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NORTHERN RANGE
ASSESSMENT
People and the Northern Range
Sarika Maharaj
The Cropper Foundation
November 8th 2004
Why the Northern Range?
Ecological, Geological, Economic and Social
Significance
To
All Citizens of Trinidad and Tobago
Why the Northern Range?
• Lack of information on impacts of human
activities on Northern Range
• Poor understanding of implications of
these impacts on human well-being
• Lack of coordinated management as one
entity
Origin
• Building on John Cropper’s work on “ReGreening the NR” with pilot communities
• International opportunity - 1 of 27 subglobal assessments within the Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment
Objectives
• Assess the changes in and current
condition of Northern Range services
• Assess factors that drive these changes
Objectives cont’d
• Characterise links between these
ecosystem services and human well-being
• Assess existing policies and institutional
frameworks
Usefulness
• Contribution to formulation of policy and
management approaches
• Baseline information on and
understanding of the NR as an ecosystem
Usefulness cont’d
• Influence national research agenda
• Stimulate similar assessments of other
natural resource systems
• Building a network drawn from public
agencies, private and corporate sectors as
well as communities
Usefulness
• Findings used in outreach that can
increase citizens’ stewardship and
response
• Development of The Cropper Foundation’s
Environment and Natural Resource
Education programme
How was the Northern
Range Assessment done?