The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) is a non-profit organisation registered in St. Lucia, St. Croix and Trinidad and Tobago, with its main office in Port of Spain, Trinidad. It has 501(c) (3) status in the United States and charitable status in Trinidad and Tobago .

CANARI’s geographic focus is the islands of the Caribbean but its research findings are often relevant and disseminated to the wider region.

News Archive

 

The 4th Issue of Capacité, the CEPF Caribbean e-newsletter is now available! Check out the articles submitted by some of our grantees in the region updating us on their project activities, as well as updates from the RIT including new grants approved during the last quarter.

We have also been able to provide links to French and Spanish Supplements of the newsletter for key articles. Please feel free to share this e-newsletter with your friends and Colleagues.

There is much to read, so we hope you enjoy this issue of Capacité. Happy reading!

 

The CANARI family celebrates the life of Magdalene Nelson, who was a leader and pioneer on sustainable use and conservation of mangroves in her native Saint Lucia.  

 

Laventille (CANARI) 13 March 2013 – The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) is partnering with the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Saint Lucia National Trust to assess climate change adaptation readiness in two Caribbean islands. This research will be undertaken during 2013 in a twelve-month project funded by the Caribbean Research Call of the Climate Knowledge Development Network (CDKN). See here for more information.

 

 

 

This briefing note, prepared by the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015), offers principles and approaches for integrating economic, social and environmental sustainability and equity in a new post-2015 development agenda. The paper is the first in a series that will examine how post-2015 goals and strategies can address development issues such as water, agriculture, food and energy security and urbanisation in a way that integrates their environmental, economic and social dimensions. See here for full Policy paper.

       
     
Calendar of Natural Resource Management Events 2013
   
 
 

The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) recently received a €1,032,099 grant from the European Union, via its EuropeAid programme, to improve the contribution of the small scale fisheries sector to food security in the Caribbean. This will be achieved through building the capacity of regional and national fisherfolk organisation networks to participate in fisheries governance and management. See here for more information in English and here for French.

 
   

 
       
     

  CANARI. 2011. Strategic Plan 2011-2016. Laventille.

CANARI 2011. Plan Estratégico de CANARI 2011-2016. Laventille.

  

 

Civil society invited to partner on climate change adaptation. On May 1st. CANARI hosted and informational meeting on the use of the ARIA toolkit. (this meeting follows an orientation workshop which was held in April 2013) See pictures here on Facebook

Representatives of 13 groups engaged in watershed management in Trinidad & Tobago met to kick off activites to build their capacity for watershed management. See pictures on Facebook

 

  "Participating in managing forest:  A guide to community forestry in the Caribbean islands (English / French /Spanish)"

Forest managers tell of their experiences of climate change

  On the air: A "how-to" guide for use of radio in communications in the Caribbean

Building capacity to facilitate stakeholder participation in forest management in the Caribbean islands

  Capacité, Issue # 4 March 2013.

See here for French and Spanish supplements

  CANARI 2011. Facilitating participatory     natural resource management: A toolkit for   Caribbean managers. Laventille: CANARI.

  Building capacity to facilitate stakeholder participation in forest management in the Caribbean islands, CANARI Policy Brief No.12: 5pp