Caribbean Division

Over the past year, the DSD has focused on assisting Caribbean States in anticipating and/or mitigating real or potential threats to their social, economic and environmental security such as: natural hazards; energy price shocks: food scarcity, land degradation, chemical contamination, loss of biodiversity and water scarcity. These efforts are described below.   

• Management of Natural Hazards Risk

 During the first half of 2006, the Department provided technical support to the Joint Consultative Organ (JCO) of the Committee on Hemispheric Security and the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development on Natural Disaster Reduction and Risk Management. The Department has begun the following initiatives:

§    The Inter-American Network for Disaster Mitigation (INDM)

§    Caribbean Emergency Legislation Project

§     Grenada Hurricane Resilient Home Reconstruction (GH2R) Project

•  Renewable Energy

• Sound Management of Chemicals

• Integrated Water Resource Management

• Management of the Coastal and Marine and Resources of the Caribbean Sea

• Environmental Law, Policies and Economics

• Sustainable Land Management

News

Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) launches Masters Degree Program in Water Resources Management

“The Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies of the University of the West Indies invites applications from interested candidates wishing to pursue a Master’s Degree Program in Water Resources Management commencing the 2008/09 academic year. Click here for more information…” More..