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Organization of American States’ Inter-American Biodiversity
Information Network (IABIN) REEfFix programme Workshop
Coastal and Marine Activities done and ongoing under several
Climate Change Projects conducted through the Caribbean
Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)
Venue: Fisheries Division’s Conference Room
Date: January 11-12, 2010
Presenter
Ottis Joslyn
Environmental Scientist
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Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) and Special
Programme for Adaptation to Climate Change (SPACC) Projects
MACC Project
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Implemented the Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) Methodology on the
Water Resources Sector in specific units of analysis; namely, Cumberland Watershed,
and the two Grenadine islands, Bequia and Union Island
Outputs:
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Implemented a KAP survey in the Cumberland Watershed, on Bequia and on Union
Island
Produce Static Risk Maps using GIS technology
Conducted a hydrology assessment of the Cumberland Watershed and a water
resources assessment on Bequia and Union Island
Conducted a Climate Assessment of St. Vincent and the Grenadines with weather data
from ET Joshua airport
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Static Risk Maps for Union Island
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Organization of American States’ Inter-American Biodiversity
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Organization of American States’ Inter-American Biodiversity
Information Network (IABIN) REEfFix programme Workshop
Organization of American States’ Inter-American Biodiversity
Information Network (IABIN) REEfFix programme Workshop
Organization of American States’ Inter-American Biodiversity
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Organization of American States’ Inter-American Biodiversity
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SPACC Project
The Project Development Objective
• To support efforts by St. Vincent and the Grenadines to implement
specific (integrated) pilot adaptation measures addressing primarily,
the impacts o f climate change on their natural resource base,
focused on biodiversity and land degradation along coastal and
near-coastal areas
This will be achieved through:
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The detailed design of pilot adaptation measures to reduce
expected negative impacts of climate change on marine and
terrestrial biodiversity and land degradation and;
the implementation of pilot adaptation investments.
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Global Environment Objective
• The project seeks to produce knowledge of global value on how to
implement adaptation measures in small island states that can be
applied in other countries in the region, not participating in the
project and even for islands in other regions of the world
– The value of these early lessons will make the GEF resources applied,
more cost-effective in the medium term
– The project complements the goals of the Mainstreaming Adaptation
to Climate Change in the Caribbean (MACC) Project and applies the
lessons and information gathered through the Caribbean Planning for
Adaptation to Climate Change (CPACC) project by piloting the
implementation of adaptation measures in countries that have already
taken mainstreaming decisions and seek to execute specific measures
to address the impacts o f climate change on biodiversity and land
degradation.
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Project Description
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Component one: Identification, Evaluation, Selection and Design of priority
adaptation measures addressing impacts of climate change on biodiversity and land
degradation
Component two: Implementation of selected adaptation measures designed to
address climate impacts on biodiversity and land degradation. The project will
support the coordination and implementation, of pilot adaptation measures in
seven sites in the participating countries thereby enhancing the resilience of insular
ecosystems with biodiversity assets under threat from climate change.
Component Three: Strengthen national capacity to implement multiple Multi-lateral
environmental agreements (MEA). This component would finance goods and
services required to develop and establish the building blocks for addressing
multiple convention objectives as adopted by the three governments and promoted
by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and United Nations Convention to combat
desertification and drought (UNCCD).
Component Four: Project Management
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Activities recommended under the SPACC Project for Union Island
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Engage in physical/civil works on the causeway and other hard engineering structures
to restore natural circulation and tidal flow of water at AM&L;
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Implementation of community environmental education, outreach and awareness
campaign;
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Implementing a reforestation program through reforestation, afforestation and
patrolling activities to secure critical and fragile ecosystems;
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Conduct training workshops in leadership development, community resources
management and sustainable livelihood as a means of enhancing the institutional
capacity of the UIMES and the communities to address environmental challenges;
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Assist with the design and installation of 12 educational and informative signs on
various themes for the two sites including the construction of interpretation centre;
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Financially support the coastal clean up campaigns