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.

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Forestry stakeholders in the islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines gained new insight into methods of promoting participation in forest management in 2011, through a project funded by the Food and Agriculture Organization's National Forest Programme Facility (NFPF). See here for more information on this project which devised and tested a range of communication products, some highly interactive.

The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) received a grant from the JB Fernandes Memorial Trust to continue to work with rural communities in Trinidad and Tobago to develop sustainable livelihoods in 2012. See here for more information about the project.

New publications under the Going from strength to strength MacArthur funded project are now available. See here the two case studies on CANARI and the Consorcio Ambiental Dominicano (CAD), in English, French and Spanish. Other new publications are also availaible under the Civil society and governance publications section.

 

 

 

Eleven members of the Blanchisseuse community in north Trinidad worked together in a two-day workshop in early November, to develop a video that told the story of their challenges, how those challenges were affecting the fishers and possible ideas to address those challenges. The participants in this participatory video project were the producers, writers, videographers, narrators and interviewers. See here more information about the project. See also news release on the project.

 

Check out the report by DBN News in Saint Lucia on the workshop on "Developing a civil society agenda for climate change" facilitated by CANARI on 22-25 November 2011, in Saint Lucia.

CANARI is implementing a project in Saint Lucia that will catalyse action by civil society to counteract the negative impacts of climate change. This is being done in partnership with the Saint Lucia National Trust.

See here for more information about the project.

The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) was represented at the UNESCO Experts Meeting on Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development and Adaptation in Small Island States, held September 21st-23rd, 2011 in Nassau, Commonwealth of the Bahamas. See here for more information on the UNESCO meeting, and check out CANARI's presentation at the meeting.

The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), which hosts the Green Economy Coalition (GEC) National Dialogues, approached CANARI to facilitate a process for the Caribbean small island developing states as part of this initiative. Find out more about the Caribbean Green Economy Regional Dialogue facilitated by CANARI.
Calendar of Natural Resource Management Events 2012
   

CANARI recently initiated its mentorship programme, a component of a project titled "Consolidating the role of civil society in biodiversity conservation in the Caribbean islands". The purpose of the mentorship programme is to develop a pool of mentors throughout the region who can help strengthen the capacity of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the Caribbean to play a larger and more effective role in biodiversity conservation.

   

CANARI 2010 Community participation in natural resource management: lessons from Caribbean small island states. CANARI Issue Paper No. 1: 12pp.
   
CANARI is preparing its Strategic Plan 2011-2016. Visit our Discussion Board and comment on how we have done over the past five years and what do YOU think we need to focus on for the next five years.