Local Area Management Project (LAMP) SSMR Inception Workshop Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) University of the West Indies, Barbados in collaboration with Fisheries Division, Dominica 1

The Nature Conservancy (TNC) sub-award to CERMES Marine Resource Governance in the Eastern Caribbean (MarGov) Project Advance the TNC/USAID Marine and Coastal Biodiversity Threat Abatement in the Eastern Caribbean Project Grant from the United Stated Agency for International Development (USAID sponsoring partnership 2

Context Only 4% of the Eastern Caribbean’s marine shelf is under some form of protection Less than 20% of that small area is judged to be effectively managed Meet commitments to the Program of Work for Protected Areas (PoWPA) under the Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD) Result in an effectively managed network of marine protected areas (MPAs) 3

Purpose Discover what we can learn from the experience of the Soufriere Scotts Head Marine Reserve (SSMR), and how lessons learned can be applied to improve the governance (management, planning, policy decisions and institutions) of the SSMR and other marine areas in the Caribbean through local area management authorities (LAMAs) 4

LAMP study sites Dominica lessons learned Grenada lessons applied 5

Overview January to September 2010 field research, workshops and communication using participatory approaches lessons learned from the history of the LAMA and views on the potential for its improvement application of lessons to Grenada with the intention to advance governance of coastal and marine resources 6

Some expectations A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis of existing LAMAs – identifying strategies for addressing sustainable fisheries by improving existing LAMAs and establishing others. Strategy for establishing LAMAs or other management mechanisms to allow community management of resources and reduce fishing pressure in and around marine protected areas (MPAs) 7

More expectations Identify effective ways to influence multi-level (local and national) decision making in marine resource management, to generate improved management decisions that produce greater community benefits while providing for better sustainable fisheries management practices. Develop communications products and training pathways for influencing policy makers and other key change agents on effective regional fisheries governance. 8

Some methods relationshipspeople communicateinstitutions Historical matrix and institutional analysis Communica -tion strategy for policy influence Social network analysis Stakeholder identifica- tion and SWOT analysis 9

Historical matrix of SSMR 10

Stakeholder identification for LAMA 11 Focus on the LAMA, not SSMR more generally

Institutional analysis of LAMA 12

SocMon swift Rapid application of SocMon Caribbean Key informant and household interviews – Coastal and marine activities – Attitudes and perceptions – Governance Emphasis on livelihoods 13

SWOT analysis of LAMA 14 strengthsweaknessesopportunitiesthreats Past and present Future oriented

Social network analysis of LAMA 15 Formal /official structure of people and organizations Functional structure of how things really link and work

Communication research/strategy 16

Summary of approach 17 Learning to improve marine resource governance Stakeholder analysis Historical matrix Institutional analysis SWOT analysisSocMon swift Network analysis Communication investigation

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION This communication was made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the terms of its Cooperative Agreement Number 538-A (BIODIVERSITY THREAT ABATEMENT Program) implemented by prime recipient The Nature Conservancy and its partner the UWI Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies. The contents and opinions expressed herein are the responsibility of the BIODIVERSITY THREAT ABATEMENT PROGRAM and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID. Images of SSMR supplied courtesy of Derrick Theophille, Dominica Fisheries Division 18