Regional Management Plan for the West Indian Manatee, Trichechus manatus	Report Contents
	CEP Technical Report No. 35 1995	All CEP Technical Reports

Table 1 - Legal Status

Legal Status of the Manatee in the Manatee-Range Countries of the Wider Caribbean - 20 Jan 1997

 Country           Ramsar          CITES           SPAW           BIODIVERSITY     NATIONAL   

                   Convention      CONVENTION      PROTOCOL/1     CONVENTION       LEGISLATION/2  

                   (1971)          (1973)          (1990)         (1992)                        



                 Sign   Ratif.     Sign   Ratif.   Sign    Ratif.  Sign     Ratif.

Belize                                       x                                 x       x            

Colombia                                     x        x                        x       x            

Costa Rica                  x                x                                 x       x            

Cuba                                         x        x                        x       x            

Dominican Republic                           x                        x                x            

French Guiana (Fr.)         x                x        x                        x       x            

Guatemala                   x                x        x                        x       x            

Guyana                                       x                                 x       x            

Haiti                                                                          x                    

Honduras                                     x                                 x       x            

Jamaica                              x                x                        x       x            

Mexico                      x                x        x                        x       x            

Nicaragua                                    x                                 x       x          

Panama                      x                x               x                 x       x            

Puerto Rico (USA)           x                x        x                                x            

Suriname                    x                x                                 x       x            

Trinidad & Tobago	    x                x                                 x       x            

United States               x                x        x               x                x            

Venezuela                   x                x               x                 x       x            

1/ Only the Netherlands and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have ratified the SPAW Protocol, but they are not manatee-range countries.

2/ This column indicates those countries with national legislation to protect manatees and/or their habitats.

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Preface and Objectives | Summary | I. Introduction | II. National Status | III. Short and Long-term... |  IV. References | Appendix I | Appendix II | Appendix III | Table 1 | Manatee Map