The critically important goods and services from marine ecosystems of the
Wider Caribbean Region (WCR) are threatened by both intra-regional and
extra-regional forces, leading to pollution, overexploitation and habitat
destruction, with climate change adding a layer of uncertainty in terms of
impacts. To address these challenges, there appears to be an emerging
structure that suggests an enhanced global-regional linkage of ocean
governance arrangements is a necessity in the post-2015 arena. We argue