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Global International Waters Assessment – Regional assessment 3a Caribbean Sea/Small Islands
The GIWA assessment evaluated the relative importance of different impacts on the international aquatic system of the Small Islands subsystem. The environmental and socio-economic impacts were assessed for present and future conditions, and overall impacts and priorities were identified. The conce...Documents
Global International Waters Assessment Regional assessment 3b, 3c Caribbean Sea/Colombia & Venezuela, Caribbean Sea/Central America & Mexico
This report presents the results of the GIWA assessment of the Colombia & Venezuela and Central America & Mexico sub-systems-located in the GIWA Region 3, The Caribbean Sea. The regional team identified habitat and community modification as the priority concern of both sub-systems. In the Co...Documents
Global Ocean Wildlife Analysis Network
The project is utilizing Baited Remote Underwater Video systems (BRUVS) consisting of underwater camera rigs that are being rolled out across the British Overseas Territories aimed to collect important biological information across the Caribbean, South Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Southern Oceans, ...Project
Global Wetland Outlook – State of the world´s wetlands and their services to people 2018
Wetlands, such as lakes, rivers, swamps, marshes, peatlands, mangroves and coral reefs provide essential ecosystem services and contributions to people’s livelihoods. Wetlands act as a source and purifier of water, they protect us from floods, droughts and other disasters, they provide food and li...Documents
Global Wetland Outlook State of the world´s wetlands and their services to people – Executive Summary 2018
Conservation and wise use of wetlands are vital for human livelihoods. The wide range of ecosystem services wetlands provide means that they lie at the heart of sustainable development. Yet policy and decision-makers often underestimate the value of their benefits to nature and humankind....Documents
Gouyave Fishermen Cooperative Society Limited: Fisherfolk taking the lead in co-management of the Gouyave Marine Protected Area, Grenada 2019
This case study aims to enhance knowledge about innovations and best practices currently being utilised by civil society organisations (CSOs) and their partners in the Caribbean that can be applied to support conservation, restoration and sustainable use of coastal and marine resources in marine pro...Documents
Governance arrangements for marine ecosystems of the Wider Caribbean Region
The Regional Governance Framework (RGF) proposed in this report has evolved over the duration of the CLME Project, through interaction with regional stakeholder organizations. Much of the conceptual basis for the framework was developed and accepted by the countries and regional organizational that ...Documents
Governance assessment methodology for CLME pilot projects and case studies
This document offers a detailed explanation on Governance assessment methodology for CLME pilot projects and case studies....Documents
Governance assessment methodology for CLME pilot projects and case studies. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, CERMES Technical Report No 53
The Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem and Adjacent Areas (CLME) Project has identified weak governance as a root cause of the problems facing these social ecological systems (SESs). Therefore, the CLME Project has a strong emphasis on assessing LMR governance systems and on proposing ways of strength...Documents
