Participants of Day 2 of the Valuing Nature and Nature-based Solutions Project launch held at Bay Gardens Beach Resort, Saint Lucia. Credit: CANARI.
Castries, Saint Lucia, September 26, 2025– The Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) is leading implementation of a new initiative in Saint Lucia that aims to establish a framework for enhancing land and seascape management, addressing the drivers of ecosystem degradation and strengthening nature’s role in supporting resilient, sustainable livelihoods.
The “Valuing Nature and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Sustainable Blue and Green Pathways for the Tourism, Food and Urban Sectors in Saint Lucia” Project is set to remove technical, financial and policy bottlenecks to nature-positive development in Saint Lucia’s tourism, agri-food and urban sectors. This USD$3 million initiative is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is the Implementing Agency and CANARI is the Executing Agency, in partnership with the Government Department of Sustainable Development (DSD) as National Project Counterpart.
This five-year (2025-2030) project will work towards four complementary objectives including to implement Nature-based Solutions through direct landscape and seascape interventions in local communities in Laborie and Choiseul.
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For more information, contact Caroline Eugene, National Project Coordinator, at caroline@canari.org.