{"id":230,"date":"2021-09-24T23:02:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T22:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/cermes\/about-us-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T15:14:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:14:20","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/cermes\/research-projects\/ebm-dss\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"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>EBM-DSS : About Us<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" style=\"color:#0000FF;\">\n<div editable=\"rich\"><strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout Us<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Background<\/strong><br \/>Ecosystem-based management (EBM) is an approach that goes beyond examining single issues, species, or ecosystem functions in isolation. Instead it recognizes ecological systems for what they are: a rich mix of elements that interact with each other in important ways. Ecosystems provide valuable natural services, or \u201cecosystem services\u201d, for human communities, therefore, to protect our long-term wellbeing we need to ensure that ecosystem functions and productivity are managed sustainably. This means managing them in a way that acknowledges the complexity of marine and coastal ecosystems, the connections among them, their links with land and freshwater, and how people interact with them.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tManagement must be integrated, just as ecosystems are interconnected. EBM aims to manage each of the human uses at a scale that encompasses its impacts on ecosystem function, rather than scales defined by jurisdictional boundaries. EBM involves two changes in how management is practiced: (1) each human activity is managed in the context of ALL the ways it interacts with marine and coastal ecosystems, and (2) multiple activities are being managed for a common outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThe practical application of EBM can be a challenging task given the complexities of ecosystems of interest. Utilising easy-to-apply operational methodologies can simplify EBM applications for decision makers and stakeholders involved (see Methodology &amp; Software\u2019 section). The application of EBM can become even easier to implement through the use of specifically-developed decision support systems (DSS) that are available as software packages (see Methodology &amp; Software\u2019 section).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Project Objective<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe main objective is the adopting of more holistic approaches to the conservation and use of marine resources and ecosystems. Achieved through the building of capacity in the region, through provision of training to English speaking countries, and the establishment of UWI-CERMES as a regional node for the application of EBM.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Project Scope<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEnglish-speaking countries of the Wider Caribbean Region.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/Research-Projects\/EBM-DSS\/Images\/Map-of-Countries.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block text-center\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnguilla Antigua &amp; Barbuda \u2022 Bahamas \u2022 Barbados \u2022 Belize<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBritish Virgin Islands \u2022 Cayman Islands \u2022 Dominica \u2022 Grenada \u2022 Guyana<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJamaica \u2022 Montserrat \u2022 St. Kitts &amp; Nevis \u2022 St. Lucia \u2022 St. Vincent &amp; the Grenadines<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTrinidad &amp; Tobago \u2022 Turks &amp; Caicos \u2022 US Virgin Islands<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Project Duration<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSeptember 5th, 2017 \u2013 April 30th, 2018<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Regional Node, established at UWI-CERMES is expected to persist after the end of the project.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Funding Agencies<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFunding is being provided by the Government of Italy, Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD) and the United Nations Environment Programme &#8211; Caribbean Environment Programme (UN Environment-CEP).<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Executing Agency<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUNEP-CEP<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>UWI-CERMES EBM-DSS Team<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width:670px;\" editable=\"rich\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(230, 242, 255); border-color: rgb(230, 242, 255);\"><strong>Expert<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(230, 242, 255); border-color: rgb(230, 242, 255);\"><strong>Thematic Expertise<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(230, 242, 255); border-color: rgb(230, 242, 255);\"><strong>Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(230, 242, 255); border-color: rgb(230, 242, 255);\"><strong>Email<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">Team Leader<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\u2022&nbsp; Strategic planning.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2022&nbsp; Planning and Management of complex spatial systems.<\/td>\n<td style=\"white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">Dr. Patrick McConney<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><a href=\"mailto:patrick.mcconney@gmail.com\">patrick.mcconney@gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 245); border-color: rgb(240, 240, 245);\">Data Analyst<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEcological Analyst\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 245); border-color: rgb(240, 240, 245);\">\u2022&nbsp; Data collection and management protocols.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2022&nbsp; Design &amp; Development of tabular and GIS databases.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2022&nbsp; Analysis of ecological systems.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2022&nbsp; Ecological connectivity.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2022&nbsp; Coastal-Marine Ecology.<\/td>\n<td style=\"white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 245); border-color: rgb(240, 240, 245);\">Dr. Julian Walcott<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 245); border-color: rgb(240, 240, 245);\"><a href=\"mailto:walcott.julian@gmail.com\">walcott.julian@gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">Socio-Economic expert<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\u2022&nbsp; Analysis of economic activities.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2022&nbsp; Institutional governance.<\/td>\n<td style=\"white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top;\">Ms. Maria Pena<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><a href=\"mailto:maria.pena@cavehill.uwi.edu\">maria.pena@cavehill.uwi.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 245); border-color: rgb(240, 240, 245);\">Land Use, Water &amp; Infrastructures Expert<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 245); border-color: rgb(240, 240, 245);\">\u2022&nbsp; Land management.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2022&nbsp; Economic and social infrastructures (e.g. housing and urban areas, touristic infrastructures, seaport and marina, road network).<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2022&nbsp; Water supply and waste water management.<\/td>\n<td style=\"white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 245); border-color: rgb(240, 240, 245);\">Dr. David Yawson<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(240, 240, 245); border-color: rgb(240, 240, 245);\"><a href=\"mailto:david.yawson@cavehill.uwi.edu\">david.yawson@cavehill.uwi.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Projects&nbsp; EBM-DSS : About Us About Us BackgroundEcosystem-based management (EBM) is an approach that goes beyond examining single issues, species, or ecosystem functions in isolation. 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