CERMES Departmental Report 2003-2004
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CENTRE FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (CERMES) Staff Acting Director/Senior Lecturer Hazel Oxenford, BSc (Exeter), PhD (UWI) Senior Lecturer Robin Mahon, BSc (UWI), MSc, PhD (Guelph) (appointed March 1, 2003) Lecturer Eugene Ramcharan, BSc, MSc (Toronto), PhD (UWI) Temporary Lecturers Janice Cumberbatch, BSc (UWI), MES (York) Patrick McConney, BSc (Bangor), MES (Dalhousie), PhD (UBC) (appointed May 1, 2003) MSc Programme Coordinator Neetha Selliah, BSc (Surrey), MSc (UWI) Affiliated Academic Staff Bruce, Jim, PhD Hennis, Bruce, MBA (Stirling) Horrocks, Julia, BSc (Reading), PhD (UWI) Hunte, Wayne, BSc, PhD (UWI) King, Ian, BSc (King’s College), MA (Clark) Nurse, Leonard, PhD (McGill) Oderson, Derrick, MRRP (New Zealand) Matthews, Damon, BSc (Simon Fraser) Moore, Rawleston, BSc (UWI), MSc (Wye) Pulwarty, Roger, BSc (York), PhD (Colorado) Russell, Douglas, BSc, MA (Dalhousie) PhD Stone, Dáithí, BSc (Waterloo), MSc, PhD (Victoria) Sumaila, Rashid, BSc (Ahmadu Bello), MSc, PhD (Bergen) Trotz, Ulric, Bsc (Edinburgh), PhD (Toronto) Valles, Henri, MSc (UWI) Wood, Beverley, MSc (Surrey) Technical Support Staff Alleyne, Winfield, BSc (UWI) Baldwin, Kim, BSc (UC Santa Barbara), MSc (UWI) Goodridge, Renata, BSc (Calgary), MSc (UWI) Pena, Maria, BSc, MSc (UWI) Robertson, Lyndon, MSc (UWI) Administrative Staff Selman, Bibi, APS - Secretary Work of the Department CERMES continued to conduct research and outreach as well as to deliver its MSc programme. During this year, CERMES developed a website and started a newsletter ‘CERMES Connections’. MSc Programme CERMES continued to offer the course-based Masters of Science (MSc) degree in natural resource and environmental management, with two specialisation streams: Coastal and Marine Resource Management; and Climate Change, the latter with assistance from CIDA and MACC. A third stream in Solid Waste Management will be launched in 2004/2005. In September 2003, 19 students registered for the MSc programme: 11 to the Coastal and Marine Resource Management stream and 8 in the Climate Change stream. Regional Initiatives and Projects CERMES plays a significant role in initiatives and projects towards sustainable development in the Caribbean. Some of these for which CERMES is the leader, implementer or a substantive collaborative partner are given here: $ Caribbean Coastal Resources Co-Management Project (CORECOMP) (2003 - 2005). To promote sustainable development of fisheries and other coastal resources in the Central American and Caribbean region through improved governance and management. Funded by the Oak Foundation, US$ 200,000. $ Coastal Management Research Network (COMARE Net)(2003 - 2005). To guide dissemination of project results and lessons learned from a suite of recently completed NRSP Caribbean projects on improving coastal zone management and poverty alleviation. Funded by DFID/NRSP US$33,000. $ Socio-economic Monitoring for Caribbean Coastal Management (SocMon) Project (2002-). To build capacity in the region for socio-economic data collection and monitoring and to establish and support pilot monitoring projects. Funded by NOAA. US$ 50,689 $ Coastal Resources Co-management Guidelines Project (NRSP project R8134) (2002- 2003). To examine co-management case studies in Barbados, Grenada and Belize and develop best practise guidelines for Caribbean coastal resources co-management; with CCA and MRAG. Funded by DFID, £ 120,000 $ Sustainable Integrated Development and Biodiversity Conservation in the Grenadine Islands (2002-2008). This project focusses on the role of civil society in sustainable development in the Grenadines and the modalities of effecting change in complex systems; with CCA, Projects Promotion Ltd., and the Carriacou Environmental Committee. Funded by the Lighthouse Foundation, Phase I: US$ 170,000 (completed), Phase 2: US$ 155,000 per annum (2003-2008). $ Caribbean Sea Ecosystem Assessment (CARSEA) (2003-2005). A sub-global assessment of the global Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) programme. $ Marine Ecosystem Component, White Water to Blue Water Programme (2003-). US led WSSD-based initiative to promote the practice of integrated watershed and marine ecosystem management in the wider Caribbean in support of sustainable development. Workshops CERMES hosted or co-hosted a number of training and technical workshops throughout the Caribbean this year including: $ Co-hosted with CCA, training workshop for contributors and users of the White Water to Blue Water Partnerships website. Cave Hill Campus, 10 March, 2003 $ Co-hosted with Cropper Foundation, Trinidad, CARSEA authors workshop for the fisheries component of the report. Cave Hill Campus, 26-27 July 2003. $ CORECOMP held three workshops on co-manangement and fisheries management in Nicaragua, October and November, 2003. $ CORECOMP held workshops in Punta Gorda, Belize, on writing project proposals and on socioeconomic monitoring for coastal management, October and November, 2003. $ Co-hosted with Counterpart Caribbean, as part of the Sustainable Grenadines initiative, a workshop on transboundary planning for the Grenadines Water Taxi Project, Carriacou, June 26- 27, 2004. $ Environmental Impact Assessment workshop in Tobago, for the Forestry Department of the Tobago House of Assembly, May 27-28, 2004 $ Training workshop on Socioeconomic monitoring guidelines for coastal managers in the Caribbean (SocMon Caribbean), Turks and Caicos Islands, 7-9 June 2004 Institutional Collaboration CERMES collaborated with several national, regional and international institutions and organisations. Collaboration included, conducting research, providing advisory services, and providing interns: $ CCA - a CERMES staff member serves on the regional panel of judges for the Blue Flag initiative $ Friends of Tobago Cays $ Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI), Castries, St. Lucia $ Caribbean Regional Environmental Programme (CREP), Barbados $ Main Streaming Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) and Caribbean Community for Climate Change (CCCC), Belize $ Bermuda Biodiversity Project, Bermuda $ Buccoo Reef Trust (BRT), Tobago $ Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), Barbados $ New Waters Inc, Barbados $ Environmental Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU) of the OECS, St. Lucia $ United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Barbados $ Department of Marine Resources and Fisheries, Division of Agriculture, Marine Affairs and the Environment, Tobago House of Assembly $ The Conservation and Fisheries Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour, Government of the British Virgin Islands, Tortola. $ The Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Government of Barbados. $ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Subregional Office for the Caribbean, Barbados. $ Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU), Ministry of Housing, Lands and the Environment, Government of Barbados. $ National Conservation Commission (NCC), Government of Barbados. $ World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington DC, USA $ The Nature Conservancy (TNC), US Virgin Islands. $ CARICOM Fisheries Unit, Belize City, Belize. $ Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA), Barbados. $ Marine Resources Assessment Group (MRAG Ltd), UK. $ Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), Trinidad. $ National Centre for Caribbean Coral Reef Research (NCORE), University of Miami, USA. $ International Geological Correlation Programme (Project 437), Australia. $ Departments of Botany and Geology, University of Toronto, Canada. $ Geographisches Institut, University of Koln, Germany. $ School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. $ Department of Biology, McGill University, Canada. Consultancy and Advisory Services CERMES and associated staff have continued to provide consultancy services this year, including: $ Expert Technical Review of Environmental Impact Assessment for the High Rock Liquefied Gas Facility and the Seafarer Bahamas Pipeline. For SENES Consultants Ltd / Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology (BEST) Commission, Bahamas. $ Preparation of Expert Report on Flyingfish and Associated Species Relevant to the UNCLOS Arbitration: Barbados -v-Trinidad and Tobago. For Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Barbados $ Coral reef monitoring for the Government of Barbados Five Year Reef Surveys Programme $ Coral reef and sedimentation monitoring for the South Coast Sewerage Project, Barbados $ Water quality monitoring in Harrison’s Caves for Axys Environmental Consulting,, for the ESPU Project: Phase II Detailed Design: Harrison’s Caves and Associated Sites, Barbados $ Coral reef monitoring and water quality analyses for the West Indies Rum Distillery Pipeline Extension Project, Barbados $ Coral reef monitoring and water quality analyses for Stantec International, for the St. Vincent VINLEC Lowman’s Bay Fuel Offloading Facility $ Socioeceonomic monitoring and analyses for Stantec International, for the St. Vincent VINLEC Lowman’s Bay Fuel Offloading Facility $ Coral reef monitoring and water quality analyses for the Bridgetown Port Deep Water Harbour Dredging Project, Barbados. Research in Progress (Staff) Dr Hazel Oxenford Senior Lecturer - Fisheries Biology and Management Dr Oxenford continued her research in applied fisheries, working together with scientists from NOAA USA, regional fisheries scientists, the FAO, and students registered in the MSc programme in natural resource management on the diets and trophic interactions of large oceanic species (billfishes and tunas); basic biology of wahoo;