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ReefFix: An ICZM Coral Reef Restoration, Watershed Management and
Capacity Building Demonstration Project for the Caribbean
Organization of American States
Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network (IABIN)
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ReefFix, supported by the
government of Chile, is an Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Coral
Reef and Mangrove Restoration and Watershed Management Demonstration program
that works with Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to restore and
effectively manage coastal resources.
Through the use and development of cost-effective techniques and economic
validation of ecosystems, the ReefFix methodology will be applied to the
following 5 case study sites:
a. Montego Bay Marine Park Trust, Jamaica
(Go to webpage)
b. Eastern National Park, Dominican Republic
(Go to webpage)
c. Moriah Harbour Cay National Park, Bahamas
(Go to webpage)
d. Caracol's Mangroves Park, Haiti
(Go to webpage)
e. Grenada Systems Plan Stakeholder Consultation (Go to webpage)
f. South Coast of Grenada encompassing
several marine parks, Grenada (Go to webpage)
g.
Dominica,
The Soufriere Scotts Head Marine Reserve (SSMR)
(Go
to webpage)
h. TBD, T&T
i. Folkstone Marine Reserve, Barbados
(Go
to webpage)
j. Soufriere
Marine Management Area, Saint Lucia (Go
to webpage)
k. Tobago Cays, Saint
Vincent
(Go to webpage)
The ReefFix proposal is
designed to improve the understanding and
management of the region’s
coastal and marine resources through restoration demonstration and capacity
building activities.
ReefFix is composed of four one-week workshops which will be held at each
case study site. Through hands-on training and demonstration, participants
will learn economic valuation methodologies in order to realize the economic
benefits derived from coral reefs and make sustainable use of said resources
which are crucial to Caribbean countries.
As such, ReefFix will:
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support efforts to implement the
International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) at the national and regional
level;
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carry out assessments designed
to improve the understanding of the status and
trends of coastal and marine resources;
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strengthen monitoring of coastal
and marine resources, including supporting the IOC Global Coral Reef
Monitoring Network;
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educate the public about the
ecological goods and services that coastal and marine ecosystems
provide;
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collaborate and exchange
information with other coastal and marine research, education, conservation
and training institutions;
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support education and training
efforts and model demonstration programs aimed at improving the management
and conservation of coastal and marine resources;
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generate revenues that will be
used to help make the coastal and marine protected areas financially
self-sufficient over the long-term; and
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support ongoing efforts to
develop and implement ICZM plans and marine protected areas.
On the other hand, this ReefFix
exercise is a subproject for IABIN within the Protected Areas Thematic
Network (PATN) and follows on three initiatives:
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The development of the Caribbean
Protected Areas Database Initiative – CPADI
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MPAGlobal Database and workshop
where details can be found at: http://www.oas.org/dsd/Events/english/08.03.10.htm,
and
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An extensive study completed in
Montego Bay, Jamaica
NEWS
Books Available Online (Go to webpage)
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