Yet, strangely our Caribbean civilisation has yet to reflect in public policy the real value and significance of the sea which joins us all. To be sure, each country in the region has its own ministry of fisheries but each m…

Webinar for Caribbean Governments on the Regional agreement on access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Organized by ECLAC, CARICOM and the OECS, the webinar aims to present the content of the Regional Agreement to Caribbean government delegates involved in the signature and ratification process and offer an opportunity to discuss queries with legal experts.…

Final assessment report. Assessment of development account project 14/15 AJ: Logistics integration for a more sustainable exploitation of natural resources in Latin America and the Caribbean

Evaluation of development account project 10/11 H Strengthening statistical and inter-institutional capacities for monitoring the Millennium Development Goals through interregional cooperation and knowledge-sharing

Issues in the development of a regional mechanism/consultative framework for effective coordinated and coherent implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action/ Mauritius Strategy in the Caribbean

Report on the national training workshop in the ECLAC methodology for estimating the socio-economic and environmental effects of disasters. 19-21 April 2005, Cayman Islands

Final assessment report. Assessment of development account project 2023Q Caribbean small island developing State-relevant climate change and disasters indicators for evidence-based policies

Planning for Disaster Risk Management & Disaster Assessment Methodology in the context of the 2030 Development Agenda and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals

ECLAC and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) have convened a four-day training course in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to improve the ability of policymakers from eight Caribbean countries to prepare for disasters and to assess their effects and impacts.…

Annotated provisional agenda. Twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Report of the Extraordinary Meeting of the Committee on South-South Cooperation: opportunities for renewed international development cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean