North Brazil Shelf (LME)

Basin Management Institutions

• IOC of UNESCO Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE)
• UN Environment Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit (UNEP CAR/RCU); Caribbean Environment Programme
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
• Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM)
• Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC)
• Global Water Partnership-Caribbean (GWP-C)

Basin Projects (18)

• Setting the Foundations for Zero Net Loss of the Mangroves that Underpin Human Wellbeing in the North Brazil Shelf LME - active (Project Approved)
• CReW+: An Integrated Approach to Water and Wastewater Management Using Innovative Solutions and Promoting Financing Mechanisms in the Wider Caribbean Region - active (Project Approved)
• Integrated Ecosystem Management and Restoration of Forests on the South East Coast of St. Lucia - active (Project Approved)
• Climate Change Adaptation in the Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector - active (Project Approved)
• Catalysing Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management of Shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems (CLME+) - active (Project Approved)
• Sustainable Management of Bycatch in Latin America and Caribbean Trawl Fisheries (REBYC-II LAC) - active (Project Approved)
• Implementing a "Ridge to Reef" Approach to Protecting Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functions within and Around Protected Areas - active (Project Approved)
• Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biodiversity in Coastal and Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - active (Project Approved)
• Strengthening the Sub-system of Coastal and Marine Protected Areas - active (Project Approved)
• Marine and Coastal Protected Areas - active (Project Approved)
• Coastal Protected Area Management - closed (Completed)
• Consolidating Costa Rica's Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) - closed (Completed)
• Strengthening the Marine and Coastal Protected Areas System - closed (Project Approved)
• Designing and Implementing a National Sub-System of Marine Protected Areas (SMPA) - closed (Project Approved)
• Building a Sustainable National Marine Protected Area Network - closed (Project Approved)
• Application of a Regional Approach to the Management of Marine and Coastal Protected Areas in Cuba's Southern Archipelagos - closed (Completed)
• Mainstreaming Biodiversity Conservation into the Operation of the Tourism and Fisheries Sectors in the Archipelagos of Panama - closed (Project Approved)
• Sustainable Management of the Shared Marine Resources of the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) and Adjacent Regions - closed (Project Closure)

Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)
Strategic Action Programme (SAP)
Other documents and resources from the projects

LME Factsheet
NOAA	TWAP	LME HUB

Finances
Total cost	552.00M US$
GEF allocation	104.00M US$