﻿{"id":126,"date":"2021-06-03T18:23:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/cermes\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T15:52:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T15:52:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/cermes\/research-projects\/biopama\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"lc-block page-title\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1>Research Projects&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>BIOPAMA : About&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 mb-3 text-center text-md-right\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/cermes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/Research-Projects\/BIOPAMA\/Docs\/Info_fiche_EN_compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/Research-Projects\/BIOPAMA\/Images\/Thumb_Gateway_Flyer_2018_200px.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/cermes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/Research-Projects\/BIOPAMA\/Docs\/Info_fiche_EN_compressed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Download Flyer here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><strong>Regional host:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\tThe University of the West Indies (UWI)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uwi.edu\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.uwi.edu<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><strong>Located:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCentre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/cermes\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/cermes\/<\/a><br \/> A department within the Faculty of Science and Technology at the Cave Hill Campus in Barbados\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><strong>Launched:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">November 2014<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><strong>Funding Duration:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">Phase 1: November 2014 \u2013 January 2017<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPhase 2: 2017 \u2013 2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><strong>Funding:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">Phase 1 of the project was funded by the European Union\u2019s 10th European Development Fund.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPhase 2 funded by the 11th European Development Fund<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><strong>Function:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">To provide a hub for protected area research and innovation, where data can be shared and visualized to facilitate a better understanding and to communicate important trends in a highly changing environment.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><strong>Aim:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">To facilitate and promote viable decisions and policies by decision makers and resource managers, for effective and sustainable management of protected areas and biodiversity, by overcoming the challenge of having insufficient robust data on which to make informed policy decisions.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><strong>Data types:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<ul>\n<li>ecological (biodiversity)<\/li>\n<li>socioeconomic (livelihoods)<\/li>\n<li>governance (decision-making)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><strong>Data uses:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<ul>\n<li>research<\/li>\n<li>teaching<\/li>\n<li>outreach<\/li>\n<li>capacity building<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row mb-3 mb-md-2\">\n<div class=\"col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\"><strong>Users \/ Beneficiaries:<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-9\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<ul>\n<li>Protected area decision &amp; policy makers<\/li>\n<li>Protected area managers and practitioners<\/li>\n<li>Protected area users and stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>Government agencies, NGOs, CBOs<\/li>\n<li>students, researchers and academic institutions<\/li>\n<li>regional monitoring initiatives (e.g. GCRMN-Caribbean &amp; SocMon-Caribbean)<\/li>\n<li>general public<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Where we Work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Caribbean Gateway currently works with and showcases protected area related information for 15 Caribbean ACP countries:\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/Research-Projects\/BIOPAMA\/Images\/Where_we_work_Map_2019.png\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Projects&nbsp; BIOPAMA : About&nbsp; Download Flyer here Regional host: The University of the West Indies (UWI) http:\/\/www.uwi.edu Located: Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies 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