A Case Study of Bonaire
Civil Society & Governance Caribbean Natural Resources Institute Technical Report No. 397 Half a century of civil society participation in biodiversity conservation and protected area management: A case study of Bonaire Half a century of civil society participation in biodiversity conservation and protected area management: A case study of Bonaire Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) Technical Report No. 397 September 2011 Acknowledgements: This technical report was prepared by the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) under the “Building civil society capacity for conservation in the Caribbean UK Overseas Territories ” project funded by the Darwin Initiative of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the “ Going from strength to strength: Building capacity for equitable, effective and sustained participation in biodiversity conservation in Caribbean islands ” project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The report was researched and written by Gillian Cooper and edited by Sarah McIntosh. Special thanks are due to the following persons for their contributions: Elsmarie Beukenboom, Director, Stichting Nationale Parken Bonaire (STINAPA) Anna Cadiz, Senior Technical Officer, Caribbean Natural Resources Institute Ramon De Leon, Bonaire National Marine Park Manager, STINAPA Bert Denneman, Caribbean Account Manager, Vogelbescherming Nederland Kalli de Meyer, Director, Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) Paul Hoetjes, Nature Policy Coordinator, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation, Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland and former Senior Policy Coordinator, Department of Environment and Nature for the Netherlands Antilles (1998- 2010) Jose (Juni) Junga, Washington Slagbaai National Park Manager, STINAPA Esther Wolfs, Director, WolfsKater International Consultancy Services and former Assistant Director, DCNA (2008 – 2009) Special thanks are also due to STINAPA and DCNA staff, who helped to coordinate the study visit in December 2010.
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