Network
of Wider Caribbean Marine Protected Areas Managers (CaMPAM)
Enhancement of marine
and coastal area management in the Wider Caribbean Region through
sharing and collaboration to strengthen our national and regional
systems of existing and future marine and coastal protected areas.
At a
five-day workshop in Miami, Florida (1-3 December 1997), a group
of more than 50 partners in marine protected area management, from
22 countries of the Wider Caribbean, met to identify ways of strengthening
marine and coastal protected area management. Following discussion
of common issues and interests, the participants proposed that a network
be developed for managers of marine and coastal protected areas in
the Wider Caribbean. The working title for this network is the
Wider Caribbean Marine Protected Areas Managers (CaMPAM).
The main beneficiaries of CaMPAM are marine protected
areas (MPA's) and their managers, fisheries officers, and relevant
partner institutions (such as those of IUCN, CCA, CARICOMP,
FAO, US-NPS). Further consideration will be given to the scope
and depth of the membership and organization of CaMPAM to encourage
full participation of the management community's partners in the region.
General activities agreed to be conducted through
CaMPAM's membership include sharing experiences and addressing management
challenges by facilitating:
- training opportunities
- information exchange
- communication
- problem-solving
At the request of the meeting participants, the United
Nations Environment Programme's Caribbean Regional Co-ordinating Unit
(UNEP-CAR/RCU) and Biscayne National Park agreed to assist with facilitation
in the first phase. Biscayne National Park will assume the role
of Facilitator, with the technical support of UNEP-CAR/RCU, fully
engaging CaMPAM participants in the development and leadership of
the network. The participants agreed that a formal organization
should not be established at that time, in order to allow the network
to fully clarify its objectives and define its niche through participant
activity.
The participants gave a high priority to the early
establishment of communication mechanisms (news groups, list servers,
and routine e-mail communications) and agreed to work with the Facilitator/Secretariat
to implement this goal. For those without access to computer
technology (e-mail and Internet access), participants agreed to communicate
via facsimile, phone and mail.
Participants agreed to assume responsibility for,
and play an active role in further developing this approach and continuing
the networking begun at this meeting.
The Small Grants Fund
(All documents listed below are in Word 97 Format)
The following publications are available for MPA Managers*:
'Guidelines
for Marine Protected Areas', Edited and coordinated by Graeme Kelleher,
Best Practice Protected Area Guidelines Series
No. 3
'Fully-protected
marine reserves: a guide' by Callum M. Roberts and Julie P. Hawkins,
2000
'Marine
and Coastal Protected Areas - A Guide for Planners and Managers'
by Rodney V. Salm,
John R.Clark with Erkki Siirila, 3rd
ed., 2000
'Effective
Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas: A Solution for Survival' by The
Coral Reef Alliance
*The above documents are in PDF format.
'Status
of Coral Reefs of the World: 2000' by Clive Wilkinson, Global Coordinator
Library of the Marine Protected
Areas of the United States
Marine Website
of The World Conservation Union(IUCN) and the World Commission on Protected
Areas (WCPA).
PDF downloads of reports and other publications
can be made from this site.
UNEP
-- Caribbean Environment Programme
Regional Coordinating Unit
14 - 20 Port Royal Street Kingston, Jamaica Tel:
(876) 922 - 9267 Fax: (876) 922 - 9292
uneprcuja@cwjamaica.com :
http://www.cep.unep.org/
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