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Participatory Wetlands Management in the Caribbean - new publication (05/11/07)

Good morning everyone:

Participatory Wetlands Management in the Caribbean is a key output of a Wetlands For the Future project carried out by CANARI, the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute. Published as Policy Brief No 9, this document summarises the key findings of a project that looked at the policies and institutions for wetlands management in Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad &Tobago. Through desk studies and a number of workshops, the project assessed the actual and potential contribution of the Ramsar Convention in facilitating participatory approaches to an integrated management of wetlands in the three countries. The project concluded with a regional workshop for natural resource managers from the three project countries as well as from Dominica, St Kitts & Nevis, and St Vincent & the Grenadines on Polices and Institutions for Participatory Wetlands Management: Lessons from implementation of the Ramsar Convention in the insular Caribbean.

The policy brief can be downloaded in PDF format here http://www.canari.org/policybrief9.pdf.

With best wishes, Sandra Hails, Ramsar Secretariat

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