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Grenada Systems Plan Stakeholder Consultation

February 25 & 26, 2009

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Grenada Systems Plan Stakeholder Consultation, February 25 & 26, 2009

Plan And Policy for a System of National Parks and Protected Areas Part II

Support Document Plan Development
Introduction and Background Plan Review and Appendix

The Government of Grenada in late February 2009 organized a workshop to revisit the Plan and Policy for a System of National Parks and Protected Areas written in 1988 by the Government of Grenada and the GS/OAS.  The workshop also had presentations on Forest Reserves and National Parks, Marine Protected Areas, and Heritage Sites by the Ministries of Tourism, Forestry, Fisheries, and Lands and Surveys.  The Nature Conservancy also presented Gap Analysis for the System of National Parks. The workshop identified the proposed new sites to be recommended for inclusion in the System of Parks, reviewed protected area legislation, and reviewed the OECS Protected Areas Policy and Model Law.   

The purpose of a system plan is to protect for all time representative natural areas of Grenadian and Caribbean significance in a system of national parks, to encourage public understanding, appreciation and enjoyment of this natural heritage so as to leave it unimpaired for future generations.  Grenada has made great progress by protecting several important high forests and elfin woodlands that are responsible for much of the drinking water and other ecosystem goods and services of the Island such as fisheries production and protection from hurricanes.  Likewise there are several marine areas and protected seascapes that have been incorporated, as well as historic sites such as rum distilleries and sugar mills, Amerindian petro glyphs and villages, and historic military forts.  An assessment was also made of the land currently preserved to protect the endangered and endemic Grenada Dove, the national bird.

This effort also ties in with the OECS OPAAL (PROTECTED AREAS AND ASSOCIATED LIVELIHOODS PROJECT) that seeks to establish more effective institutional frameworks for conservation management through providing a critical focus on the legal and institutional frameworks to facilitate protected area establishment and management.  The goal is to adopt a harmonized approach to the creation and management of protected areas in the 6 countries of the OECS.

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National Parks and Protected Areas of Grenada (1998)

Southern Cone Grenada

Carriacou

Northern Cone Grenada

 Historic Saint George

 

Plan And Policy for a System of National Parks and Protected Areas

Part I    (From pages 1-70)                        

Part II  (From pages 71-130)                    

Grenada Systems Plan Stakeholder Consultation – Attendees -- February 25 & 26, 2009

  1.         Junior Minister Ingrid Rush, MOA    

  2.         PS Gemma Ban-Thomas, MOA

  3.         Martin Barriteau, Sustainable Grenadines

  4.         Sandra Nichols, ELI   

  5.         Roland A. Baldeo, MPA (Fisheries Dept.)

  6.         Phil Saye, GSDA

  7.         Aden Forteau, Forestry

  8.         Alan Joseph, TNC local coordinator

  9.         Tyrone Buckwire, Rare Grenada

  10.         Michael Jessamy, Min. of Tourism

  11.         Andrea Easter-Pilcher, St. George’s Univ

  12.         Clare Morrall, St. George’s Univ

  13.         Bonnie Rusk, Grenada Dove Conservation

  14.         Denyse Ogilivie, People in Action

  15.         Kirl Grant-Hoschtialek, GBT

  16.         Gordon Paterson, FNPD  

  17.         Griffith, FNPD

  18.         George Vincent

  19.         Mel Turner

  20.         Richard Huber, OAS

GRENADA WORKSHOP AGENDA
February 26, 2009  

Prayer

Introduction

Anthony Jeremiah

Remarks by the Permanent Secretary

Remarks by the Minister

1988 Plan and Policy for a System of national Parks and Protected Areas (Part1 ; Part 2 )

 

Richard Huber/George Vincent

 

Review of Existing Areas

Forest Reserves and National Parks

Aden Forteau

Marine Protected Areas

Roland Baldeo

Heritage Sites

 

Michael Jessamy

TNC Gap Analysis Presentation

James Byrne

Public Comment

Wrap Up

Anthony Jeremiah

February 27, 2009

Prayer      
Identification of Proposed Sites   All  
Identification of Critical Issues and Priorities   All  
TNC Presentation on Capacity and Financing   Ruth Blyther  
Update on Protected Area Legislation Review   John Knechtle  
Local Area Planning Presentation   Fabian Purcell  

OECS Protected Areas Policy and Model Law“The OECS Policy on Protected Areas Systems”  And “The OECS Model Protected Areas System Act”                  

Grenada Environment and Biodiversity Coordination Act   

Notes on Grenada Protected Areas Stakeholders Meeting

  Sandra Nichols

Public Comment      
Wrap Up   Anthony Jeremiah  

 

 

 

 

 

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