DE, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with UN DESA and CARICOM deliv­ered a three day work­shop in Belize (April 30, May 1, 2), pre­sent­ing the results of two dif­fer­ent projects. The first project was with UN DESA and focused on assess­ing data solu­tions for nature in Caribbean SIDS, focus­ing on three themes:

(1) Data coor­di­na­tion and gov­er­nance

(2) Data pro­duc­tion

(3) Data dis­sem­i­na­tion

The sec­ond project was with CARICOM and focused on assess­ing bio­di­ver­si­ty and chem­i­cals waste MEA report­ing in the Caribbean region. A sum­ma­ry report and mon­i­tor­ing frame­work was launched at this meet­ing and can be found here: LINK.

UNCBD Focal Points and rep­re­sen­ta­tives nation­al sta­tis­ti­cal offices came from across the Caribbean to par­tic­i­pate in this work­shop. The work­shop activ­i­ties led to find­ings that iden­ti­fied best prac­tices for data for nature in Caribbean SIDS and the start­ing point for a col­lab­o­ra­tive roadmap.