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Welcome on SPAW-RAC’s website, the Regional Activity Center for Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife of the Caribbean. Integrated to the DEAL of Guadeloupe (Guadeloupe Environment Planning and Housing Direction) and funded by the French Government, the SPAW-RAC works under the aegis of the Regional Coordination Unit for the United Nations Environment Programme in Kingston, to implement the SPAW protocol concerning the protection of marine and coastal biodiversity in the wider Caribbean region, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean Sea.
The RAC-SPAW has been hosted by the DEAL of Guadeloupe since January 1, 2019. In this section you will find further information about our missions and working area.
Download the List of countries which ratified SPAW Protocol
SPAW countries list :
Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Colombia | Cuba | Dominican Republic | France (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Saint-Barthélémy, Saint-Martin) | Grenada | Guyana | Honduras | Netherlands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint-Eustachius, Sint Maarten) | Panama | Saint-Lucia | St Vincent and the Grenadines | Trinidad and Tobago | United States (States bordering the Gulf of Mexico; U.S. Virgin Islands; Puerto-Rico) | Venezuela