Transcript Forest and Lands Department Ministry of Agriculture

GEF-IWCAM St. Lucia Demonstration
Project (Status)
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Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry & Fisheries
St. Lucia
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2 Miles
Dunley Auguste
October 6, 2008
Project Title
Protecting and Valuing Watershed Services
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Developing Management Incentives for the
Fond D‘Or Watershed
2006-2010
STRATEGIC PLAN
2007-2010
 OBJECTIVE:
The development of a model approach to participatory watershed
management In the Fond D’Or watershed
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DELIVERABLES:
 Establish a participatory watershed management model,
 Develop mechanisms for sustainable natural resource management,
 Articulate Institutional Frameworks
 Develop an Integrated Watershed Management Plan
 Sustainable Funding Mechanism- use of incentives and
transferred benefits,
 Strengthen watershed management capacity
 Information management, public awareness & education
 Capture lessons in policies, legislation and management strategies,
 National and regional Replication
 Duration – 4 years
 Total Cost – USD $571,200
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The Fond D‘Or Watershed
ISSUES & Challenges
ISSUES & Challenges
Project Activities & Results
 River Water quality Monitoring
OBJECTIVE: - To Obtain baseline data against which the
Effectiveness of management interventions
will be assessed.
Status : Monthly analysis by project staff and CEHI.
Activities & Results
 Partnerships
A. Watershed Management Committee
 A local participatory watershed management forum,
 Reps of groups who stand to lose or gain from the project & whose
actions can affect project’s ability to meet its objectives
 Meet regularly to review project activities
B. Banana Fair Trade Organization
 Interest in environmental certification
 Sharing of informatiom
 Riparian works
C. National Inter-sectoral Committee
 National reps of all Gov’t agencies
D. Inter-National cooperation
 UVM – Wetlands
 UM- Water resource Assessments
Activities & Results
 Education & Training
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Baseline survey
National TV programs
Newspaper articles
Brochure and poster dissemination
School programs – Teacher training
Study tours
GIS workshop
Summer camp
Activities & Results
 Land use & compatibility assessments
Activities & Results
 STUDY OF COMPENSATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
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REFERENCE: SFA 2003/SLU/0709/PE/LC
INCEPTION REPORT
Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU)
16th June 2008
Activities & Results
 Au Leon Constructed Wetland
System Design by: David Whitney P.E. August 5, 2008
Activities & Results
 River Bank Stabilisation
Tree planting
Collaboration & funded by FTO.
Activities & Results
 Rain Water Harvesting
Objective:
Status :
Expenditure :
To contribute towards improved quality of life and
health through better management and capture
available water resources.
23 Households and 8 Public establishments
$254,375.00 XCD
Activities & Results
 Demonstrating Incentive Mechanisms for Sustainable Pig
Waste Management
Development of Biogas Digester(s) for Selected Farmers;
Establishment of Composting Business
Promotion of Organic Farming
Public Awareness and Education
THE GLOBAL ENIVIRONMENT FACILITY
SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME
BARBADOS AND THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES
&
St. Lucia Pig Farmers Cooperative
Society, Ltd
RESULTS & LEARNING
Tangible benefits are essential to impact local attitudes
Partnership funding helps to overcome project financial rigidity
Buy-in at political level is possible if top civil servants are onboard
Accessing human resources in some fields may be difficult
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