Recent Staff Publications
CENTRE FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 07/08
Books and book chapters
Bouchon, C., P. Portillo, Y. Bouchon-Navaro, L. Max, P. Hoetjes, A. Brathwaite, R. Roach, H.A. Oxenford and O. Day 2008. Status of coral reefs of the Lesser Antilles after the 2005 coral bleaching event. In: Wilkinson, C. and D. Souter (eds.) Status of coral reefs in the Caribbean following bleaching and hurricanes of 2005. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Townsville, 152 p
McConney, P., R. Mahon and R. Pomeroy. 2007. Challenges facing coastal resources co-management in the Caribbean. Pp 105-124. In: D. Armitage, F. Berkes and N. Doubleday [eds]. Adaptive co-management: collaboration, learning and multilevel governance. UBC Press, Vancouver.
Papers in Refereed Journals
Agard, J. B. R., A. Cropper, P. Aquing, M. Attzs, F. Arias, J. Beltrán, E. Bennett, R. Carnegie, S. Clauzel, J. Corredor, M. Creary, G. Cumming, B. Davy, D. Deane, N. Elias-Samlalsingh, G. Fletcher, K. Fletcher, K. Garcia, J. Garraway, J. Gobin, A. Goodridge, A. Gray, S. Hart, M. Haughton, S. Heileman, R. Insanally, L. A. Jordon, P. Kumar, S. Laurent, A. Lumkong, R. Mahon, F. McDonald, J. Mendoza, A. Mohammed, E. Mohammed, H. McShine, A. Mitchell, D. Oderson, H. Oxenford, D. Pantin, K. Parsram, T. Phillips, R. Pichs, B. Potter, M. Rios, E. Rivera-Arriaga, A. Singh, J. Singh, S. Singh-Renton, L. Robertson, S. Schill, C. Toro, A. Trotman, A. Villasol, N. Vina-Davila, L. Walling, G. Warner, K. Zahedi, M. Zurek. 2007. Caribbean Sea Ecosystem Assessment (CARSEA). Caribbean Marine Studies, Special Edition 2007: 85 pp.
Brown-Peterson, N. J. Franks, M. Peterson, P. McConney and B. Luckhurst. 2007. Where do we go from here? A summary of issues concern and recommendations developed during the panel discussion at the Large Pelagic Fishes Symposium. Gulf and Caribbean Research 19: 161–162.
Bundy, A., R. Chuenpagdee, S. Jentoft, and R. Mahon. 2008. If science is not the answer, what is? An alternative governance model for the world’s fisheries. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 6: 152-155.
Cashman A., Ashley R M. 2008. Costing the long-term demand for water sector infrastructure. Foresight. Vol. 10 No. 3: 9-26.
Chakalall, B., Mahon, R., McConney, P., Nurse, L., Oderson, D. 2007. Governance of Fisheries and other living marine resources in the wider Caribbean. Fisheries Research 87: 92-99.
Grazette, S., J.A. Horrocks, Paul E. Phillip and Crafton J. Isaac. 2007. An assessment of the marine turtle fishery in Grenada, West Indies. Oryx, 41(3), 1–7.
Mahon, R., and P. McConney and R. Roy. 2008. Governing fisheries as complex adaptive systems. Marine Policy. 32: 104-112.
McConney, P. and R. Baldeo. 2007. Lessons in co-management from beach seine and lobster fisheries in Grenada. Fisheries Research 87: 77–85.
McConney, P., H.A. Oxenford and M. Haughton. 2007. Management in the Gulf and Caribbean: mosaic or melting pot? Gulf and Caribbean Research 19: 103-112.
Tait, S.J., Ashley, R.A., Cashman, A.C., Blanksby, J. and Saul, A.J. 2008. Sewer Systems Operation into the 21st Century, Study of Selected Responses from a UK Perspective. Urban Water, Vol 5, No 1, pp.79-88.
Theses and Research Papers
Adams, A. 2007. An investigation into the El Nino-Southern Oscillation events on rainfall and sugarcane production in Guyana. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 55pp.
Adams, K. 2006. Low water use culture systems in tilapia: an evaluation of the feasibility of implementing greenwater tank culture systems and aquaponic systems for tilapia in Barbados. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill,41pp.
Babb, Y. 2007. The Chinese seine fishery in Suriname: possible impacts on finfish stocks. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 84pp.
Conference Proceedings
Adams A. O. S., L Nurse, H B Davis and R Pulwarty. 2008. An investigation into the impact of El Niño Southern Oscillation events on rainfall and sugarcane production in Guyana. Proceedings of the 29th West Indies Sugar Technologists Conference, Jamaica, April 2008. ?? pp.
Baldwin, K, R. Mahon, H.A. Oxenford, A. Cooke, D. Gill and T. Staskiewicz. 2007. A profile of Grenadine marine resource users. Proceedings of the Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute 59: 159-166
Headley, M., H.A. Oxenford and P. Fanning. 2007. A preliminary study of the diet and other biological characteristics of the blackfin tuna (Thunnus altanticus) in Tobago. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 58: 502-503 (Abstract)
Mahon, R., P. McConney, J. Parks, and R. Pomeroy. 2008. Reconciling the needs of fisheries and conservation in coral reefs. Pages 1637–1644 in J. L. Nielsen, J. J. Dodson, K. Friedland, T. R. Hamon, J. Musick, and E. Verspoor, editors. Reconciling fisheries with conservation: proceedings of the Fourth World Fisheries Congress. American Fisheries Society, Symposium49, Bethesda, Maryland.
Nelson, L. L. Reynal, J. Rambally, S. Punett, H. Oxenford and P. Fanning. 2007. Fish and invertebrates identified during the Lesser Antilles Pelagic Ecosystem Project (LAPE), 26 April to 9 May, 2006. Proceedings of the Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute 59: 557-564
Technical Reports
Ashley, R., Parker, D., Hurley, L. and Cashman, A. 2007. Flooding: engineering resilience. A report prepared for Institution of Civil Engineers, UK
Blackman, K. 2007. Final Assessment Of Sustainable “Green Boat” Practices Of Water Taxi Operators In The Grenadines. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES). 2007. CERMES, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. 22 pp.
Blackman, K. and K. Collins. 2008 MS. Baseline survey of the socio-economic conditions at Clifton Harbour, Union Island. Union Island Environmental Attackers. 18pp.
Blackman, K.M. and I. Mattai. 2007. Environmental and Sustainable Development Legislation for the Grenadines Islands. Sustainable Grenadines Project (SGP) and Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. 68pp.
CERMES. 2007. Report of the Workshop on Organizational Assessment and Outcome Mapping Placencia, Belize, 14 August 2007. Coastal Resources Co-management Project (CORECOMP), Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), UWI Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. 18pp.
CERMES. 2007. Report of the CANARI workshop on introduction to network analysis in natural resource governance, Trinidad and Tobago, 20 Aug 2007. CERMES MarGov Project Document 4. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, Barbados. 4 pp.
CERMES. 2007. First Technical Progress Report 1 March 2007– 31 August 2007. CERMES MarGov Project Document 5. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, Barbados. 6 pp.
CERMES and CRFM. 2007. Report of the Fishers Forum: “Fisher folk and fisheries scientists linking and learning together” at the 60th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI), Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, 5-9 November 2007. CERMES MarGov Project Document 6. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, Barbados. 16 pp.
Cooke, A.L., R. Mahon and P. McConney. 2007. A livelihoods analysis of the water taxi operators in the Grenadines. CERMES Technical Report No. 9. 48 pp.
Franklin, G. 2007. Determination of the socio-economic importance of the lobster fishery of the British Virgin Islands. CERMES Technical Report No. 7. 59pp.
Gill, D, P. McConney and R. Mahon. 2007. Socio-economic profile of fishers in the Grenadine Islands. CERMES Technical Report No. 11. 69pp.
Lizama, D.T. and R. Mahon. 2007. Assessing sustainable “green boat” practices of water taxi operators in the Grenadines. Sustainable Grenadines Project. CERMES Technical Report No. 10. 41pp.
Mahabir, D. and L. Nurse. 2007. An assessment of the vulnerability of the Cocal area, Manzanilla, Trinidad, to coastal erosion and projected sea level rise and some implications for land use. CERMES Technical Report No.4. 44 pp.
Mahon, R., L. Fanning, P. McConney, and C. Toro. 2007. Statement by the Caribbean large marine ecosystem project and collaboration with the Caribbean Sea initiative. Report of the sixth meeting of the Caribbean Sea Commission, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 22-23 November 2007, Association of Caribbean States, Trinidad. 9 p.
Mattai, I.D. and R. Mahon. 2006. Review and interpretation of environmental and sustainable development legislation for the Grenadine Islands. CERMES Technical Report No. 15. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies. University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. 94pp.
Oxenford, H.A., A. Fields, C. Taylor and D. Catlyn. 2007. Fishing and marketing of queen conch (Strombus gigas) in Barbados. CERMES Technical Report 16, Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, UWI, Cave Hill, Barbados, 42pp.
Pena, M. 2008. Report of the Barbados SocMon Caribbean Training Workshop held 5-7 May 2008. Socio-economic monitoring by Caribbean fishery authorities Project Report No. 2. 24pp.
Pena, M. 2008. Report of the Dominica SocMon Caribbean Training Workshop held 14-16 May 2008. Socio-economic monitoring by Caribbean fishery authorities Project Report No. 3. 29pp.
Pena, M. 2008. Report of the Nevis SocMon Caribbean Training Workshop held 20-22 May 2008. Socio-economic monitoring by Caribbean fishery authorities Project Report No. 4. 27pp.
Pena, M. 2008. Report of the Grenada SocMon Caribbean Training Workshop, held 27-29 May 2008. Socio-economic monitoring by Caribbean fishery authorities Project Report No. 5. 28pp.
Pena, M. 2008. Report of the St. Vincent SocMon Caribbean Training Workshop, held 3-5 June 2008. Socio-economic monitoring by Caribbean fishery authorities Project Report No. 6. 29pp.
Pena, M. and P. McConney. 2008. Compilation of questionnaires used in socio-economic monitoring research projects. (Release 1 – July 2008). Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES), The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. 76pp.
Staskiewicz, T. and R. Mahon. 2007. A livelihoods analysis of fishers in the Grenadine Islands. CERMES Technical Report No. 12. 71pp.
Papers and Posters presented at conferences
Posters
Fanning L., R. Mahon, B. Simmons. 2007. ‘Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) Project: Results from the preliminary Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)’, by Global Environment Facility (GEF) Fourth Biennial International Waters Conference, Cape Town, South Africa. July 31 - August 3, 2007.
Fanning L., R. Mahon, P. McConney and B. Simmons. 2007. ‘Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) Project: The conceptual basis’, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Fourth Biennial International Waters Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, July 31 - August 3, 2007.
Finney, C., T. LaJeunesse H.A. Oxenford. 2008. ‘Environmental, ecological, and biogeographic factors controlling the distribution of Symbiodinium diversity among coral reef habitats in Barbados, Eastern Caribbean’. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 7-11, 2008.
Goodridge, R., L. Brewster, W. Hunte, A. Brathwaite, L. Nurse and H.A. Oxenford. 2008. ‘Twenty years of coral reef monitoring in Barbados: Benefits to Government and lessons learned’. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 7-11, 2008.
Mahon, R., L. Fanning, P. McConney and B. Simmons. 2007. ‘Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) Project: Building a multi-level policy-cycle based governance framework’, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Fourth Biennial International Waters Conference, July 31 - August 3, 2007, in Cape Town, South Africa.
Mahon, R., K. Blackman, R. Lee and P. McConney. 2008. ‘Exploring social networks in marine resource governance: the case of the Grenadine Islands’, presented at the Conference Coping with Global Change in Marine Social-ecological Systems, Rome, Italy, July 8-11, 2008.
Parsram, K. 2008. ‘A network approach to understanding coastal management and governance of small scale fisheries in the eastern Caribbean’. International Social Network Analysis Conference (Sunbelt XXVIII), January 21-28, 2008, Florida, USA.
Parsram, K. and P. McConney. 2007. ‘A research framework for examining the characteristics of networks that determine resilience and adaptability in marine resource governance in the English speaking eastern Caribbean’, 60th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 5-9 Nov, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Schuhmann, P., J. Casey and H.A. Oxenford.2008 ‘The economic value of coral reef quality to SCUBA divers in Barbados’. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 7-11, 2008.
Simmons, B. L. Fanning and R. Mahon. 2007. ‘Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) Project: Responding to key transboundary priorities’, Global Environment Facility (GEF) Fourth Biennial International Waters Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, July 31 - August 3, 2007.
Oral presentations
Baldwin, K., R. Mahon and H.Oxenford. 2007. ‘Participatory Mapping for the Grenadines Marine Resource Space-use Information System’, URISA 45th annual conference, Washington DC, August 20-23, 2007.
Baldwin, K. 2007. ‘Participatory Mapping for the Grenadines Marine Resource Space-use Information System’. Presented at the ESRI International Users GIS Conference. San Diego, California. June 17-22.
Baldwin, K., R. Mahon, P. McConney, and H.A. Oxenford. 2007. ‘Stakeholder engagement in the development of a participatory GIS for the Grenadine Islands’. In press. 60th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute. Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. 11 pp.
Barriteau, M. R. Mahon V. Francis and K. Blackman. 2008. ‘The Sustainable Grenadines Project: Achievements in Phase 2’. Caribbean Environmental and Health Institute, 4th Biennial Caribbean Environmental Forum and Exhibition, St. George’s University, Grenada, June 23—27, 2008.
Cashman, A. 2007. ‘Institutional and social responses to flooding – in search of resilience’, International Conference on Adaptive and Integrated Water Management, Basel Switzerland, Nov. 12-15, 2007.
Cashman, A. 2007. ‘Exploring the Water Management Implications of Potential Climate Change’ 16th Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association Conference in St Kitts, 1-5 October, 2007.
Cashman, A. 2008. ‘Water Policy Development in the Caribbean and the Impact of Climate Change’, 4th Biennial Caribbean Environmental Forum and First Sustainable Energy Forum and 14th Annual Wider Caribbean Waste Management Conference, 23rd – 27th June, 2008, St Georges, Grenada.
Cashman, A. 2008. ‘Environmental Issues in the Caribbean’ BBC World Service Trust environmental journalism training seminar held at PomMarine Hotel, Barbados, 6th February, 2008.
Cumberbatch, J. and T. Phillips. 2007. ‘A review of projects funded by the Global Environmental Facility Small Grants Programme in Barbados and the OECS, 1994-2004’, First International Development Conference (IDC 2007), convened by the Centre for Agricultural Resources and International Development (CEFARD) Toronto, Canada, 15 - 18 November.
Fanning, L., R. Mahon and P. McConney. 2008. ‘Applying the LME Governance Framework in the Caribbean’, Coping with Global Change in Marine Social-ecological Systems, Rome, Italy, July 8-11, 2008.
LaJeunesse, T., J. Finney, R. Smith and H.A.Oxenford.2008. ‘Proliferation of an opportunistic Symbiodinium sp. during the 2005 Eastern Caribbean mass coral ‘bleaching’’. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 7-11, 2008..
Mahon, R. and L. Fanning. 2007. ‘The LME Governance Framework as a context for assessing governance’, National Conference of the Ocean Management Research Network (OMRN), workshop of the Ocean and Coastal Indicators Working Group, Ottawa, Canada 25 – 27, October, 2007.
McConney, P. 2007. ‘Fisheries governance in the Caribbean: from research to outcomes’ International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) meeting on Sustainable Aquatic Resources Management (SARM), Ottawa, Canada, October 24, 2007.
McConney, P. and K. Parsram. 2008. ‘A network approach to understanding coastal management and governance of small-scale fisheries in thee eastern Caribbean’, presented at the Conference Coping with Global Change in Marine Social-ecological Systems, Rome, Italy, July 8-11, 2008.
Nurse, L., Cashman, A. and Mwansa, J. 2008. ‘Barbados’ West Coast Sewerage Project: Accommodating a Changing Policy and Project Environment’ 4th Biennial Caribbean Environmental Forum and First Sustainable Energy Forum and 14th Annual Wider Caribbean Waste Management Conference, 23rd – 27th June, St Georges, Grenada.
Oxenford, H.A., A. Brathwaite and R. Roach.2008‘Large scale coral mortality in Barbados: a delayed response to the 2005 bleaching episode’. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 7-11, 2008.
Parsram, K. 2007. ‘A preliminary analysis of fisheries science networks in the eastern Caribbean’, 60th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, November 5-9, 2007, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
Parsram, K. 2008. ‘Network Governance in the Fisheries for Large Pelagics in the Eastern Caribbean’ (presented by Patrick McConney) to the Society for Applied Anthropology 2008 Annual Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, March 26-29
Pena, M. and P. McConney. 2008. ‘Lessons learned from socio-economic monitoring (SocMon) and Marine Protected Area Management Effectiveness (MPA-ME) evaluation in the Caribbean’. 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, July 7-11, 2008.