RT null T1 Toolkit for Institutional, Policy and Legislative Improvements in Support of the IWCAM Approach in Caribbean SIDS - CEP Technical Report 68 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 pollution source K1 watershed management K1 coastal zone management K1 Small Island Developing States K1 Caribbean region YR 2008 FD 2008-05 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40304 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40304 NO The Toolkit is a resource that: • Lays out tools and instruments for key government officials; • Assists in building capacity at regional and national levels to understand the requirements of the LBS Protocol; • Increases the understanding, awareness and skills of personnel This toolkit is prepared by Environmental Advisors Inc.for the GEF Project on “Integrating Watershed & Coastal Areas Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (GEF-IWCAM)” responsible for drafting laws for protecting watershed and coastal andmarine areas • Facilitates the adoption of regional standards and thereby promotes best practices in IWCAM; • Enhances synergies between legal, technical and managerial approaches to implementing IWCAM; • Offers you information to update your knowledge and skills with factsheets, checklists and practical examples from other jurisdictions.Its ultimate goal therefore is to – • promote the ratification of the LBS Protocol as a comprehensive tool to control, prevent, and/or reduce marine pollution; • propose a mix of legal, institutional and capacity-building options that countries may exercise to implement the Protocol; • recognise the influence and relationship of other MEAs in the control of marine pollution; • resolve the biggest practical challenge of inadequate resources –both human and financial – to harmonise domestic and international legal instruments on marine pollution. NO https://www.unep.org/cep/ DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 16, 2026