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Events
2012
27-31 March 2012
Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting
Baltimiore, Maryland, USA
MarGov has been invited to be part of a panel on ‘Bridging Boundaries in Fishery Management and Governance’. An oral presentation will be made on ‘Bridging gaps in Caribbean marine resource governance’ summarising the past five years of MarGov research and plans for further research.
26 - 28 March 2012
Tenth Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum
Nassau, Bahamas
MarGov will be presenting lessons learned at this CRFM Forum as well as leading the CERMES initiative to create a UWI-CRFM research agenda that includes marine resource governance. The latter is aimed directly at the final objective of the MarGov project which is to institutionalise the demand for such research in the region.
22-24 February 2012
Second workshop on adaptive capacity for MPA governance in the eastern Caribbean
St. George’s, Grenada
MarGov project expands dissemination of lessons learned on adaptive capacity and governance to marine protected areas in Grenada, Saint Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. The focus of this second workshop includes strategic planning, governance reform and adaptive management capacity for resilience.
7-10 February 2012
Workshop on the Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries
FAO Headquarters, Rome
The MarGov project receives international exposure at this workshop of experts and interested organizations related to small-scale fisheries. Lessons learned from MarGov will be widely disseminated and the FAO will be encouraged to engage the Caribbean more in the development of these guidelines.
8-9 February 2012
OECS Workshop on Ocean Governance
Rodney Bay, St. Lucia
Prof. Mahon will attend this high level policy event as a representative of the Caribbean Sea Commission and there should be an opportunity to share lessons from MarGov if the opportunity arises.
6 -9 February 2012
14th session of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC),
Panama City, Panama
This regional body of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convenes its 14th session in 2012 having skipped the 2010 meeting. The 13th session was in 2008. At this meeting, MarGov presents Policy Perspectives on how its outputs can inform WECAFC and on the outputs of governance research.
1- 2 February 2012
CARISEC / CRFM / Kingdom of Spain Regional Workshop to Review the Report of the Diagnostic Study to Determine the Poverty Levels in Fishing Communities in Selected CARICOM / CRFM Member States
Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
This meeting provides an opportunity for MarGov to illustrate the linkages between poverty and marine resource governance. In particular, the national and regional institutional arrangements for poverty to be addressed in the context of ecosystem-based management will be addressed.
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