RT null T1 State Of the Cartagena Convention Area: An Assessment of Marine Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities in the Wider Caribbean Region A1 United Nations Environment Programme, A2 Heileman, Sherry A2 McManus, Liana A2 Corbin, Christopher A2 Christian, Linroy A2 Banjoo, Darryl A2 Adrian, Stephanie A2 Mayorga, Emilio K1 marine pollution K1 marine environment K1 eutrophication K1 plastic waste K1 Caribbean region K1 river basin K1 marine ecosystem K1 groundwater K1 aquifer YR 2019 FD 2019 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36346 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36346 NO The State of the Convention Area (SOCAR)is the fi rst such region-wide assessment undertaken by the Secretariat, and is a baseline assessment of the state of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) coastal and marine environment with respect to land-based sources (LBS)of pollution. SOCAR’s vision is to be “A major periodic and authoritative regional assessment of the state of the WCR marine environment with respect to LBS (and their ecological and human impacts) that will inform decision-making and stimulate actions and investments to reduce and elimeliminate land-based sources of pollution in the WCR on the longer term.” NO https://www.unep.org/cep DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 21, 2026