Port-of-Spain, October 12, 2023 – Five Haitian environmental professionals have been selected as the first Yves Renard Fellows by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI). This nine-month fellowship will support their work strengthening sustainable livelihoods for biodiversity conservation in Haiti.
With this first set of Fellows, CANARI has launched its landmark fellowship programme to support Caribbean nationals pursuing a career in line with CANARI’s mission of promoting and facilitating stakeholder participation and collaboration in the stewardship of renewable natural resources in the Caribbean for sustainability, resilience, equity, justice and inclusive governance. The fellowship programme is dedicated to its late co-founder Yves Renard, to continue his commitment to fostering a new generation of Caribbean conservation practitioners equipped with the skills, knowledge, tools and networks needed to address pressing challenges to Caribbean sustainable development.
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This first cohort of Yves Renard Fellows is supported through a grant to CANARI from the UK Government’s Darwin Initiative.
Photo Caption: The first Yves Renard Fellows. From left to right: Jean Ernest PIERRE (CROSE), Rose Linda ST VICTOR (FoProBiM), Jimmy MARCEL (Haiti Survie), Emmanuella FEUILLÉ (GADDIH) and Anderson JEAN (ACSEH). Credit: CANARI.