3 August 2007
An electronic bulletin about interdisciplinary research, teaching and outreach at the
Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES)
Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus
Editors: Maria Pena, Dr. Patrick McConney

Preparing to welcome the new academic year



We're gearing up for
Specialisation Stream
Other than that, it is
the next academic year
will be launched. More
quiet within the
and getting ready to
on that in future
CERMES building as
welcome the newest
issues.
many of our staff are
set of CERMES
Our current students
on well-deserved and
students.
are preoccupied with
long awaited
CERMES will begin its
their research and we
vacations.
MSc Programme on 10
just know, or should
Enjoy the rest of your
September and this
we say, hope, that
summer and please
year, the much
they are working
continue to join us in
anticipated Water
steadfastly to submit
the new academic year
Resources
their papers on time!
for CERMES news.
Management
Mailing address:
2007 Barbados reef surveys
Centre for Resource Management
and Environmental Studies (CERMES)
Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences

The Barbados 2007
of the island, including
The University of the West Indies
Cave Hill Campus
Reef Surveys are in full
fringing, patch and
Bridgetown BB11000
Barbados
swing. Every five
bank reef habitats.

Phone: (246) 417-4316
years, the Coastal
Permanent monitoring
Fax: (246) 424-4204
cermes@cavehill.uwi.edu
Zone Management Unit
sites were set up on
www.cavehill.uwi.edu/cermes
(CZMU) contracts out
each of the reefs, and
Staked reef site used for monitoring
this immense, intense
land triangulation
Contents
project. The first
marks drawn in order
monitored.
2007 Bdos reef surveys 1
survey dates back to
to find the same sites
This summer, we are
MarGov project making
1982, but at that time
back again in the
once again monitoring
prog
only West co
ress 2
ast
future. In 1992 only a
the full set of reefs.
Looking at conch
3
fringing reefs were
partial set of the West
The UWI Office of
CRFM fisherfolk project
4
surveyed.
coast reefs were
Research and CERMES
UWI Service Learning
In 1987, 43 reefs were
surveyed. However, in
are collaborating on
Programme 4
monitored along the
1997 and 2002 the full
this project. The team
Farewell Dr. Fanning
5
West and South coasts
set of reefs were again
led by Professor

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Wayne Hunte (Office
and Ian Popple (McGill
Septem

ber once the
of Research) and
graduate) started
weather permits!
Professor Hazel
monitoring the reefs in

Oxenford (CERMES).
late June, and plan to
Renata Goodridge
complete monitoring
(Senior Marine/Lab
the West Coast reefs
Technician, CERMES),
by Crop Over. With the
Renata Goodridge (background)
and Kim Baldwin (foreground)
along with Kimberly
way this field team is
laying transects for monitoring
Baldwin (UWI CERMES
working, the Reef
PhD candidate), David
Surveys will be
Underwater `creature feature' ­
goldentail moray eel- digitally
Gill (CERMES graduate) `cracked' by mid-
captured during a survey
MarGov project making good progress



Since we introduced
included resource
Communication was
the IDRC-funded
users, managers,
highlighted as a major
One of the reefs surveyed
MarGov project (i.e.
technical staff, policy
challenge for projects
Marine Resource
advisers, scientists and
generally, and
Fellowship available for
Governance in the
others working at
especially one such as
MarGov MPhil
Eastern Caribbean) to
local, national, regional
this that aims to
Anyone who registers to
you in May the project
and international
actively engage with
do an MPhil at CERMES
with emphasis on marine
has been making good
levels. The workshop
policy-making and
resource governance as
progress.
report is available from
high-level decisions on
part of the MarGov project

the documents page
marine resource
is eligible to receive a two
year fellowship to cover
The inception
on the MarGov web
governance. Based on
their research and other
workshop was held on
pages (visit
considerable input
costs. This opportunity is
the UWI Cave Hill
www.cavehill.uwi.edu/
from workshop
available to all applicants,
Campus 15-16 May
cermes/margov_profile
participants another
not only those from the
Caribbean. Check the
with over 20
.html).
recent output
CERMES web site for more
participants from
document is the
information including UWI
around the region from
communication
registration procedures.
inter-governmental,
strategy and plan that
governmental, non-
can also be
governmental and
downloaded from the
private sector agencies
project web pages.
that covered a broad

spectrum of interests
A small core group of
in marine resource
Small working group at the
participants drawn
governance. They
MarGov inception workshop
from the key

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the Second Steering
perspectives on policy'
organisational partners
Committee Meeting of
presented by project
has been formed to
the Caribbean Large
manager Patrick
assist with monitoring
Marine Ecosystem
McConney at the MARE
and evaluation, among
(CLME) Project in
Conference People and
other things, and the
Cartagena, Columbia,
the Sea IV: 'Who Owns
composition of this

which is intended to
the Coast?' held in
group is also on the
Kemraj Parsram presenting at the
focus mainly upon
Amsterdam, The
CRFM Scientific Meeting
web pages.
transboundary
Netherlands.

The Mar Gov research
governance. He also

team has been on the
made a presentation
Director of CERMES
move. The most
on network analysis at
and project co-
drastic move has been
the Caribbean Regional
investigator Robin
the departure of
Fisheries Mechanism
Mahon chaired a panel
communication
(CRFM) Third Annual
on governance at the
assistant, Donna
Scientific Meeting ­
MARE conference. He
Roach, who took up a
Plenary Session,
introduced MarGov to

Directors Maarten Bavinck of MARE
post with the
Kingstown, St. Vincent
the international
and Robin Mahon of CERMES
Environmental
and the Grenadines
working group on
Protection Department
illustrating the
"Governance feasibility
of Barbados after a
application of this
of marine ecosystem-
short but very
methodology to
based management: a
productive period with
fisheries science. In
comparative analysis"
the project. A new
addition Kemraj was
which met at the
communication
co-author of a paper
National Center for
assistant is being
on `Fisheries
Ecological Analysis and
recruited.
governance in the
Synthesis in Santa

eastern Caribbean:
Barbara, California.
Meanwhile, PhD
network and

student Kemraj
institutional
Stay tuned for future
Parsram participated in
updates on MarGov.
Looking at conch




Hazel Oxenford has
(Strombus gigas) on the
CITES convention as a
obtained funding from
south coast of Barbados
range state to report on
the Ministry of Energy
over the summer. This
the local conch fishery
and the Environment to
is to partially address
and status of the stock.
conduct a preliminary
the Government's
This follows up on the
Conch shel s
assessment of conch
commitment to the
research paper done by

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CERMES student,
graduates, Julian
off the SE coast (Sam
Damien Catlyn in 2006,
Walcott and Tanya
Lords) with local fishers
describing the conch
Staskiewicz and Fishery
providing a boat and
fishery on the island.
personnel, Colvin
expertise.
She is working with a
Taylor. Conch surveys

dive team of CERMES
are currently underway
The conch team. From L to R, Colvin
Taylor (Barbados Fisheries Division ),
Hazel Oxenford, Tanya Staskiewicz Assisting a CRFM fisher folk project
and Julian Walcott (CERMES)




A project on
based in the
concepts being used in
Development of
Netherlands. As part of
the MarGov project.
Caribbean Network of
its outreach CERMES,
CERMES is also assisting
Fisher Folk
through Patrick
with the production of
Organizations is being
McConney, is working
newsletters and sees
implemented by the
with the CRFM to assist
this CRFM project as a
Caribbean Regional
the project. One of the
critical input into
Fisheries Mechanism
first products of this
fisheries governance. A
(CRFM) from September collaboration was a
series of consultations
2006 to July 2008,
document entitled
to strengthen or form
through its Secretariat,
`Fisher folk
national fisherfolk
in financial partnership
organisations in the
groups is currently
Fisher folk organisations
with the ACP-EU
Caribbean: briefing note
being undertaken by
briefing note prepared by
Patrick McConney
Technical Centre for
on networking for
the CRFM in its Member
Agricultural and Rural
success' that draws
States.
Co-operation (CTA)
upon the network

UWI Service Learning Programme launched
A ten member team of
June 2007. This
offered as part of the
five students and five
Programme is one of
co-curricular
staff members of the
programme, and

the many ways that
University of the West
successful students

Cave Hill will be
Indies Cave Hill Campus
expanding its service to
completing the
recently returned from
its non-campus
programme earn three

the successful launch of

territories, and
co-curricular credits.
Smiling Grade 6 children
the Service Learning
continuing to contribute
The team was led by
working on their story books
Programme in the North
to Caribbean
CERMES lecturer and
Leeward District of St.
development through
Chairperson of the
Vincent and the
Service Learning

academic excellence
Grenadines, 18 - 23
and service. It is
Programme

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PhD student feature
As a result of receiving



Development
undertaken to address
Kindergarten, Grade 1
an ESRI Conservation
Committee, Janice
various social ills."
Grant, Kim Baldwin
and Grade 2 from two
attended the 27th annual
Cumberbatch, who
The pilot project that
of the primary schools
ESRI GIS International
explained that in
was implemented in the
in the district. They
Users Conference 2007
Service Learning
north leeward
also worked with thirty
in San Diego, California
from June 18 ­ 22, 2007
academic goals are
communities in St.
Grade 6 children from
along with more than
accomplished through
Vincent focused on
six local schools on a
17,000 attendees from
community service.
literacy and leadership.
special project in which
around the world. She
presented her PhD
"Our students will be
As part of the week's
they helped the children
research proposal
prepared in the
activities, a workshop
write books on the topic
entitled "Development of
classroom to reflect on
was be conducted by
"My community in the
a Participatory Marine
social conditions in
Dr. Ngoni Chipere of the
Space-use Information
year 2050." Ms.
System for the
countries that require
Department of
Cumberbatch notes that
Grenadine Islands" in
intervention. Based on
Education, with twenty
"a number of these
the Sustainable
this analysis, faculty
primary school teachers
pupils had recently
Development and
Humanitarian Affairs
and students will work
during which they were
completed the Common
Track Session. Her
in collaboration with
given instruction in
Entrance Examination
presentation and PGIS
affected communities
state of the art ways of
and some had not
research were well
received by ESRI and
and groups to design
teaching children to
performed very well. It
other GIS professionals
projects that will be
read and write. The
was therefore
who have offered her
implemented by the
UWI students, Jason
heartening to share
further technical
students under faculty
Francis, Shakirah
assistance. She has
their excitement at
been invited to attend
supervision in the field.
Bourne, Corena
being able to
and present further
The results of the
Cumberbatch, Gina
successfully complete
details on the
fieldwork will be
Aimey-Moss and Isha
and exhibit their story
participatory nature of
the MarSIS research at
evaluated and
Emmanuel, conducted
books to their peers,
the 45th annual URISA
subsequent
literacy tests with one
parents and teachers
GIS conference in
interventions will be
hundred and fifty
during the closing
Washington DC later this
month.
designed and field trips
students from
ceremony."

Farewell Dr. Fanning
Dr. Lucia Fanning left
reports, presentations
excellence for natural
the CLME Project and
and posters at
resource management.
CERMES at the end of
conferences coauthored
A detailed report on

July after an active and
with CERMES staff
these activities will be

productive 16 months.
members that have
provided at the end of
focused attention on

This period saw a
the CLME Project in
variety of workshops,
CERMES as a centre of
October 2007.

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