33. 这个国家带头和组织带头的会议的目的是：(a) 分析关于转让技术促进可持续管理红树林的障碍和有利条件，(b) 审查在大加勒比区域和东北太平洋区域促进养护和可持续管理红树林的区域方案草案。这项活动的报告将提交论坛第三届会议。
33. The objectives of this country- and organization-led meeting were to: (a) analyse the barriers and enabling conditions for the transfer of technologies for the sustainable management of mangroves and (b) review draft regional programmes for the conservation and sustainable management of mangrove forests in the wider Caribbean and north-east Pacific regions. The report of the initiative (E/CN.18/2003/11) will be available to the Forum at its third session.