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02nd March 2010
Marine Protected Area Leaders Gather For First Ever Conference On Threats To Marine Environment

Two dozen Marine Protected Area Leaders from around the Southern and Eastern Caribbean will gather to discuss how to collaboratively address current and critical threats to the marine environment at a first of its kind conference from March 1st through 5th.
“Caribbean countries have limited opportunities to come together to share their challenges and identify common areas for solutions and partnerships relative to coastal resource and Marine Protected Area management,” said Hyacinth Armstrong, Project Coordinator for the Buccoo Reef Trust. “That’s why the South Eastern Caribbean Conference on MPA Management is so important.”
Leaders from Bonaire, St. Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, St. Maarten, St. Thomas, Antigua and Barbuda, and Dominica will attend the conference, held at the Coco Reef Resort and Spa, Tobago.

 
 

“At the conference, we’ll help build capacity and partnerships through sessions that showcase practical, applicable, adaptable management solutions. Working together, we have a better chance to solve the myriad challenges facing the marine environment,” said Armstrong.
The conference is being hosted by the Buccoo Reef Trust as part of the Coastal and Marine Management and Education in the South Eastern Caribbean project (CaMMESEC). CaMMESEC is a collaborative effort between the International Coral Reef Action Network (ICRAN) and the Buccoo Reef Trust (BRT) in Tobago that seeks to improve the Southeastern Caribbean’s marine environment, through enhanced access to research and education facilities and expertise, and the exchange of sustainable practices for tropical islands.
Project initiatives aim to reach out to managers, researchers and policy makers across the Wider Caribbean through the international network of ICRAN and partners to ensure that the existing expertise and available information for comprehensive management and marine resource monitoring purposes is further developed. CaMMESEC is funded by the United Nations Foundation.

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