CRMCMB Coastal Resources Management and Conservation of Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean
Gestión de recursos costeros y conservación de la biodiversidad marina en el Caribe
Brief Description:
The project is supporting numerous activities in the CARICOM region in order to halt the serious impacts of un-adapted use of terrestrial and marine areas, as well as the impacts of climate change, on biodiversity, marine and coastal protected areas and their ecosystem services, including: a) improve negotiation and organisational skills of public and private interest groups, b) develop integrated coastal zone management, including the protection and rehabilitation of marine and coastal geo-ecosystems, c) linking the protection and sustainable use of terrestrial and marine geo-ecosystems, d) securing the drinking water supply and environmentally-friendly sewage disposal, and e) piloting of innovative approaches as well as up-scaling of the project’s best practices and those of other initiatives related with the promotion of partnerships with the private sector and gender equality. Specifically, is aimed to sustainably managed with sustainable financing mechanisms are implemented at least 5 MPA in the participating CARICOM states and integrating among others climate change and gender aspects; and to develop and passed Regional MPA Management Guidelines.
El proyecto apoya numerosas actividades en la región de CARICOM con el fin de detener los graves impactos del uso no adaptado de áreas terrestres y marinas, así como los impactos del cambio climático, sobre la biodiversidad, las áreas protegidas marinas y costeras y sus servicios ecosistémicos. incluyendo: a) mejorar las habilidades de negociación y organización de los grupos de interés públicos y privados, b) desarrollar la gestión integrada de las zonas costeras, incluida la protección y rehabilitación de los geo-ecosistemas marinos y costeros, c) vincular la protección y el uso sostenible de la geografía terrestre y marina -ecosistemas, d) asegurar el suministro de agua potable y la eliminación de aguas residuales respetuosas con el medio ambiente, y e) la puesta a prueba de enfoques innovadores y la ampliación de las mejores prácticas del proyecto y las de otras iniciativas relacionadas con la promoción de asociaciones con el sector privado e igualdad de género. Específicamente, se apunta a gestionar de manera sostenible con mecanismos de financiamiento sostenible que se implementen al menos 5 AMP en los estados participantes de CARICOM e integrando entre otros aspectos de cambio climático y género; y desarrollar y aprobar Pautas Regionales de Manejo de AMP.
Lead Organization : CARICOM
Donor: German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
BelizeDominicaGrenadaGuyanaJamaicaSaint Kitts and NevisSaint LuciaSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
Contributions to the 10-year CLME+ Strategic Action Programme (2015-2025)
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1. Enhance the regional governance arrangements for the protection of the marine environment
1.4. Enhance the compliance and enforcement capacity of the regional, sub-regional and national governance arrangements
1.5. Establish and/or enhance the capacity of the regional,sub-regional and national governance arrangements for the involvement of civil society in the implementation of the EBM/EAF approach (IGOs,NGOs,CBOs,private sector...)
1.7. Establish and/or enhance the capacity within and among arrangements to undertake and mainstream valuation of ecosystem goods and services in regional, sub-regional and national decision-making and policy development
1.10. Establish and/or enhance the data and information quality and collection and management capacity of the regional, sub-regional and nationalgovernance arrangements for the protection of the marine environment, including through the establishment of public-private partnerships
2. Enhance the regional governance arrangements for sustainable fisheries
3. Establish and operationalise a regional policy coordination mechanismfor ocean governance, with initial focus on shared Living Marine Resources
3.5. Develop and coordinate integrated and sectoral research strategies in support of the implementation of broader ocean governance in the region, with a short and medium term focus on sLMR management
3.6. Develop and coordinate integrated and sectoral sustainable financing strategies for the cost-effective implementation of broader ocean governance in the region, with a short and medium term focus on sLMR governance
4. Enhance the governance arrangements for ecosystem-based management for reefs and associated ecosystems
4.4. Coordinate and enhance (sub-)regional and national efforts for the conservation of the biodiversity of reef and associated habitats, including through the strengthening of networks of marine protected areas (MPAs), and initiatives for sustainable reef fisheries* such as programmes dealing with alien invasive species
4A. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for spiny lobster fisheries
4B. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for queen conch fisheries
5. Enhance the governance arrangements for implementing an ecosystem approach for pelagic fisheries
5A. Enhance the governance arrangements for implementing the ecosystem approach for flyingfish fisheries
5B. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for large pelagics fisheries
6. Implement EBM/EAF of the Guianas-Brazil continental shelf with special reference to the shrimp and groundfish fishery
Contributions to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG’s)
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1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
10 Reduce inequality within and among countries
11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.5 By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
14.a Increase scientific knowledge, develop research capacity and transfer marine technology, taking into account the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Criteria and Guidelines on the Transfer of Marine Technology, in order to improve ocean health and to enhance the contribution of marine biodiversity to the development of developing countries, in particular small island developing States and least developed countries
15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
Other Regional and Global Commitments
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Belize 
Dominica 
Grenada 
Guyana 
Jamaica 
Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Saint Lucia 
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