DEPARTMENTAL REPORT CENTRE FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (CERMES)

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1 Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies FACULTY OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES CAVE HILL CAMPUS, BARBADOS DEPARTMENTAL REPORT CENTRE FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (CERMES) Staff Director/Professor Professor Senior Lecturers Lecturers Programme Coordinator Projects Officer Sr Laboratory Technician Information Technology Technician Research Assistant Communications Officer Administration Research Associate FORCE Project Postdoctoral Fellow FORCE Project Research Assistant FORCE Project Research Assistant FORCE Project Sustainable Grenadines Project Staff (to Dec 31 st ) Affiliated Academic Staff Mahon, Robin, BSc (UWI), MSc, PhD (Guelph) Oxenford, Hazel, BSc (Exeter), PhD (UWI) Nurse, Leonard, BSc (UWI), MSc (MUN), PhD (McGill) McConney, Patrick, BSc (Bangor), MES (Dalhousie), PhD (UBC) Cumberbatch, Janice, BSc (UWI), MES (York), PhD, (UWI) Cashman, Adrian BSc (Eng) London, MSc (EEEM) (York, UK), DIC (Imperial College, London), PhD (Sheffield), Pr.Eng., MCIWEM Selliah, Neetha, BSc (Surrey), MSc (UWI) Pena, Maria, BSc, MSc (UWI) Goodridge, Renata, BSc (Calgary), MSc (UWI) Benskin, Dale, BSc (UWI) Blackman, Katherine, BSc, MSc (UWI) Deane, Lyn-Marie BA (UWI) Hurley, Jennifer PSC (LCCI); APS ; BA (Hons); PhD (UWI) Rollins, Lisa-Ann Cert. Comm. Stud (SJPT), Cert. Bus Admin; BSc Man Stud (UWI) Turner, Rachel BSc (UEA), MSc, PhD (Newcastle) Valles, Henri BSc (Oviedo), MSc (UWI), PhD (McGill) Ford, Rohan BSc, MSc UWI) Phillips, Myles BSc, MSc (UWI) Barriteau, Martin, Dip. Forestry (ECIAF), MSc (Reading), Project Manager Francis, Valgine, Programme Officer Baldwin, Kimberly, BSc (UCSB), MSc, PhD In Prog. (UWI) Boyce, Shawn, BSc (UWI), MSc (Newcastle) Browne, Darren BSc, PhD In Prog. (UWI) Headley, Anthony, BSc (UWI), MSc (Manchester) Inniss, Vernese, B.A (UWI),M.Ed (Toronto), M.A., PhD (Delaware)

2 Mahdi, Smail, BSc, MSc (Constantine), PhD (Montreal) Moore, Rawleston, BSc (UWI), MSc (Wye) Payne, Karl, BSc, MPhil (UWI), MEng (Toronto) Pounder, Cheri, BSc (UWI), BSc (Birmingham) Pulwarty, Roger, BSc (York), PhD (Colorado) Roth, Michael BSc, MSc (Waterloo), PhD (Victoria) Schuhmann, Peter, BSc (U North Carolina), ME (North Carolina SU), PhD (U North Carolina) Shorey-Bryan, Norma, BSc (UWI), MSc (Howard) Work of the Department CERMES continued to conduct research and outreach as well as to deliver its MSc programme. Outreach activities include the bi-monthly newsletter CERMES Connections. CERMES became a member of the IUCN CERMES became a member of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC) MSc Programme CERMES continued to offer the course-based Master of Science (MSc) degree in natural resource and environmental management, with three specialisation streams: Coastal and Marine Resource Management; Climate Change and Water Resources Management. In September 2010, 14 students registered for the MSc programme: three for the Coastal and Marine Resource Management stream, five for the Climate Change stream, and six for the Water Resources Management stream. Activities and Projects CERMES plays a significant role in initiatives and projects towards sustainable development in the Wider Caribbean Region at local, national and regional levels and contributes to global initiatives. Some of these for which CERMES is the leader, implementer or a substantive collaborative partner are given below. CERMES continues to collaborate with the CARICOM Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) under an MOU between CRFM and UWI for which CERMES is liaison. CERMES continued extensive collaboration with the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre under an MOU. This included serving as the Chair of the Board of Governors as well as undertaking projects for the CCCCC on climate change vulnerability assessment and tourism adaptation strategy for Barbados. CERMES continued to contribute to the work of the Association of Caribbean States in establishing the Caribbean Sea Commission and pursuing the Caribbean Sea Initiative. 2

3 CERMES continued to contribute to the UNESCO-IOC IOCARIBE Large Marine Ecosystem Project by serving on the Project Advisory Group, providing technical support and undertaking research on marine governance. Collaboration with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme (SGP) continued under an MOU in which CERMES provides technical support and capacity building for projects. Collaboration among CERMES, Dalhousie University, the International Oceanographic Institute Canada and the Caribbean Law Institute Centre continued with funding from the Nippon Foundation of Japan. This grant is approximately US$500,000 for two years ( ) to work on Strengthening Principled Ocean Governance Networks: Transferring Lessons from the Caribbean to the Wider Ocean Governance Community - PROGOVNET. The funds cover scholarships, travel exchanges, workshops and seminars. The Future of Reefs in a Changing Environment (FORCE) Project continues in its second year. Led by Exeter University, UK, FORCE runs to 2014 with 17 partners from throughout the Wider Caribbean and the European Union, working towards improving reef management in the Wider Caribbean by addressing four key objectives: Understanding the ultimate and proximate causes of change in Caribbean reef environments; Assembling a region-wide management toolbox collating existing tools and offering enhanced tools that have been developed through the research activities of the FORCE project; Consider the efficacy of management tools and the governance constraints to successful implementation, and dissemination of its recommendations and tools to stakeholders, practitioners, and policy-makers. CERMES is the lead Caribbean partner for the FORCE project, and CERMES portion of the grant is approximately Euro 1,000,000. The IDRC funded MarGov Project continues to February CERMES completed the MarGov affiliated Local Area Management Project (LAMP), which was funded through a subaward by The Nature Conservancy (TNC). LAMP, which ran from November 2009 to September 2010, facilitated the MarGov investigation of governance related to marine protected areas (MPAs) in Dominica and Grenada. CERMES was awarded the contract to carry out the work to be done in developing the Regional Governance Framework of the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) Project. The US$220,000 contract runs from January 2011 to June The work involves, inter alia: building a science-policy interface for regional ocean governance, developing a framework for valuation of marine ecosystems services in the region, assessing the network of regional ocean governance organizations, supporting governance aspects of CLME pilot projects and case studies. CERMES, along with the Government s Coastal Zone Management Unit and Folkestone Park and Marine Reserve, hosted the travelling exhibit Our Reefs: Caribbean Connections in December The goal of the exhibit, which is travelling amongst the Caribbean islands, is to expand public knowledge about the wider Caribbean coral reef ecosystems, to energize the 3

4 public to promote and support coral reef environmental conservation initiatives and to serve as a model that is adaptable for outreach education in other regions of the world. In July 2011, CERMES was awarded a grant of US$68,000 from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) to support the project: Socio-economic Monitoring by Caribbean Challenge MPA Managers. The project is led by CERMES Project Assistant, Maria Pena, and will run from September 2011 to August The project will involve eight MPAs in three Caribbean Challenge countries - Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Lucia. Other activities are described under the names of the persons involved. Workshops & Seminars CERMES organised or co-organised the following training and technical workshops and seminars across the Caribbean this year. The MarGov Project hosted workshops on the application of resilience thinking to fisheries governance in the Eastern Caribbean: in Antigua and Barbuda (May), St Kitts and Nevis (May), Barbados (June), Grenada (July) Dominica (July) and at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, Barbados in collaboration with CRFM and ESDU (September). A fisheries stock assessment course was held by the United Nations University Fisheries Training Program and the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, and co-hosted by CERMES, on the Cave Hill Campus, August 23 September 3, It was attended by fisheries officers from most CARICOM countries. A Future of Reefs in a Changing Environment (FORCE) Project national consultation meeting was held at the University of the West Indies on March 15, Institutional Collaboration CERMES collaborates with several national, regional and international institutions and organisations (see also above). Collaboration includes conducting research, providing advisory services, and providing interns: Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association (BHTA), Barbados Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Belize Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA), Barbados Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), Trinidad Caribbean Network of Fisherfolk Organisations (CNFO), Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), Belize City, Belize Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA), Barbados Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU), Ministry of Housing, Lands and the Environment, Government of Barbados Department of Bioresource Engineering, Brace Centre for Water Resources Management, McGill University Canada Department of Fisheries, Guyana Environmental Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU) of the OECS, St. Lucia 4

5 Folkestone Park and Marine Reserve, Barbados Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Subregional Office for the Caribbean, Barbados Hydromet Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Guyana International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change Project (MACC) and Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), Belize The Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Barbados The Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Grenada The Fisheries Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines Department of Marine Resources and Fisheries, Tobago House of Assembly, Government of Trinidad and Tobago The Natural Heritage Department and Environmental Unit, Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Drainage Buccoo Reef Trust, Tobago The Nature Conservancy (TNC), US Virgin Islands United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Barbados Tobago Cays Marine Park, St. Vincent & the Grenadines University of North Carolina, Wilmington Consultancy and Advisory Services CERMES and associated staff have continued to provide consultancy services including: Annual microbiological and water chemistry monitoring of the Cooling Tower and Hot Pot waters, for the Barbados Light & Power Company ( ). Annual microbiology and water chemistry on coastal marine waters for the CZMU ( ). Support in developing a toolbox on the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries (EAF Toolbox) for United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, Rome, Italy. CERMES participated in a BSAT briefing on issues and opportunities for the agriculture sector in Barbados at Sugarlands, Salters, St. George, Wednesday, December 29, Research in Progress (Staff) Dr. Robin Mahon Professor of Marine Affairs Professor Mahon's research is on marine resource governance, in particular, institutional arrangements for governance and how to effect organisational change in complex self-organising systems. This work includes collaboration with the Fisheries Governance Network (University of Amsterdam). Current project activities are focussed on two areas. The first is the role of civil 5

6 society in sustainable development at the local level, in particular the Grenadine Islands. The second addresses systems for governance of transboundary living marine resources at the regional or large marine ecosystem (LME) level, in particular the Caribbean LME. This research is set within the context of the Large Marine Ecosystem Governance Framework developed by Professor Mahon and colleagues. Dr Hazel Oxenford Professor of Marine Ecology and Fisheries Professor Oxenford focuses on applied research in fisheries and coral associated communities of small island developing states. This includes: investigating the economic value of reef resources to competing sectors (in collaboration with P. Schuhmann of University of North Carolina and PhD student D. Gill); monitoring the status of coral reefs in Barbados including the frequency and extent of mass bleaching events, coral diseases and non-native species invasion (in collaboration with the Coastal Zone Management Unit, Government of Barbados) and conducting biological and stock assessment research on the queen conch (with MPhil student C. Gooding). Dr. Leonard Nurse Senior Lecturer in Coastal Zone Management Dr. Nurse s ongoing research focuses on human impact on coastal dynamics, integrated coastal management and the impact of climate change on small island environments. His current work focuses on the identification of vulnerability reduction and climate change adaptation strategies suitable to the needs of small islands, based on the outputs of downscaled global and regional climate models. He is also working on an ongoing analysis of downscaled global climate models in collaboration with Dr. John Charlery of the Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics, UWI. Dr. Patrick McConney Senior Lecturer in Marine Resource Management Planning Dr. McConney focused on the socio-economic and governance aspects of coastal and marine resource management planning through research and outreach projects. The major projects concerned socio-economic monitoring for coastal management and resource governance in fisheries and marine protected areas. Dr. Janice Cumberbatch Lecturer in Social and Environmental Management 6

7 Dr. Cumberbatch continues to focus on participatory processes in policy, project and programme development and implementation. She is also working on social aspects of beach management in Barbados. Dr. Adrian Cashman Lecturer Water Resources Management Dr. Cashman s research focuses on the impact of climate change on water resources, development of water policy and institutional governance in Caribbean SIDS, the governance of community rainwater harvesting, leakage and non-revenue water studies and water and gender at household level. Research in Progress (Students) Graduate Research Students Ms Kimberly Baldwin, PhD candidate Development of a participatory multi-knowledge Grenadines Marine Space Use Information System (MarSIS) and its implications for improved collaborative planning of marine resources Supervisors: Prof. R. Mahon. & Prof. H.A. Oxenford Ms Alexcia Cooke, PhD candidate, Assessing Interactions among Regional Organisations for Living Marine Resource Governance in the Wider Caribbean Region Supervisors: Prof. R. Mahon, Dr. P. McConney and Dr. L. Fanning Ms Marisa Khan, PhD Candidate Implications of climate variability and change for aspects of the ecology of the Nariva Swamp, Trinidad Supervisor: Dr. L. Nurse Mr. Kemraj Parsram, PhD candidate Marine resource governance in the Eastern Caribbean in the context of complex adaptive social ecological systems Supervisor: Dr. P. McConney. Mr. Lawrence Pologne, PhD Candidate The application of mesoscale numerical modelling to understanding the problems of local and regional atmospheric circulation over the Caribbean Supervisor: Dr. L. Nurse Miss Shelly-Ann Cox, PhD candidate Conditions for establishing and sustaining the adaptive co-management of the sea urchin fisheries in Barbados and St. Lucia Supervisor: Dr. P. McConney Ms Rachel Allen, FORCE PhD candidate 'Reef dependent livelihoods'. Supervisor: Prof. R. Mahon Mr David Gill, FORCE PhD candidate Value of reef fish to fisheries and dive tourism. 7

8 Supervisors: Prof. H.A. Oxenford and Dr. P.W. Schuhmann. Ms Angelie Peterson, FORCE PhD candidate Caribbean coral reef governance, FORCE Supervisor: Prof. R. Mahon Mr Antonio Joyette, FORCE PhD candidate On the susceptibility of the Caribbean to persistent droughts under climate change. Supervisors: Dr. L. Nurse, Dr. J. Charlery and Dr. R. Pulwarty Ms Jenna Blackwood, PhD candidate 'Towards a household-centred approach to Stormwater Management' Supervisor: Dr. Adrian Cashman, Dr B Carby Mrs. Caroline Gooding, MPhil candidate Aspects of the biology of Queen Conch, Strombus gigas, and Implications for fisheries management Supervisor: Prof. H.A. Oxenford Mr. Shamal Connell, MPhil candidate Barbados west coast fringing reefs: a broad scale assessment of their ecological condition and impacting environment Supervisor: Prof. R. Mahon MSc Programme students Student research was facilitated through collaborations with several organisations in the region inter alia: Student research is supervised by CERMES and other UWI staff, as well as by external persons. The list of MSc student research topics is given below and the non-cermes supervisors are shown in italics. Name Research Topic Supervisor Belle, Gina Turtle nesting sites and beach profiles Julia Horrocks & Hazel Oxenford Jones, Sadie-Ann Proposed Environmental Management System for Farley Hill National Park Janice Cumberbatch Lamb, Ralna Assessing the practical implications of implementing illegal unreported unregulated Patrick McConney fishing policy in Belize Maheia, Arlene Visitor impact management at Laughing Bird caye National Park, Belize Patrick McConney Maraj, Vikhana Description and analysis of the seine fishery in Barbados Hazel Oxenford Phillips, Myles Movements of juvenile conch aggregations Hazel Oxenford in Carlisle Bay Sawh, Sandy Measurement of coral disease rate in Hazel Oxenford Barbados 8

9 Shoy, Rachael Ford, Rohan Hodge, Gregory Johnson, Yasmin Mans, Cheryll-Ann Pandy, Leilah Robin, Howard Alleyne, Derek Cherry-Fevrier, Norma Humphrey, Valance Knott, Natalie Repnikova, Irina Recreational Fishery, Trinidad & Tobago Energy consumption behaviours of the Barbados hotel sector: Drivers for Change Carbon sequestration by Red Mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) in the Graeme Hall Swamp: Barbados Assessing the Feasibility of Landfill Gas Utilization for Power Generation in the Bahamas Drought and small-scale crop agriculture in Barbados: Small-scale bio-energy viability in the Small-island Developing State of Barbados An assessment of current adaptation measures Determining an appropriate model for the management of Barbados water distribution system Evaluation of the 2009 drought in St. Lucia Investigation to detect sources of groundwater contamination and its effects on the water quality of the bath spring Impact of water metering on water consumption patterns in Tobago Virtual water flow in the beverage industry in Barbados Hazel Oxenford Janice Cumberbatch Leonard Nurse Leonard Nurse Leonard Nurse Vernese Inniss Leonard Nurse Adrian Cashman Adrian Cashman Adrian Cashman Adrian Cashman Adrian Cashman Williams, Christopher Flooding in Castries, St Lucia Adrian Cashman Wilson, Michelle Economic consequences of localized flooding in the Scotland District Adrian Cashman Teaching and Students Supervision of research projects for the cohort (19 students) continued simultaneously with delivery of the MSc courses to the cohort (14 students). The examination results for the cohort are illustrated in the following table according to pass rate by course: Course Code and Title 9 No. Students Pass Rate (%) ENVT6000 Concepts and issues for environmental managers ENVT6001 Introduction to environmental planning and management 14 86

10 ENVT6002 Professional skills for environmental management ENVT6100 Environmental impact assessment ENVT6120 Measurement and analysis in natural resource management ENVT6101 Geographic information systems ENVT 6102 Resource economics ENVT6124 Coastal ecology and dynamics ENVT6122 Fisheries biology and management ENVT6123 Sustainable tourism in the coastal zone ENVT6125 Managing coastal and marine resources and biodiversity ENVT6130 Climate dynamics and modelling ENVT6132 Vulnerability to climate change and impact assessment ENVT6133 Climate change impacts: mitigation and adaptation 6 50 ENVT6131 Policy response climate change ENVT6200 Hydrology 4 75 ENVT6210 Groundwater resources ENVT6220 Water and wastewater management ENVT 6230 Water management and the environment ENVT 6900 Research Project 14 In progress MSc Degrees Awarded Cummings, Garvin* Edwards, Annie Fernandez Amaya, Michelle Georges-Armour, Jeanel* Hoyte, Hadley James, Neri Joyette, Antonio* Maheia, Arlene* Mersereau, Rebecca* Mitro, Sukarni Moses, Mousa Ramdeen, Robin Rocke, Renee* 10

11 Serville, Marsha* Sutherland, Anika* Yusef-Leon, Farzana* * with Distinction Student Activities Ms Kim Baldwin Attended the workshop 'Envisioning the Future of Marine Resources in the Grenadines', to discuss the future of sustainable development and management in the Grenadines, providing a general platform from which to build a multi-use zoning plan for the area. Carriacou, Grenada, January 27-28, Received a $1000 CAD Student travel award to present PhD research finding at People and Places - COASTAL CURA Conference in Halifax, Canada, May Attended a two-day course 'Introduction to Marxan' at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 19-20, Held informative community meetings for The Sustainable Grenadines Inc. on 'Planning the Future of Marine Resources of the Grenadines' on every inhabited island of the Grenadines to inform Marine Resource Users of the results and obtain local feedback on the regional stakeholder visioning workshop that kicked off the project in Hillsborough, Carriacou, January 2011, June 8-20th Ms Caroline Gooding Received a UWI Graduate Student Research Grant. Received the 2010 Joanne Goulet Memorial Award. Received the 2010 UWI Graduate Research Travel Grant. Ms Shelly Ann Cox Received a Public choice Poster award (2 nd runner up) at the People in Places Conference in Halifax, NS, Canada for her poster The cultural context of the sea urchin fisheries of Barbados and St. Lucia: A muse for artistic pursuits. Ms Alexcia Cooke Received a UWI Graduate Student Research Grant. 11

12 Mr Lawrence Pologne Participated in training workshop at UN House, Barbados, sponsored by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) titled Table Top First Responder Exercise, August 18, Attended the Seventh International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones, November 14-20, 2010, convened in La Reunion, France. The meeting was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). Presented his first PhD seminar titled The application of mesoscale numerical modelling to understanding the problems of local and regional atmospheric circulation over the Caribbean, November 24, Mr David Gill Presented at the MarGov workshop on resilience in fisheries governance at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, September 1-2, Attended and presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 1-5, Attended the workshop, Building Capacity for Facilitative Leadership, held by the Caribbean Facilitators Network, UWI Cave Hill Campus, March 31, Gave his first PhD Seminar To quantify the value of coral reef fish for two industries fishing and tourism, CERMES, UWI, June 1, Ms Rachel Allen Attended the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 1-5, Attended the workshop in Resilience in Fisheries Governance and Social Network Analysis, Bridgetown, Barbados, June 15-16, Ms Angelie Peterson Presented at the MarGov workshop on resilience in fisheries governance at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, September 1-2, Attended the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 1-5, Attended the workshop, Building Capacity for Facilitative Leadership, held by the Caribbean Facilitators Network, UWI Cave Hill Campus, March 31,

13 Mr Antonio Joyette Attended and presented at the IPCC sponsored Western Hemisphere Young Writers Workshop, Belize, April 27-29, Staff Activities Dr Robin Mahon Continued to serve as: Project Leader, Sustainable Integrated Development and Biodiversity in the Grenadines Islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. Member of the EU/MARE/SISWO (Netherlands) Fisheries Governance Network (FishGovNet). Member of the Board of Directors of Barbados Port Inc. Member of the Cave Hill Campus Appointments Committee. Adjunct Professor in the Marine Affairs Program, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University, Canada Participated in activities of the Caribbean Sea Commission of the Association of Caribbean States by: Attending the meeting of the Association of Caribbean States, Council of Ministers, Trinidad and Tobago, January 26-28, 2011; Being part of the delegation from the Association of Caribbean States-Caribbean Sea Commission to the UN in New York, March 7-8, 2011, and to The GEF and NOAA in Washington DC, March 9, Participated in activities of the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Project of UNESCO IOCARIBE, funded by the GEF by serving as a member of the Project Advisory Group for the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) Project Continued as a team member for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Transboundary Waters Assessment Project (TWAP) and attended the Second Steering Committee Meeting, UNEP Headquarters, Nairobi, February 9-10, Reviewer for the journals Coastal Management, Fisheries Research and Social Indicators Research. Spoke at the opening ceremony of the UNU-FTP/CRFM/CERMES UWI stock assessment course, and gave a lecture on 'Living Marine Resource Governance in the Wider Caribbean' UWI, Cave Hill Campus, August 23 - September 3, Attended the Workshop on Governance Assessment Methodology for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters (IW) Programme, Halifax, Canada, March 22-23, Attended the PROGOVNET Steering Committee Meeting, Halifax, Canada, March 24,

14 Dr Hazel Oxenford Continued to serve as: Member of the National Working Group on Biodiversity, Government of Barbados Appointed Member of the CITES Scientific Authority, Government of Barbados Member of the Scientific Committee, Coastal Zone Management Unit, Government of Barbados. Appointed Member of the Fisheries Advisory Committee, Barbados Government Official marine biologist at the Barbados Game Fishing Association s Annual International Fishing Tournament, March 18-22, 2011 Re-appointed member of the Barbados Fisheries Advisory Committee (FAC) under the Fisheries Act for the period May 2011 May 2014 Appointed member of the Global Fisheries Expert Group under the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (IUCN/CEM/FEG) Reviewer for the international journals: Bulletin of Marine Science; Marine and Freshwater Research; Environmental Conservation; Journal of Continental Shelf Research; Environmental Biology of Fishes; Fisheries Research; Aquaculture Nutrition; Fish and Fisheries. International Reviewer for US NMFS MARFIN and UPR Sea Grant applications. Invited Expert to IUCN Species Survival Commission Assessment Workshop for Tunas and Billfishes, Brasilia, Brazil, September 12-18, Attended First Meeting of the CRFM/CLME eastern Caribbean Flyingfish Fishery Case Study Steering Committee (representing CERMES), Barbados, February 10, Attended First Meeting of the CRFM/CLME Large Pelagic Fishery Case Study Steering Committee, Barbados, February 11, Attended First National Stakeholder Meeting on the Development of the Barbados Marine Atlas (representing CERMES), Barbados, March 2, Held a formal meeting with Minister Estwick to discuss priority areas for FAC s attention in the Fisheries Sector, Graeme Hall, May 18, Attended meeting to redesign Ministry of the Environment s long-term Coral Reef Monitoring Programme, CZMU, May 20, Attended a multi-stakeholder meeting to discuss research and training in ciguatera fish poisoning, CZMU, Barbados, June 9, Attended CRFM Seventh Annual Scientific Meeting, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, June 17-24,

15 Dr. Leonard Nurse Continued to serve as: Chairman, Board of Governors for the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Belize. Chairman, Barbados National Terminal Company Ltd. Chairman, Barbados National Oil Company Ltd. from March Chairman of the Barbados Technical Committee for the Extended Continental Shelf (ECS). Member of the Board of Directors, Bellairs Research Institute of McGill University. Director of Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Reviewer for the journals Climatic Change and Natural Resources Forum. Continued to serve as a lead author for the IPCC with regard to the Global Climate Change Fifth Assessment Synthesis Report scheduled for release in 2014 by: Attending an Authors Meeting, Liege, Belgium, August 24-27, Attending Authors meeting, Tsukuba, Japan, January 11-14, Participated in the High Level segment of the UNFCCC Climate Change Negotiations as Adviser to the Barbados delegation, Cancun, Mexico, December 5-10, 2010, Chaired Planning meeting, Ministry of Environment, Water and Drainage February 16, 2011, to finalize agenda for Climate Change Workshop for Senior Government Officials held April 21, Panel member on the theme Climate change implications for the Caribbean. The event was hosted by FPAS as part of its contribution to Campus Research Day, February 21, Participated in a meeting of the Committee finalizing the Implementation Plan for the Regional Climate Change Strategy, mandated by CARICOM Heads of Government and approved at their meeting in July 2011, Miami, Florida, April 15-17, Gave the keynote presentation at the National Climate Change Workshop convened by Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Drainage, Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Barbados, April 21, Coordinated the IPCC Regional Workshop for Young Scientists from the Pacific, Indian Ocean and Caribbean, and gave a presentation on key research gaps in SIDS, Belize, April 27-29, Presented two papers and chaired the session: Strategies and on-ground options for adaptation, at the seminar Lessons for Future Action on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction, Apia, Samoa, May 23-27, Chaired mid-year session of the Barbados Technical Committee for the Extended Continental Shelf, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, May 6,

16 Represented the Board of Governors, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre at the launching of the SIDS Renewable Energy Initiative (SIDS Dock), held at the UN, New York, July 27-29, Dr. Patrick McConney Continued to serve as: Member of the Scientific Advisory Group of the FAO, Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission (WECAFC). Member of the Society for Applied Anthropology Member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). Adjunct Professor in the Marine Affairs Program of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University, Canada. Coordinator of the CERMES 5-year project on Marine Resource Governance in the Eastern Caribbean (a.k.a. MarGov Project) funded by IDRC of Canada. Elected Partner of the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) Editor of CERMES Policy Perspectives policy briefs. Reviewer for the international journals: Caribbean Coral Reef Institute (CCRI), Conservation and Society, Ecology and Society, Maritime Studies (MAST), Coastal Management Journal, International Journal of the Commons, Marine and Coastal Fisheries, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), and the Journal of Cleaner Production. Attended the 18th Partnership meeting of the Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI), Trinidad, August 4-6, Implemented the terminal workshop of the CERMES Local Area Management Project (LAMP), Carriacou, Grenada, August 12-13, Presented Alternative approaches to assessment (including the use of local knowledge) at the UNU FTP / CRFM / UWI Fish Stock Assessment Course, Barbados, August 23 September 3, Attended IDRC workshops on Community-Based Coastal Resource Management and Building an International Research Network for Collaborative Coastal Management in Paraty, Brazil, December 7-11, Attended SusGren Workshops on Strengthening Reef Management in the Grenada Bank, January 26, 2011 and on Developing a Framework for a Comprehensive Marine Multi-use Zoning Plan for the Grenadines, Carriacou, Grenada, January 27-28, Attended the CANARI strategic planning and 19th meeting of the partnership, Trinidad, February 21-25,

17 Assisted the Wildlife Conservation Society and Government of Belize in public and technical consultations on the revision of the Belize fisheries legislation, Belize, February 27 to March 5, Attended the Workshop on Governance Assessment Methodology for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) International Waters (IW) Programme, Halifax, Canada, March 22-23, Attended the PROGOVNET Steering Committee Meeting, Halifax, Canada, March 24, Attended the Conference on Exploring the Role of MPAs in Reconciling Fisheries Management with Conservation, Bergen, Norway, March 28-April 2, Attended the ACP Fish II: Programme Monitoring Workshop, Belize City, Belize, April 4-5, Attended the CRFM Multi-disciplinary Workshop to Finalize the Common Fisheries Policy, April 12-14, Attended the Ninth Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum, April 15, Implemented MarGov project workshops on resilience in fisheries governance and social network analysis in fisheries in Antigua and Barbuda (May 10-11, 2011) and St Kitts and Nevis (May 25-26, 2011). Co-organised a session on Marine spatial planning in small islands and other developing States: practices and prospects on May 16, 2011 at the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, May 14-18, Organised and implemented workshops on resilience in fisheries governance and on social network analysis in fisheries, hosted by the Fisheries Division & UWI-CERMES MarGov Project, Fisheries Division, Bridgetown, Barbados, June 15-16, Attended CRFM Seventh Annual Scientific Meeting Plenary, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, June 24, Participated in a FAO workshop on Governance of Tenure for Responsible Capture Fisheries Rome, Italy, July 2-6, Organised and implemented workshops on resilience in fisheries governance, and on social network analysis in fisheries, hosted by the Fisheries Division & UWI-CERMES MarGov Project, Fisheries Division, St. George s, Grenada, July 13-14, Participated in a panel discussion on Climate Change and Sustainable Development on at the 9th Caribbean Institute in Gender and Development, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, July 22,

18 Organised and implemented workshops on resilience in fisheries governance, and on social network analysis in fisheries, hosted by the Fisheries Division & UWI-CERMES MarGov Project, Fisheries Division, Roseau, Dominica, July 26-27, Dr. Janice Cumberbatch Continued to serve as: Member of the Regional Advisory Committee for the UNDP Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Fund and was appointed Chairperson of the Sub-Regional Steering Committee for the Global Environmental Fund Small Grants Programme for Barbados and the OECS. Member of the Board of Directors of National Conservation Commission (NCC) and Chair of the Conservation Sub-Committee Meeting of the NCC. Chaired a session of the Sub Regional Steering Committee of the GEF Small Grants Programme for Barbados and the OECS, UN House, Barbados, December 9, Chaired four roundtables discussions with the key tourism stakeholders for input into the White Paper on Tourism Development, 3 W s Oval. UWI, Cave Hill Campus,March 2, 4, 7 & 11, Attended the Inception and Training Workshop for the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals in Barbados at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, April 11-13, Attended the Inception workshop for the LDC-SIDS targeted portfolio approach for capacity development and mainstreaming of sustainable land management at the National Heritage Department, St. Thomas, Barbados, April 18, Chaired the GEF/SGP Sub Regional Steering Committee (SRSC) meeting at the UNDP External Conference Room, UN House, Christ Church, Barbados, April 29, Attended the 2011 Conference of the International Council for Innovation in Higher Education in Miami, Florida, July 21 - August 4, Dr. Adrian Cashman Member of the Barbados Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation s (BADMC) steering committee for the River Irrigation and Drainage Project. Visited the National Urban Water Governance Group in the Department of Geography and Environment, Monash University, Melbourne Australia, and gave seminars to the Group and to the Department, July 1-31, Along with the UN Food and Agricultural Organization, assisted the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Belize with the preparation of a National Irrigation Policy and Strategy, Belize, January 13-21,

19 Represented the UWI at the second CARICOM Consortium of Water Institutions meeting, held in St Lucia, January 25-27, Attended two Steering Committee meetings for Barbados Water Authority s Barbados Groundwater Zoning project, chaired by the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Drainage, February 3-8, Attended a Team meeting of the Green Economy Scoping Study and subsequent Steering Committee Meeting, February 10, Prepared a submission on behalf of CERMES to USAID for financial support to the Centre s Climate Change programme. Prepared and submitted a CERMES proposal to Aus AID for scholarships and funds to deliver short courses on climate change over the next two years to the private sector, worth about US$300,000. Submitted a research proposal on the impact of climate change on rainwater harvesting systems in the Grenadines to the European Union in response to the Sustainable Development Call, February 18, Panel member for Campus Research Day on the theme Climate Change, organised by the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, February 21, Panel member for Campus Research Day on the theme Seeking out new worlds media and communications studies at Cave Hill organised by the Department of Language, Linguistics and Literature, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, February 25, Attended a Workshop at the Hilton Hotel hosted by New Water and Huber on Green Solutions to Water Treatment, April 4, Attended a Global Water Partnership Caribbean Steering Committee meeting, April 28, 2011 and the Global Water Partnership Caribbean Annual General Meeting at the Discovery Bay Hotel, Barbados, April 29, Attended Advanced Policy Making Seminar, Caribbean Defence and Security: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century, organised by Center for Hemispheric Defence Studies, Washington, DC. Hilton Hotel, Barbados. May 12, Chaired a panel discussion on the topic of Is Barbados ready for a Green Economy? as part of the Green Economy Scoping Study, UWI Cave Hill Campus, June 2, Presented at the Summer Technology Symposium 2011: Teaching from the Trenches: Student videos as a Learning Tool in Natural Resources Management, UWI Cave Hill Campus, June 6,

20 Chaired plenary sessions for Water Information Systems Experts Planning and Development Workshop, Coco Creole Resort, Rodney Bay, St. Lucia, June 9-10, Ms. Neetha Selliah Represented the University of the West Indies on the Land Degradation Committee hosted by the Environment Division, Ministry of Environment, Water Resources and Drainage. Represented CERMES on the Local Organising Committee for the 47th Annual Meeting for the Caribbean Food Crops Society, Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, Industry and Small Business Development Ms. Maria Pena Continued to serve as: Assistant Project Manager, NOAA-funded Socio-economic monitoring by Caribbean fishery authorities (Fisheries SocMon) project, June 2007 to present. Regional SocMon coordinator for the Caribbean Editor CERMES Connections e-bulletin. Coordinator of the UWI Recycling Programme Part-time Lecturer for ECOL Fisheries Biology, Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, September-December Assisted Dr. Patrick McConney and Lyn-Marie Deane in the organisation of the MarGov resilience workshop, hosted at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, September 1-2, Met with members of the St. Leonard s Boys Council to discuss the UWI Recycling Initiative, after which the students were guided on a mini tour of the recyclables collection bay in the Properties and Facilities department, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, November 26, Ms. Renata Goodridge Contributed to the Community-based Coral Reef Monitoring and Management project at Folkestone Marine Reserve, St. James, Barbados by teaching at the Folkestone Summer Camp Programme: a short course on marine invertebrates and learning to snorkel, observe and identify marine life in the lagoon, August, 2010 Manned the CERMES booth at the World Maritime Day event, Barbados Coast Guard, Sept, Organized, set up and acted as main docent for the travelling exhibit: Our Reefs: Caribbean Connections, displayed at Folkestone Marine Reserve, December

21 Attended the Inception and Training Workshop for the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals in Barbados at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Barbados, April 11-13, Participated in the week-long exhibit at Folkestone Park and Marine Reserve as the agency celebrated International Council of Museum s Day on Wednesday May 18, The exhibit continued for another week as part of the Bellairs FWDFest activities. Ms. Katherine Blackman Continued to serve as E-librarian at CERMES, UWI Coordinated and assisted with the Folkestone Marine Reserve Summer Camp Programme held from August 16-27, This programme was part of the Community-based Coral Reef Monitoring and Management Project. Served on the International Transport Division s Planning Committee for World Maritime Week 2010, was World Maritime Day/Career Showcase Coordinator for CERMES; manned the CERMES booth at the World Maritime Day event, Barbados Coast Guard, September, Acted as docent for the travelling exhibit Our Reefs: Caribbean Connections, displayed at Folkestone Marine Reserve, December, Participated in the week-long exhibit at Folkestone Park and Marine Reserve as the agency celebrated International Council of Museum s Day on Wednesday May 18, The exhibit continued for another week as part of the Bellairs FWDFest activities. Attended the World Maritime Day Committee meeting, hosted by International Transport on June 2, Served as Judge at St. Gabriel s School J3 Science Project Competition on June 7, Ms. Lyn-Marie Deane Contributed to the Local Area Management Project (LAMP) by: Assisting with the organization of, and participating in, the MarGov Workshop on the application of resilience thinking to fisheries governance in the Eastern Caribbean on September 1-2, Attending the workshop Caribbean Impact 2.0: New Mechanisms for linking research and policy, and presented Elements of a communication strategy: The case of the Marine Resource Governance in the Eastern Caribbean Project, Kingston Jamaica, February Assisting with organisation of the MarGov resilience in fisheries governance and social network analysis workshops in Antigua and Barbuda (May), St Kitts and Nevis (May), Barbados (June), Grenada (July) and Dominica (July),

22 Ms. Lisa-Ann Rollins Along with Dr. Cashman, coordinated the Green Economy Scoping Study, Cave Hill Campus. June 2, Dr Rachel Turner For FORCE: Attended the FORCE meeting, Barbados, March, Attended the FORCE social science meeting in Costa Rica, May Visitors CERMES had several visitors during the year: Dr. Murray C. Simpson, Senior Research Associate, Oxford University Centre for the Environment University of Oxford, England, CEO and Co-Director, The CARIBSAVE Partnership. Dr. Owen Day, Coordinator, The CARIBSAVE Partnership. Mr Jens Ambsdorf, CEO Lighthouse Foundation, Kiel, Germany, SusGren Project, September 1-3, Renaud De Plaen, Senior Program Specialist, Agriculture and Food Security, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada, September 1-3, Mr Lionel Weekes, Permanent Secretary, Mr. Travis Sinckler, Senior Environmental Officer and Mr Sean Sealy, Policy Analyst, Ministry of Environment Water Resources and Drainage, Barbados regarding the Barbados Green Economy Study, December 30, 2010, Dr Lucia Fanning, Director, Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, December 2010, February 21-23, Dr Selina Stead, Newcastle University, UK (FORCE Project), Dr. Clare Fitzsimmons, Newcastle University, UK (FORCE Project), Dr. Johanna Forster, Newcastle University, UK (FORCE Project), Dr. Phillip Townsley, Integrated Marine Management Ltd (UK), Mr. Ben Catermaul, Integrated Marine Management Ltd (UK), Dr. Peter Schuhmann, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, USA, March 15, John Firth, CEO, Acclimatise, Hexgreave Hall, Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, Publications Refereed Journals 22

23 Cashman, A. Case study of institutional and social responses to flooding: reforming for resilience? Journal of Flood Risk Management 4(2011), Cashman, A. Our Water Supply is Being Managed like a Rumshop : Water Governance in Barbados. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal, Vol. 31:2(2011). Charlery, J. and L. Nurse, Areal downscaling of global climate model outputs: an approach that avoids data remodeling'. Journal of Climate Research 49(2010), Finney, J.C., D.T. Pettay, E.M. Sampayo, M.E. Warner, H.A. Oxenford and T.C. LaJeunesse. The relative significance of host-habitat, depth, and geography on the ecology, endemism, and speciation of the coral endosymbionts in the genus Symbiodinium. Microbial Ecology 60(2010), Newman, R., Ashley, R., Molyneux-Hodgson, S. and Cashman, A Managing water as a socio-technical system: the shift from experts to alliances. Engineering Sustainability Volume 164:1(2011), , ISSN: , E-ISSN: Oxenford, H.A. (co-author with 56 others). Caribbean corals in crisis: Record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in PLoS One 5(11)(2010), 1-9. Available at: Oxenford, H.A. (co-author with 32 others) High value and long-lived: a double jeopardy for threatened tunas and billfishes. Science 333(2011), Peterson, A., Stead, S. Rule breaking and livelihood options in marine protected areas. Environmental Conservation, Vol. 38:3(2011), Pulwarty, R., L. Nurse and U. Trotz, Caribbean Islands in a Changing Climate. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 52:6(2010), Stewart, M. E. Increasing corporate philanthropy to enrich technology innovation in higher education. EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Volume 33:4(2010). asingcorporatephilanthrop/ Refereed Books and Book Chapters Book Fanning, L., R. Mahon and P. McConney. Towards Marine Ecosystem-based Management in the Wider Caribbean. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, Book Chapters Butler M. J. A., P. R. Boudreau, C. LeBlanc and K. Baldwin. Spatial Data Infrastructures in Support of Ecosystem-Based Management and the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in the 23

24 Caribbean. In Towards Marine Ecosystem-based Management in the Wider Caribbean. Ed. Fanning, L., R. Mahon and P. McConney. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011 pp Cashman, A. and Banyard, J., Finance and project appraisal in water distribution systems. In Water Distribution Systems Ed. D. Savic and J. Banyard. London, UK: J. Thomas Telford Publishers, 2010 pp Cumberbatch J. and K. Bynoe. Greening of Events: An Assessment of the Bag Your Own Garbage (BYOG) Program, Barbados. In Sports Event Management: The Caribbean Experience. Ed. L-A Jordan, C. Hayle, D. Truly and B. Tyson. UK: Ashgate Publishing Group, 2010 pp Cumberbatch, J. A. Environmental dimensions of development in the Caribbean Recommendations for the future. In Growth and Development Strategies for the Caribbean. Barbados: Caribbean Development Bank, 2010 pp Fanning, L. P. and H. A. Oxenford Ecosystem Issues Pertaining to the Flyingfish Fisheries of the Eastern Caribbean. In Towards Marine Ecosystem-based Management in the Wider Caribbean. Ed. Fanning, L., R. Mahon and P. McConney. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011 pp Fanning, L. and R. Mahon An Overview and Assessment of Regional Institutional Arrangements for Marine EBM of Fisheries Resources in the Caribbean. In Towards Marine Ecosystem-based Management in the Wider Caribbean. Ed. Fanning, L., R. Mahon and P. McConney. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011 pp Fanning, L., R. Mahon and P. McConney. Overall Synthesis and Future Directions. In Towards Marine Ecosystem-based Management in the Wider Caribbean. Ed. Fanning, L., R. Mahon and P. McConney. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011 pp Fanning, L., R. Mahon, P. McConney and S. Almerigi. The Symposium on Marine EBM in the Wider Caribbean Region. In Towards Marine Ecosystem-based Management in the Wider Caribbean. Ed. Fanning, L., R. Mahon and P. McConney. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011 pp Fanning, L., W. Anderson, G. Bianchi, W. Clerveaux, R. Fournier, M. Haughton, E. Hjörleifsson, S. Husbands, D. Logan, S. MacIntosh, J. Mateo, K. Parsram, B. Potter, P. Schuhmann, R. Soto, C. Toro, D. VanderZwaag, G. White. Developing the Vision for EBM Governance in the Wider Caribbean. In Towards Marine Ecosystem-based Management in the Wider Caribbean. Ed. Fanning, L., R. Mahon and P. McConney. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011 pp