Stakeholder Meeting towards the development of a Caribbean Marine Atlas

Meeting

08 - 10 October 2007

Location

UNDP House, Barbados
Barbados


Organiser(s) & Staff
Organiser
Staff
Participation

By invitation only.

Stakeholder Meeting towards the development of a Caribbean Marine Atlas
Summary

The objectives of this workshop were: (i) To inform the participating countries of the potential benefits of a Caribbean Marine Atlas; (ii) To identify current national coastal zone management arrangements; (iii) To identify national and regional coastal and marine issues that could be the focus of the Caribbean Marine Atlas; (iv) To identify the national resource requirements of the participating countries to enable full participation in a Caribbean Marine Atlas Pilot Project; (v) To prepare a draft work plan of a Caribbean Marine Atlas Pilot Project, for submission to, and approval by the respective national governments The outcome of the workshop was a detailed analysis of available data for defined priority issues and a detailed work plan for the next year, resulting in the Caribbean Marine Atlas prototype.

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Presentations: 10
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  • 1 - OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP
  • 2 - NATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
  • 2.1 - Barbados
  • 2.2 - Cuba
  • 2.3 - Grenada
  • 2.4 - Jamaica
  • 2.5 - Saint Lucia
  • 2.6 - Trinidad & Tobago
  • 2.7 - Turks and Caicos
  • 3 - SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES: CHARACTERISTICS, COASTAL/MARINE ISSUES AND APPROACHES
  • 4 - THE MARINE ATLAS
  • 4.1 - Demonstration of the African Marine Atlas
  • 4.2 - Atlas Development
  • 4.2.1 - The conceptual model
  • 4.2.2 - Defining the purpose and needs
  • 4.2.3 - Atlas Features
  • 4.2.4 - Atlas examples
  • 4.2.5 - Atlas Development Steps
  • 4.2.6 - Atlas data themes
  • 5 - ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITY ISSUES IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION
  • 5.1 - Analysis of issues and availability of data by country
  • 5.2 - Data availability matrix for common priority issues
  • 6 - REQUIRED RESOURCES TO DEVELOP A MARINE ATLAS
  • 6.1 - Training
  • 6.1.1 - OceanTeacher
  • 6.1.2 - Training provided to the region by IODE
  • 6.2 - Scale of Data Layers
  • 6.3 - Data Mining
  • 6.4 - Bringing it all together: Data Mining and Assembly Workshop
  • 6.5 - Computer Systems
  • 6.6 - Ongoing Maintenance
  • 7 - TECHNICAL AND RESOURCES ISSUES RELATED TO PARTICIPATION IN THE CARIBBEAN MARINE ATLAS: THE CURRENT STATUS AND REQUIREMENTS
  • 7.1 - Assessment of existing data management resources and needs
  • 7.2 - Formal country participation in the IODE programme
  • 7.3 - National training requirements
  • 8 - WORKPLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN MARINE ATLAS PILOT PROJECT
  • 9 - CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSING REMARKS
Report
Code Name Updated on Action
IOC Workshop Report No. 205 IODE/ICAM Workshop on the Development of the Caribbean Marine Atlas (CMA) 22/08/2008
Presentation
Background Documents
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2 Workshop on Environment Statistics, San Ignacio, belize, 2-11 August 2000 23/10/2007
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There are 5 participants associated with Stakeholder Meeting towards the development of a Caribbean Marine Atlas .

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Participant Stats:
Total Invited: 5
Confirmed: 5
Not confirmed: 0
Unapproved: 0
Not-participating: 0
Rejected: 0
Group(s): HAB, IOC Capacity Development, IODE, JCOMM, OOS.
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Created at 11:05 on 10 Sep 2007 by Peter Pissierssens
Last Updated at 09:52 on 18 Nov 2010 by Sungmin O