Building capacity for participatory forest management for good governance in the Caribbean region

The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) has received a grant from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) under its Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Support Programme for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP-FLEGT Support Programme) for a regional project entitiled “Building capacity for participatory forest management for good governance in the Caribbean region”. The ACP-FLEGT Support Programme is a collaborative effort among the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the European Commission and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) to address forest law enforcement, governance and trade issues in ACP member countries. The ACP-FLEGT Support Programme promotes the implementation of the EU FLEGT Action Plan in ACP countries by improving forest governance, providing technical assistance, capacity building and support to implement pilot projects. Project goal The goal of the project is to strengthen existing strategies to improve forest law compliance and governance by building the capacity of forest managers in at least six small island developing states in the Caribbean region to facilitate effective participatory management of forests through training, mentoring, development of a tool kit, and documenting and communicating illustrative case studies. Project concept note Project objectives

1. Develop a tool-kit for forest managers to guide effective facilitation of participatory processes for forest management in the Caribbean islands
2. Train twenty-four forest managers in facilitation of participatory processes for management of forests.
3. Provide an opportunity for forest managers in the region to share experiences and lessons learned on approaches to facilitating participatory forest governance
4. Document case studies of the application of participatory forest law compliance and governance, and communicate lessons learned to stakeholders in the project countries

Project outputs Jamaica Country work plan Power point presentation Case study: Application of the principles of facilitating participatory forest management to a prospective Local Forest Management Committee (LFMC) in the Morant River Watershed, St. Thomas, Jamaica Video Trinidad &Tobago Country work plan Power point presentation Case study: Building capacity of technical staff in Forest division/department in participatory forest management, Trinidad and Tobago Video Saint Lucia Country work plan Power point presentation Case study: The establishment of a management committee for Millet bird sanctuary and nature trail, Saint Lucia Video St. Vincent & the Grenadines Country work plan Power point presentation Case study: Orange Hill Development Organisation, St. Vincent & the Grenadines Video Dominica Country work plan Power point presentation Case study: Participatory approaches to management for beekeepers, Dominica Video Grenada Country work plan Power point presentation Case study: Facilitating participatory processes in the Rose Hill community group, parish of St. Patrick’s, Grenada Video First workshop on “Facilitation of participatory processes for management of forests”

• Final workshop report
• Photo album
• YouTube videos: Rapporteur’s report, Day 1; Rapporteur’s report, Day 2; Rapporteur’s report, Day 3; Rapporteur’s report, Day 4

Second workshop on “Sharing experiences and lessons learnt on approachestofacilitating participatory forest governance”

• Final workshop report
• Photo album
• YouTube videos: Rapporteur’s report, Day 1; Rapporteur’s report, Day 2 part 1, Day 2 part 2; Interviews of participants

Toolkit: Facilitating participatory natural resource management: a toolkit for Caribbean managers Policy brief: Building capacity to facilitate stakeholder participation in forest management in the Caribbean islands Final project report