Information source CEP: The programme that 'can' Topics Environment & Natural Resources Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Regional and International Cooperation Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Teaser In 1983 at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, the nations of the wider Caribbean region (WCR) adopted the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the WCR, also known as the Cartagena Convention. Source Caribbean News Now