Fishery-Related Ecological and Socio-Economic Impact Assessments and Monitoring System
Year
Location
Organization
Role
Description
December 2017 – March 2019
Dominica, St. Vincent and Jamaica
ESSA - Inter-America Development Bank
Social Science Expert/Regional Coordinator - worked as the Regional Coordinator to lead the Fisheries and climate change vulnerability assessment, adaptation planning, community-based assessments and extension components of the project
The “Fishery-Related Ecological and Socio-Economic Impact Assessments and Monitoring System” project (the project) delivers on the regional track of the Pilot Program on Climate Resilience (PPCR). Executed by the Mona Office for Research and Innovation (MORI) at the University of West Indies at Mona, Jamaica, and with the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) as the co-implementer and service beneficiary, the project aims to improve availability and use of information for “climate-smart” planning and management in the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the Caribbean. Climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture seeks to sustainably increase the sector’s productivity, reduce its vulnerability to climate change and decrease its emissions of greenhouse gases. At the same time, ecosystem approaches to fisheries and aquaculture (EAF/EAA) are core to making progress on climate-smart fisheries. Given the vulnerability of the fisheries sector to climate change and variability and the importance of fisheries for national economies, livelihoods and food security, the primary focus of this project will be on climate change adaptation.