Protected Area Workshop

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Protected Area Workshop

• Grenada Presentation
• By
• Aden Forteau

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GRENADA

• Grenada is an independent state in the West
  Indies
  
• Comprising the island of Grenada and some of the
  southern Grenadines, (Carriacou and Petty
  Martinique

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Grenada Cont.
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LOCATION

• Grenada is the most southern of the Windward
  Islands
  
• Situated at 120 05' N latitude and 610 40' W
  longitude in the southeastern part of the
  Caribbean Sea.
  
• The most important of the attached Grenadines is
  Carriacou, which is located 25 km north of
  Grenada

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Area of Grenada

• The country has a total area of 344 km2
• Grenada Island has an area of 311 km2
• Carriacou has an area of 30.7 km2
• Petit Martinique is approximately 2.3 km2 in area
  and lies 4 km east of Carriacou

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Location In The Caribbean
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Forest Types Area (ha.)

• Cloud Forests16885.3
• Lower Montane22787.2
• Deciduous Forest and Dry Woodlands17525.6
• Littoral Woodlands12263.9
• Mangrove Forests1900.6
• Total 713422.6

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Data Grenada

• Total land area (ha)34,000
• Plantation area (ha)160
• Natural Forest (ha)6,000
• Other wooded lands (ha)5,000
• Population85,000

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Protected Areas In Grenada

• Mt. St. Catherine Forest Reserve,Terrestrial
  2,308.00 Acres,FNPD No Undeclared
  
• Grand Bras Forest ReserveTerrestrial10.483
  AcresFNPD No Undeclared
  
• Annandale Forest Reserve Terrestrial 236 Ha FNPD
  Draft Declared
  
• Mt. Moritz Forest ReserveTerrestrial22.434 Acres
  FNPD No Undeclared

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Protected Areas Cont.

• Morne Gazo Forest Reserve Terrestrial 62 Acres
  FNPD No Declared
  
• Richmond Hill Forest Reserve Terrestrial 21 Acres
  FNPD No Undeclared
  
• Grand Etang Forest Reserve Terrestrial3816 Acres
  FNPD No Declared

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Protected Areas Cont.

• Mt. Hart Man National ParksTerrestrial154 Acres
  FNPD No Declared
  
• Perseverance Dove Sanctuary Terrestrial 280 Acres
  FNPD No Declared
  
• Lagoon Road Park Terrestrial 2.3 Acres Tourism
  yes Undeclared

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Existing Protected Area Governance Situation

• The Forestry and National Parks Department
  (FNPD), Ministry of Agriculture govern all
  protected areas that are terrestrial with
  exception to the Lagoon Park Protected area

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Governance Cont.

• The head of the Conservation Unit is responsible
  to the Chief Forestry Officer (CFO).
  
• The CFO is responsible to the Permanent Secretary
  (PS) in the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands,
  Forestry and Fisheries.
  
• The PS is responsible to the Minister of
  Agriculture.

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Marine Protected Areas

• Pertaining to marine protected areas, two areas
  are protected
  
• (Mollinere Beasejour and Clarkes Bay)
• Two is proposed (Grand Anse and Sandy Island).
• The Fisheries Division in the Ministry of
  Agriculture governs these marine areas

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Protected Area Governance Goals

• to be Grenadas leading natural resource
  management institution that ensures the optimum
  contribution of forest to environmentally-sound,
  social and economic development.

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Desirable Changes in Protected Area Governance

• Greater administrative support for Protected Area
  Management Initiatives
  
• Greater Community involvement and contribution in
  Protected Area Management operations.
  
• Increased awareness
• Increased capacity development

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Desirable Changes in Protected Area Governance
Cont.

• Increase livelihood and income generating
  opportunities particularly so for rural
  communities.
  
• Greater collaboration with institutional and
  other stakeholders.
  
• Establish conservation club for student (primary
  / secondary schools)
  

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Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threat
(SWAT)

• Strength
• The status of legal protection
• Under management authority
• Willingness of stakeholders to manage the
  resources

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Weakness

• Limited resources to manage effectively and
  efficiently
  
• Uncertain about the biodiversity status

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Opportunities

• Greater stakeholder involvement
• To access financial resources for area
  management
  
• For more areas to become declared
• For research
• For further protection by donor assistance
• Sharing of information

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Threat

• Natural disasters
• Lack of enabling environment
• Lost of biodiversity

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Information, Resources and Tools to Empower
Stakeholders

• Environmental education and awareness programs
• Community meetings
• Community involvement in the management of forest
  resources
  
• Invo0lvement of stakeholders in the decision
  making process as relates to the protected areas.

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Information, Resources and Tools to Empower
Stakeholders Cont.

• Implementation of stakeholder analysis
• Programs such as TV, Radios
• Print (news letters etc.)

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Possibilities of Other Governance Type

• Forestry must remain the lead agency in the
  management / governance of the protected areas.
  
• However stakeholders must be involved in a
  participatory manner on all matters / issues
  pertaining to the management of the areas..

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• End of presentation