Dr. Patrick McConney
Principal Investigator, Project Manager
patrick.mcconney@cavehill.uwi.edu
Patrick McConney, Senior Lecturer, is project manager and principal investigator. He works mainly on marine resource management and planning including co-management and other forms of resource governance. He has previously used network methodologies in Caribbean fisheries research and was a fisheries manager prior to joining CERMES. His roles at CERMES include outreach and capacity-building, working closely with NGOs and CBOs .
Prof. Robin Mahon
Principal Investigator
rmahon@caribsurf.com
Robin Mahon, Director of CERMES, is the other principal co-investigator, with a wealth of
experience internationally and regionally in fisheries science, management and governance. Under his supervision, research assistants and students have commenced network analyses in the Grenadines Islands in relation to sustainable biodiversity and transboundary governance
Carmel Haynes
Communication Officer
margov.project@cavehill.uwi.edu
Carmel Haynes, Communication Assistant, is a graduate of the University of the West Indies , Cave Hill and holds a BA ( Hons .) in Literatures in English. She also holds a certificate in International Trade Policy from the UWI and a certificate in General Management from the Barbados Institute of Management and Productivity. Carmel been involved in the field of journalism for the last 10 years - most recently holding the position of reporter with the Nation Publishing Co. Ltd. She was previously employed with Hoyos Publishing Inc. and has been a contributing writer to a number of print and electronic publications.
Kemraj Parsram
PhD researcher
kemraj.parsram@cavehill.uwi.edu
Kemraj Parsram, PhD candidate, holds a masters degree in Natural Resources Management from CERMES, University of the West Indies , Cave Hill. Mr. Parsram came to the project after working as a natural resources management consultant with OECS and as Technical Officer with the Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA). His professional experience includes environmental impact assessment, coastal and marine resources management, protected areas planning and management; and academic research in forestry, climate change and coastal and marine resources.
Tenile Grant
MPhil researcher
tenile.grant@cavehill.uwi.edu
Tenile Grant is on study leave for 2 years from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries Division in Jamaica, where she works as a Senior Fisheries Officer. She completed her first degree at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus in 2001 where she obtained an upper second class honours in Zoology and Botany (double major); she worked at the Technological Solutions Limited from 2001 – 2003 as a research assistant then at the Fisheries Division from 2003 – present. In her MarGov research she will be examining national level governance in Barbados and St Kitts Nevis.
Shelly-Ann Cox
MPhil researcher
shelly.cox@cavehill.uwi.edu
Shelly-Ann Cox recently completed a BSc (Hons.) in Environmental and Natural Resource Management with Marine Biology at UWI, St Augustine. Her work experience includes summer internships at the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU). Her role as a team member of the MarGov project is to research the adaptive co-management of small scale fisheries with an emphasis on the sea egg fisheries in Barbados and St. Lucia.
Affiliate team members
Roxann Nayar
Supervised by Dr. Iain Davidson-Hunt
Natural Resource Institute, University of Manitoba
Roxann Nayar is a Masters student with the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Manitoba, in Winnipeg, Canada. The thesis title for her project is: The Sea Urchin Fishery in Grenada: A Case Study of Social-Ecological Networks. She graduated from the University of Manitoba in 2006 with an Honours degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Cultural Anthropology. Her previous experience in Grenada is as a volunteer with a non-governmental organization that focused on leatherback turtle conservation and outreach programming.
Laura Tabet
Supervised by Dr. Lucia Fanning
Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University
Laura Tabet is a graduate student at Dalhousie University in a Masters of Marine Management. She is interested in cross-scale fisheries governance and as part of her Masters will undertake research in developing networking capacities of fisherfolk groups with a focus on communication and policy engagement. Laura will work closely with the CERMES MarGov project and the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism project on Development of Caribbean Network of Fisher Folk Organizations during a summer internship. She completed her B.A. from McGill University in Environment and Development, and has worked on environmental related issues in Egypt.
Jennifer Cavanagh
Intern: Communications Assistant
Jennifer Cavanagh is a recipient of the Dalhousie University’s (Nova Scotia, Canada) International Youth Internship Program that is part of the government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency. She is a current graduate of the Masters of Marine Management Program at Dalhousie University, and additionally completed her Bachelor of Science, Environmental Engineering from the University of Guelph. Jen will assist with the CERMES MarGov project, particularly working closely with the Communications Officer.
Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation (PM&E) core group
- Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) – Sarah McIntosh
- Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) – Terrence Phillips
- Environment and Sustainable Development Unit (ESDU) – Peter A. Murray
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) – Brian Davy
- The Cropper Foundation – Simone Dieffenthaller
Project partner and participant organisations
The success of the project relies on the involvement of its research partners and participants:
Private sector partners
The decision taken by three Pan-Caribbean private sector companies - SOL, Island Heritage, and CaribVision to come on board with the MarGov Project’s public outreach efforts with support totaling over $30,000 in cash and kind signals to other stakeholders, be they coastal tourism developers, fishers or the general public, that the responsibility of managing our marine resources cannot be squarely placed on the shoulders of this region’s governments. The involvement of these three companies reinforces the message that the MarGov team continues to send to stakeholders: if they are networked and have access to information, then they can more successfully collaborate to define sustainable governance practices that are adaptive and resilient.
