Coastal Resource Management in the Wider Caribbean : Resilience, Adaptation, and Community Diversity.

This book presents an alternative look at existing coastal management initiatives in the Caribbean, focusing on the need to pay more attention to the local community. Emphasizing the great heterogeneity of Caribbean communities, the book shows how the diversity of ecosystems and cultures has generat...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Breton, Yvan
Other Authors: Brown, David, Davy, Brian, Haughton, Milton, Ovares, Luis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of Tables and Figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Social Sciences and the Diversity of Caribbean Communities; Chapter 2 Interdisciplinary Research and Collaborative Management in Small Coastal Communitites; Chapter 3 Territoriality, Technical Revitalisation, and Symbolism in Indigenous Communities; Chapter 4 Communities and Stakeholders in Marine Protected Areas in the Caribbean; Chapter 5 Community Mobilisation and Education in Contaminated Coastal Ecosystems.
  • Chapter 6 Seaweed and Mangroves: Improving Environmental Practices in Coastal Communities to Secure Sustainable LivelihoodsChapter 7 Political Organisation and Socioeconomics of Fishing Communities of Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, and Grenada; Chapter 8 Analytical Insights, Lessons Learnt, and Recommendations; Contributors; Index.