CARIBBEAN SEA INNOVATION FUND (CARSIF) SUPPORTS MARINE AND COASTAL CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS PORT OF SPAIN, JUNE 10, 2021 T he Caribbean Natural Resources Institute’s (CANARI’s) Caribbean Sea Innovation Fund (CarSIF) has successfully completed a funding cycle under the regional project Powering Innovations in Civil Society and Enterprises for Sustainability in the Caribbean (PISCES), which was funded by the European Union (ENV/2016/380-530). Seventeen small and microgrants, totalling US$92,761, supported projects implemented by civil society organisations (CSOs) and nature-based small and microenterprises (SMEs) in The Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. The CarSIF-supported projects increased public awareness of issues and threats in the coastal zone and facilitated coral reef restoration. They also strengthened sustainable coastal livelihoods in bee-keeping, sea moss mariculture and smoked and salted fish production as part of an overall strategy to protect, restore and ensure the sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems for socio-economic development and well-being. The marine protected areas that benefited from these projects included Antigua and Barbuda’s Northeast Marine Management Area (NEMMA); the Three Bays National Marine Park and the Port Salut-Abacou Marine Protected Area in Haiti; Jamaica’s Portland Bight Protected Area and Bluefields Bay Special Fishery Conservation Area; the Pointe Sable Environmental Protection Area in Saint Lucia, and the Tobago Keys Marine Protected Area in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. A unique dimension of the CarSIF facility is its support for capital improvement by small, nature-based enterprises in addition to introducing and developing enterprise skills. Editor’s Note: CANARI and CARICAD have had a long and productive partnership over the years. THE TEAM Previous editions can be viewed at: The CARICAD Horizon is a regular publication of the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD). The Horizon has superseded the “Chronicle”. The Editor-in-Chief is CARICAD’s Executive Director, Devon Rowe. The Production Team comprises: Franklyn Michael, Rosemund Warrington, Dr. Lois Parkes, Trudy Waterman, Angela Eversley and Petra Emmanuel. Special Hurricane Edition June 2021 March 2021 October 2020 July-August 2020 Special Hurricane Edition June 2020 Special COVID-19 Edition May 2020 March 2020 December 2019 October 2019 Board Meeting 2019 Special Edition April 2019 December 2018 August 2018 December 2017 July 2017 The Caribbean Centre for Development Administration 1st Floor Weymouth Corporate Centre, Roebuck Street, Bridgetown, Barbados Tel: 246-427-8535 Email: caricad@caricad.net Website: www.caricad.net 18
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