SPECIAL SOCIO-ECONOMICS SESSION ON CO-MANAGEMENT
Background
The 56th Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean
Fisheries Institute (GCFI) will be held in Tortola, BVI, from 10-14 November
2003. The Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) of
the University of the West Indies (UWI) at Cave Hill in Barbados will be
hosting a special socio-economics session on coastal and marine resource
co-management. Participants at previous GCFI meetings have shown much interest
in the topic.
The objectives of the session are to exchange
information on coastal and marine resource co-management in the Caribbean, to
highlight the research being done on it, to share what lessons we have learnt
so far, and to present ideas for future research and development.
Proposed program
CERMES is involved in co-management research and
demonstration projects funded by the Oak Foundation and the UK Department for
International Development (DfID) Natural Resource Systems Programme (NRSP).
Research partners will share information on these projects. We are also
inviting other researchers, including graduate students, to share their
findings and ideas.
This special session will consist of a keynote address
followed by papers presented on the topic. Each oral presentation and the paper
submitted to be published in the GCFI Proceedings should follow the guidelines
and format set out by the GCFI for presenters and authors (see web site).
Abstracts
Because of the need to provide diversity
in the perspectives, geographic representation and lessons learned in this
session, authors interested in presenting are requested to submit their
abstracts early to abstracts@gcfi.org,
and to confirm their participation in the meeting. Papers should clearly
identify the issues, framework of analysis, stakeholders involved and lessons
learned even if the research is a work in progress. Comparative analyses are
encouraged.
Contact the session organizer below for
further information, to register interest in participating or to provide a copy
of your abstract for feedback. Submission or acceptance of an abstract does not
guarantee that participation will be sponsored, but efforts will be made to
assist those in genuine need on a first-come/first-served basis provided that
the criteria outlined above are met.
Contact
Dr.
Patrick McConney, Outreach Coordinator
Centre
for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES)
University
of the West Indies, Cave Hill, St. Michael, Barbados
E-mail:
nrmoutreach@caribsurf.com
Tel
(246)-417-4725
Fax (246)-424-4204