1. GEF-IWCAM St. Lucia Demonstration Project (Status)
Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry & Fisheries
St. Lucia 2 M i l e s N
Dunley Auguste
October 6, 2008

2. Project Title Protecting and Valuing Watershed Services &
Developing Management Incentives for the
Fond D‘Or Watershed

3. STRATEGIC PLAN 2007-2010 OBJECTIVE: DELIVERABLES: Duration – 4 years
The development of a model approach to participatory watershed management In the Fond D’Or watershed
DELIVERABLES:
Establish a participatory watershed management model,
Develop mechanisms for sustainable natural resource management,
Articulate Institutional Frameworks
Develop an Integrated Watershed Management Plan
Sustainable Funding Mechanism- use of incentives and transferred benefits,
Strengthen watershed management capacity
Information management, public awareness & education
Capture lessons in policies, legislation and management strategies,
National and regional Replication
Duration – 4 years
Total Cost – USD $571,200

4. The Fond D‘Or Watershed

5. ISSUES & Challenges

6. ISSUES & Challenges

7. Project Activities & Results
River Water quality Monitoring
OBJECTIVE: - To Obtain baseline data against which the
Effectiveness of management interventions
will be assessed.
Status : - Monthly analysis by project staff and CEHI.

8. Activities & Results Partnerships Watershed Management Committee
A local participatory watershed management forum,
Reps of groups who stand to lose or gain from the project & whose actions can affect project’s ability to meet its objectives
Meet regularly to review project activities
B. Banana Fair Trade Organization
Interest in environmental certification
Sharing of informatiom
Riparian works
C. National Inter-sectoral Committee
National reps of all Gov’t agencies
D. Inter-National cooperation
UVM – Wetlands
UM- Water resource Assessments

9. Activities & Results Education & Training Baseline survey
National TV programs
Newspaper articles
Brochure and poster dissemination
School programs – Teacher training
Study tours
GIS workshop
Summer camp

10. Activities & Results
Land use & compatibility assessments

11. Activities & Results STUDY OF COMPENSATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES
ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, WEST INDIES
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
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REFERENCE: SFA 2003/SLU/0709/PE/LC
INCEPTION REPORT
Sustainable Economic Development Unit (SEDU)
16th June 2008

12. System Design by: David Whitney P.E. August 5, 2008
Activities & Results
Au Leon Constructed Wetland
System Design by: David Whitney P.E. August 5, 2008

13. Activities & Results River Bank Stabilisation Tree planting
Collaboration & funded by FTO.

14. Activities & Results Rain Water Harvesting
Objective: To contribute towards improved quality of life and
health through better management and capture
available water resources.
Status : 23 Households and 8 Public establishments
Expenditure : $254, XCD

15. Activities & Results
Demonstrating Incentive Mechanisms for Sustainable Pig Waste Management
Development of Biogas Digester(s) for Selected Farmers;
Establishment of Composting Business
Promotion of Organic Farming
Public Awareness and Education
THE GLOBAL ENIVIRONMENT FACILITY
SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME
BARBADOS AND THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES
&
St. Lucia Pig Farmers Cooperative Society, Ltd

16. RESULTS & LEARNING
Tangible benefits are essential to impact local attitudes
Partnership funding helps to overcome project financial rigidity
Buy-in at political level is possible if top civil servants are on- board
Accessing human resources in some fields may be difficult

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