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Protocol on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Caribbean

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 22 p.

Author FAO and CRFM

Publisher FAO and CRFM ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-134252-7

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This document presents the Protocol on Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Caribbean under the Caribbean Community Common Fisheries Policy. The Protocol was approved by CARICOM States during the 8th Special Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), which was held in Barbados on 11 October 2018.

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FAO and Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism. 2021. Protocol on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Caribbean. Barbados, 18 April 2018. Rome, Belmopan.


https://doi.org/10.4060/cb4205en

Language English

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