Probably one of the earliest efforts to specifically address the conservation and sustainable management of mangrove ecosystems in Latin America and the Wider Caribbean as a whole, were the Workshops on Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Mangrove Forests in Latin America and Africa Regions, held in Niteroi, Brazil, 28-30 May 1993 and in Dakar, Senegal, 20-22 January 1993.
El flujo de inversión directa desde los países europeos mantiene una tendencia ascendente, de modo que, en la actualidad, constituye el mayor volumen de recursos para la inversión que entra en la regiónUN-2 UN-2