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Biodiversity of the Caribbean : A learning resource prepared for the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) (Protecting the Eastern Caribbean Region’s Biodiversity Project)
(2009)
This resource has been developed for teachers and students to support and inspire them in teaching and learning about biodiversity. The resource consists of two parts. The first introduces learners to the basic principles ...
Bio-prospecting in the Caribbean region : Caribbean ABS institutional mapping
(2018)
In June 2016, the project team of Anthony Richards, Sylvia Mitchell and Kevel Lindsay were contracted by IUCN to Advance the Nagoya Protocol in Countries of the Caribbean Region – Access and Benefits Sharing – Bio-prospecting ...
Integrated coastal zone management of coral reefs : decision support modeling
(2000)
Coral reef managers and government officials trying to save their valuable national resources need management-related information on coral reefs. The research results presented in the following chapters merit much attention ...
Reefs at risk revisited
(2011)
This report provides a detailed assessment of the status of and threats to the world's coral reefs. It evaluates threats to coral reefs from a wide range of human activities, and includes an assessment of climate-related ...
Coastal capital : ecosystem valuation for decision making in the Caribbean = Capital costero : valoración de los ecosistemas para informar la toma de decisiones en el Caribe
(2014)
[English] This guidebook details the steps in conducting a coastal ecosystem valuation to inform decision making in the Caribbean. It guides valuation practitioners —both economists and non-economists— through the three ...
Reefs at risk revisited : Atlantic
(2011)
The World Resources Institute (WRI) spearheaded a broad collaboration of leading conservation organizations and research institutes to conduct a global, map-based analysis of threats to the world’s coral reefs called Reefs ...
Valuing Caribbean biodiversity knowledge
(2019)
Valuing Caribbean biodiversity for health and wealth requires knowledge of the bioresource so as to better appreciate the myriad of uses and services it provides. Increasing the knowledge base provides increasingly accurate ...
Caribbean Pelagic Seabird Map Project : September 2020 status report
(2020)
Even though there are many scattered seabird sighting records for the open waters of the Caribbean, very little is known about the use of those waters by the seabirds of the region. The goal of this project was to compile ...
First comprehensive insights into the biogeography of the Caribbean intertidal oribatid mite fauna (Ameronothroidea)
(2021)
A decade ago the Caribbean was almost completely uncharted in terms of intertidal ameronothroid mites. Now the present data show that these organisms are a common component of the fauna of Caribbean shorelines. Two families ...
BirdSleuth explorer’s guidebook
(2016)
Become an expert observer! Follow this step-by-step BirdSleuth Explorer’s Guidebook
and use your senses to discover the birds in a park.