Caribbean Initiative

It focuses on the Insular Caribbean - an ecologically coherent unit with unique biodiversity where conservation and natural resource management issues are at the heart of the challenge of sustainable development.

The Initiative benefited from extensive consultations and an evaluation of fundamental themes, needs and opportunities in the wider Caribbean, and between members and key partners.

The 2009-2012 Caribbean Initiative Strategy was developed, supported and recognized by the members and experts at the October 2008 World Conservation Congress held in Barcelona, Spain.

The Initiative offers social and political actors the possibility of sharing a coherent program from the local to global levels that encourages joint and participatory actions.

The current members of the Caribbean Initiative are : Bahamas Bahamas National Trust Cuba Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente (CITMA) Fundación Antonio Núñez Jiménez de la Naturaleza y el Hombre Archived 2013-12-10 at the Wayback Machine Sociedad Cubana para la Protección del Medio Ambiente Dominican Republic Secretaría de Estado de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Centro para la Conservación y Ecodesarrollo de la Bahía de Samana y su Entorno (CEBSE) Consorcio Ambiental Dominicano (CAD) Fundación para el Mejoramiento Humano-PROGRESSIO Grupo Jaragua Haïti Fondation pour la Protection de la Biodiversité Marine (FoProBiM) Jamaica National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) Environmental Foundation of Jamaica (EFJ) Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust (JCDT) Archived 2008-05-17 at the Wayback Machine Negril Area Environmental Protection Trust (NEPT) Negril Chamber of Commerce (NCC) Netherlands Antilles National Parks Foundation of the Netherlands Antilles (STINAPA) St. Kitts and Nevis Nevis Department of Physical Planning, Natural Resources and Environment Saint Lucia Saint Lucia National Trust Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI) The Trust for Sustainable Livelihoods (SUSTRUST)