This Handbook is intended to better equip officers to carry out MEAs-related duties and, in doing so, to make a contribution to protection of the local, regional and global environment.
This Handbook is designed for use by Customs officers and other border control officials in CARICOM member states. It is intended to assist these officials in understanding the practical aspects of enforcing MEAs as part of their normal duties of law enforcement and regulation of trade activities at ports of entry.
Although each of the MEAs has a different purpose, they all involve control of trade in environmentally sensitive goods, and so there are similarities between them at the operational level. The types of issues facing a Customs officer or border control agent when implementing one treaty might resemble those encountered in implementing other treaties.
