To date, three (3) additional Subcommittees under the Improving Forest and Protected Area Management (IFPAM) Project have been
launched subsequent to the launch of the Trinity Hills and eastern extension
Subcommittee which occurred on August 24, 2015.
Subcommittees have been
launched for the pilot areas of Caroni Swamp, Nariva Swamp and coastal zone and
the Matura Forest and coastal zone. To
date over thirty (30) governmental and civil society organisations are engaging in
formulating plans to improve protected area (PA) management in the pilot PA
sites. The Subcommittees are hard at
work defining the management objectives for each pilot PA within the scope of
the IFPAM project and identifying actions to contribute to improving management.
Through facilitated sessions by the Project
Coordinating Unit, at Subcommittee meetings, individual work plans for each PA
will be formulated using the actions identified by the Subcommittee. The work
plans for the first year of the Subcommittees of the six pilot PAs will be
merged along with other actions and presented as the project work plan for the
first year at national inception workshops later in this year.
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| The
first meeting of the Matura Forest and coastal zone Subcommittee on 3rd
September members highlighted the importance of the inclusion of actions to
contribute to the sustainable development of livelihoods in the plans for the
PA. |
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Members of the Nariva Subcommittee listening to a discussion of threats to the PA at their first meeting on 2nd September
at Forestry Division’s Kernahan Field Station
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| At
the first meeting of the Caroni Swamp Subcommittee on 27th August, 10
organizations were represented | | | | | | | | | |
The Subcommittee for the Matura Forest and Coastal Zone Pilot Protected Area recently undertook its first field trip to examine current issues pertaining to management of the area. 
