Episode 8: Swimming with Plastics!

“We know that when we protect our oceans we’re protecting our future.”- President Bill Clinton
Welcome to season 2, The Caribbean Ocean Perspectives Series! In this episode, I have a great chat with Christopher Corbin, Senior Programme Officer with the Ecosystems Division of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He is based at the UNEP Cartagena Convention Secretariat & Caribbean Environment Programme in Kingston, Jamaica, which covers all the countries of the Wider Caribbean Region. Christopher is responsible for the Secretariat’s Marine Pollution and Communications Sub-Programmes and oversees activities on marine litter. 
As a Saint Lucian national, with over 30 years of programme and project management experience, his technical training is in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment and he has been involved in the development and implementation of multi-country projects on wastewater management, solid waste management and integrated coastal zone and watershed management. Christopher is also responsible for the development of the “Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter Management in the Caribbean” and is currently leading the preparation of a Regional Caribbean Marine Litter Strategy.
In this episode, we take a deep dive into the Caribbean’s Marine Pollution Problems. We focus our conversation on the sources and types of pollution as well as the impacts our seas are facing due to this issue. We also discuss the strategies the region can take to curb plastic pollution and the role of youth in protecting the Caribbean Sea. For more information on Christopher, you can contact him via email at christopher.corbin@un.org or connect with him on Linkedin. Feel free to also follow UNEP Caribbean on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to keep up to date with all the work they are doing in the region.