Regional Perspective on Land-Based Sources of Pollution in the Greater Caribbean Region: PAC Technical Report No. 33

This document assesses land-based sources of marine pollution across the Greater Caribbean and synthesizes national inventories from 25 countries under UNEP’s CEPPOL program to quantify loads and identify control priorities. It outlines CEPPOL’s aims to coordinate regional monitoring, generate comparable data, and support legal and technical measures, then applies a common methodology to estimate domestic, industrial, riverine, and nonpoint contributions where available. Principal stressors are untreated sewage, petroleum hydrocarbons, sedimentation, nutrient enrichment, pesticides, and marine debris, with analyses organized across six subregions and summarized in tables of biochemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, nutrients, and oil and grease.