Ecosystem-based management principles in the Caribbean

Abstract

This project examines the extent to which Ecosystem Based Management Principles form part of Caribbean Environmental Law and of the degree to which these principles are applied by environmental regulators whether acting individually or in coordination with other regulators. It places particular emphasis on principled ocean governance. There has never been a systematic examination or documentation of the extent to which Ecosystem Based Management Principles form part of Caribbean law, or of the degree to which these principles have been acted upon by regulators and the courts. Neither has there been a chronicle of the formal or informal network among environmental regulators and decision makers. The PROGOVNET Steering Committee has approved, in principle, the undertaking of the present project in order to remedy the foregoing deficiencies.