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Integrating Watershed and Coastal Area Management in the Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean (IWCAM)

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The overall objective of the proposed project will be to assist participating countries in improving their watershed and coastal zone management practices in support of sustainable development. By implementing the project activities the country of the region will significantly contribute to the protection of globally-significant biodiversity within the Caribbean region through the long-term sustainable management of biological resources and ecosystems, while mitigating or eliminating regional transboundary threats to those resources and ecosystems.
GEF ID: 1254
Project Description:

The overall objective of the proposed project will be to assist participating countries in improving their watershed and coastal zone management practices in support of sustainable development. The project will include the following components addressing areas of priority concern: coastal area management and biodiversity; tourism development; protection of water supplies; land based sources of pollution; climate change. Activities undertaken during the full project will include, amongst others, demonstrations in the fields of marine pollution reduction and waste management, land use, soil degradation and watershed management. Addressing water resources management and conservation under conditions of stress may include pilot projects demonstrating innovative approaches to: water storage, distribution, treatment and re-use, and to conservation of scarce resources in high demand sectors such as tourism. The project may also include pilot activities addressing information, management, policy and economic failures where these are identified as critical elements in the cusal relationships between environmental issues and problems and the societal causes of such problems. The objective of the PDF-B work is to develop a fully costed project brief and to establish an agreed institutional framework for execution of the full project activities. March 2004 - Work Program Inclusion The full project is the result of a commitment by the 13 participatory SIDS of the Caribbean Region to resolve the concerns regarding the inadequate and inappropriate approaches to sustainable development and natural resource management. Specifically the countries would wish to seek support in the development of a more integrated approach to coastal and watershed issues, processes and policy development. The direct causal linkages between the threats to the coastal and watershed environment and socio-economic/political issues are recognised. The need to address these linkages and the root causes in a sustainable manner at the socio-economic and policy level is paramount. By implementing the project activities the country of the region will significantly contribute to the protection of globally-significant biodiversity within the Caribbean region through the long-term sustainable management of biological resources and ecosystems, while mitigating or eliminating regional transboundary threats to those resources and ecosystems.

 
Project Website URL: http://www.iwcam.org/
Region: Americas,SIDS
Sub-Region: Caribbean,SIDS (Americas),Small island developing States
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Project Contacts:
  • Mr. Vincent Sweeney
    Regional Project Coordinator, UNEP-Division of Environmental Policy Implementation(DEPI),
  • Ms. Isabelle Van der Beck
    Task Manager for GEF International Waters Projects , United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
  • Mr. Christopher Corbin
    Programme Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Caribbean Environment Programme
  • Mr. Nelson Andrade Colmenares
    Coordinator, UNEP; Caribbean Regional Co-ordinating Unit (CAR/RCU); Caribbean Environment Programme,
  • Paula Caballero
    Regional Technical Advisor - International Waters, Land Degradation and Biodiversity, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
  • Alessandra Vanzella-Khouri
    Programme Officer - SPAW , UNEP; Caribbean Regional Co-ordinating Unit (CAR/RCU); Caribbean Environment Programme,
  • Ms. Patricia Aquing
    Executive Director, Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI),
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General Information:
Project Type Full Size Project
Project Status Under Implementation
Start Date
May 21, 2004 12:00 AM
End Date
Jul 01, 2011 12:00 AM
 
GEF characteristic:
Operational Programme OP9 - Integrated Ecosystem and Resource Management
Focal Area International Waters
GEF Allocation to project 13.99M US$
Total Cost of the project: 112.26M US$
IP Rating: Satisfactory
DO Rating: Satisfactory
 
Partners:
Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago
Lead Implementing Agency United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Other Implementing Agency
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