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”

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

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