Requirements for developing successful co-management in the Caribbean
2002-2003
Implemented by the Caribbean Conservation Association
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The goal of the project was to ensure that integrated coastal management in the Caribbean is done in a way that
involves and benefits those who depend on the resources of coastal areas, especially where there is poverty.
The purpose was to understand the conditions required for establishing and sustaining successful
co-management of coastal resources in the Caribbean.
The project addressed the natural resource and human institutional aspects of co-management through a
series of participatory investigations of conditions that favour, or do not favour, the co-management of
coastal and marine resources at selected sites. The project resulted in a guidelines document for
developing successful co-management in the Caribbean.
The guidelines document was developed from lessons and experiences of co-management initiatives in the
Caribbean and other regions. These lessons were combined with new information generated from case
studies of coastal and marine resources co-management at selected sites in Barbados, Belize and Grenada.
The guidelines and case studies embraced the wide range of aspects that can affect the sustainability and
performance of co-management arrangements and activities from resources and fisheries, to cultural and institutional dimensions.
Selected project documents:
| McConney, P., R. Mahon and H. Oxenford. 2003. Barbados case study: the Fisheries Advisory Committee. Report of the Caribbean Coastal Co-management Guidelines Project. Caribbean Conservation Association, Barbados. |  |
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| McConney, P., R. Mahon and R. Pomeroy. 2003. Belize case study: Fisheries Advisory Board in the context of integrated coastal management. Report of the Caribbean Coastal Co-management Guidelines Project. Caribbean Conservation Association, Barbados. | |
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| McConney, P., R. Pomeroy and R. Mahon. 2003. Guidelines for coastal resource co-management in the Caribbean: Communicating the concepts and conditions that favour success. Report of the Caribbean Coastal Co-management Guidelines Project. Caribbean Conservation Association, Barbados. |  |
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| Pomeroy, R.S. and T. Goetze. 2003. Belize case study: Marine protected areas co-managed by Friends of Nature. Report of the Caribbean Coastal Co-management Guidelines Project. Caribbean Conservation Association, Barbados. 73pp. | |
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| Pomeroy, R., P. McConney and R. Mahon. 2003. Comparative analysis of coastal resource co-management in the Caribbean. Report of the Caribbean Coastal Co-management Guidelines Project. Caribbean Conservation Association, Barbados. |  |
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| Guidelines presentation slides (Available for download as PowerPoint slides.) |  |
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