Enhancing Ecosystem and Coastal Protection in the Caribbean

This project aims to increase the climate resilience of people and communities in Belize Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname through improved marine and coastal ecosystem management. The project will achieve this by transforming the management of coral reefs and coastal ecosystems to ensure that their biodiversity is protected and that the vital ecosystem services they provide including protection of coastal communities and shorelines from erosion and impacts of tropical storms—are sustained. Project activities include: (1) developing and implementing country-specific frameworks and action plans through participatory methods. Also supporting the development and application of policies for coral reef and coastal ecosystem protection and management; (2) undertaking scientific data collection and mapping of coral reef zones and coastal ecosystems for the development of platforms that will support decision-making for their conservation and protection; (3) supporting the implementation of sub-projects focused on the restoration repopulation rehabilitation and management of coral reefs and coastal ecosystems in Belize Jamaica Saint Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname; (4) providing training capacity-building and technical assistance for restoration repopulation rehabilitation and management of coral reefs and coastal ecosystems; and (5) collaborating cooperating and building partnerships with other regional and global initiatives and research and learning institutions to support better ecosystem protection and management regionally and globally. This project will be implemented in Belize Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Suriname. It will involve the participation of national governments the private sector civil society and society at large. The targeted beneficiaries are coastal and fishing communities in the Caribbean includes marine protection a

The expected results for this project include: (1) improved implementation and monitoring of nationally coordinated gender-responsive frameworks. This is for the protecting conserving and restoring biodiverse reef and coastal ecosystems’ health in targeted Caribbean countries; (2) increased access to gender-responsive financing to build climate resilience and promote inclusive management of coral reefs and coastal ecosystems in targeted Caribbean countries; and (3) enhanced engagement of the private sector civil society—including women’s rights organizations— and the general public to protect and restore climate-vulnerable coral reefs and coastal ecosystems in targeted Caribbean countries.