E hui ka ʻaha kūkā o nā ʻaoʻao no ka hui ʻo Cartagena ma Roatan, Honduras e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia pili kai 

Manaʻo ka poʻe loea kūloko i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoʻonā no nā pilikia maʻamau ma ka Wider Caribbean Region 

Kingston, Iamaika. Mei 31, 2019. ʻO ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni kahakai a me ka moana ma ka Wider Caribbean Region e hoʻomaka i ke kahua waena mai Iune 3-6, 2019 i ka wā e hui ai nā ʻaoʻao i ka Cartagena Convention a me kāna mau Protocols ma Roatán, Honduras. E hui pū nā hālāwai me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ka World Environment Day ma Iune 5 i alakaʻi ʻia e ka United Nations Environment Programme. Na ke Aupuni Honduran e hoʻokipa i ka Blue Economy Summit ma Iune 7 e paipai i ka hoʻohana mau ʻana i nā kumuwaiwai moana ma ka ʻāina ma o ka hana hou a me ka ʻenehana, a me nā hana e hoʻomanaʻo ai i ka World Oceans Day ma Iune 8.   

ʻO ka Secretariat to the Convention, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Jamaica, e hoʻākoakoa i kāna mau hālāwai ʻaha kūkā o nā ʻaoʻao (COP) i kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki e hoʻoholo ai i kāna hana. ʻO nā kūkākūkā ma ka 15th COP i ka Convention e nānā i ke kūlana o nā hana i hana ʻia e ka Secretariat and Contracting Party i ka biennium i hala a ʻae i ka hoʻolālā hana 2019-2020 e koi ana i ka hui nui ʻana o ka āpana, ke komo ʻana a me ka hana e pane ai i ka pollution a me nā mea ola kai. poho. ʻO nā ʻelele e komo ana i ka 4th Meeting of Parties to the Protocol on Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (LBS a Pollution Protocol) e nānā, ma waena o nā pilikia ʻē aʻe, i ka holomua i hana ʻia no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka haumia mai ka lepo, ke kūlana o ka ʻeke plastik a me nā pāpā Styrofoam. ma ka ʻāina, a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hōʻike mua o ka mokuʻāina o ka pollution moana. ʻO nā kūkākūkā ma ka 10th Meeting of Party to the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife Protocol (SPAW a i ʻole Biodiversity Protocol) e hoʻokūpaʻa i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama ʻana i nā koʻa a me nā mangroves, ka ulu ʻana o ka pilikia o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka moana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā wahi i pale ʻia i ke kai a me nā ʻano mea i mālama ʻia. mea nui i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā Pahuhopu Hoʻomohala Hoʻomau. E loiloi pū ʻia nā hopena hoʻomau o Sargassum ma ka ʻāina. I loko o kēia mau hālāwai, e hui pū nā ʻelele kiʻekiʻe mai ka United Nations Environment Program Head Quarters ma Kenya a me kāna Keʻena ʻĀpana ma Panama i nā luna kiʻekiʻe o ke Aupuni Honduran, nā ʻelele mai ka Convention's Regional Activity Centers (RACs) a me kanakolukūmāwalu mau mea komo mai 26 ʻāina. Eia kekahi, ʻoi aku ma mua o kanakolu Observers, me nā hui hoa a me nā hui aupuni ʻole, manaʻo ʻia e hele a komo i nā kūkākūkā.

ʻO ka Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR), i kapa ʻia ʻo Cartagena Convention, ua ʻae ʻia i ka makahiki 1986 e hāpai i ka pale a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ke kaiapuni kai i ka WCR. Mai ia manawa, ua ʻae ʻia e 26 mau ʻāina. Ma 2018, ua lilo ʻo Honduras i ʻāina hou loa e hōʻoia i ka Convention a me kāna mau Protocols ʻekolu. He aha kā mākou mau ʻelele e kali nei i kēia mau hālāwai?

1. " Ke kali nei au i ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o ka SOCAR [Report of the Working Group on Environmental Monitoring and Assessment] a me ke kūkākūkā e hana ʻia ma kēia hana seminal… ʻO koʻu manaʻolana e hiki i ke kauoha a ka Pūʻulu Nānā a me ka loiloi e hoʻonui ʻia e hoʻonui i kona koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke ala ʻepekema i ka hoʻoholo ʻana o ka Convention." - Kauka Linroy Christian, Antigua a me Barbuda 2. Unuhi: “Ma ke ʻano o kaʻu mau manaʻo, ua maopopo iaʻu ʻo kēia mau hālāwai ka fora kūpono e kālailai a kaʻana like i nā ʻike. e hoʻoholo i nā hoʻoholo maikaʻi loa "- Marino Abrego, Panama 3. "Ke manaʻo nei ka ʻelele TCI e ʻike i nā hoʻokō / hoʻokō, nā pilikia a me nā manawa a me nā mea hou o ka Convention and Protocols, me ka manaʻo e hoʻohana. ʻo ia ke alakaʻi i nā hoʻololi kūpono i nā kānāwai kūloko (Ordinances and Regulations), me ka pahuhopu hope loa o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka hoʻomau o nā kaiaola. a me ka papa inoa SPAW o na Wahi Palekana… ka hoala hou ana i na Puulu Hana Ad Hoc like ole ma lalo o ka SPAW Protocol a me ka hookumu ana i hui e hooponopono i ka pilikia Sargassum e ulu ana, [a] na ka SPAW COP e hooikaika ikaika i na aoao a pau i ka pono o ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā koi o ka SPAW Protocol. Inā ʻaʻole ia e noho ka Protocol i kahi leka ʻole. " – Paul Hoetjes, Karipiano Netherlands  

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