New network of marine protected areas in the Grenadines

The Grenadines Network of Marine Protected Areas was officially established last week:

Sandy Island/Oyster Bed, Moliniere-Beausejour and Tobago Cays Marine Parks this week came together in Carriacou for their first networking meeting and are pleased to announce the establishment of the Grenadines Network of Marine Protected Areas.
Seeking to share experiences across national borders, the staff and board members of the three marine parks updated each other about their activities and reflected on achievements made and lessons learned so far. This is the first such face-to-face meeting of the staff of all three parks.

Moliniere-Beausejour park warden Mr Cecil McQueen commented “We work with common objectives and this is a tremendous opportunity to meet our counterparts in Carriacou and in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. We can learn so much by exchanging information and working together to solve some of the important issues we face”.

Representatives of the governments of both St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada attended this first networking meeting. Also represented were St. George’s University, the University of the West Indies, the Caribbean Marine Protected Areas Management Network and Forum (CaMPAM), SusGren and the Environmental Law Institute. Minister for Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs, Mr George Prime, opened the meeting and welcomed the spirit of collaboration between the neighbouring parks.

Find out more about this co-operation initiative in this post at the Marine Protected Areas blog.

Previously on Green Antilles: New marine protected area in Grenada.

[Photo: Meg Stewart]

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