Grenada National Protected Area System Gap Assessment (2007)

At the 7th Conference of the Parties (COP-7) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 2004, governments adopted an ambitious Global Program of Work on Protected Areas (PoW). At COP7, a group of 8 international NGOs committed to support government partners in the implementation of this PoW. As a result of this commitment, The Nature Conservancy, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Government of Grenada, in which parties commit to work together in the implementation of this program of work. This MOU is commonly known as the Protected Area National Implementation Support Partnership (NISP). 

One of the early actions under the Global Protected Areas Program of Work is the completion of a National Protected Areas Gap Analysis. The National Implementation Support Partnership (NISP) Committee had identified the technical leads from various Governmental, Non-Governmental, and Academic institutions to participate in the Grenada Protected Areas System GAP Assessment during a meeting in January 2006. The NISP Committee, composed of Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Health and the Environment, the Ministry of Finance and Planning and The Nature Conservancy, is partnering with the Agency for Reconstruction and Development, St. George's University, the Sustainable Development Council (SDC), RARE, Ocean Spirits and NAWASA on this initiative. The Nature Conservancy through the Parks in Peril project supported by USAID is facilitating this project. The objective of this analysis is to understand how well the current system of protected areas represents Grenada’s biodiversity and what actions could be taken to ensure good representation of that biodiversity.

Area of interest: Grenada

Year: 2007