Recent Staff Publications
CENTRE FOR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Books
Oxenford, H.A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte (eds). 2007. Biology and management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, UWI, Barbados . 268 pp.
Papers in Refereed Journals
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.
Cashman, A . and R. Ashley (2007). The mosquito, the elephant and the House of Lords Water Management Inquiry Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 32 (3): 283-297.
Fanning, L., R. Mahon, P. McConney, J. Angulo, F. Burrows, B. Chakalall, D. Gil, M. Haughton, S. Heileman, S. Martinez, L. Ostine, A. Oviedo, S. Parsons, T. Phillips, C. Santizo Arroya, B. Simmons and C. Toro (2007) A large marine ecosystem governance framework. Marine Policy 31: 434-443.
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.
Nurse L. and R. Moore (2007) Critical considerations for future action during the second commitment period: A small island's perspective Natural Resources Forum 31: 102-110.
Theses and Research Papers
Approo, A. (2006) Participatory project management wit the Caribbean Regional Environmental Programme. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 31pp.
Blackwood, J. (2006) An exploratory study of the awareness of tourism Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) in Jamaica of Environmental Certification Schemes. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 49pp.
Bradshaw, T. (2006) Combating land degradation in Barbados . MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 40pp.
Byer, A. (2005) Capacity building for the Environmental Subcommittee of the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 21pp.
Chandarpal, G. (2006) Hydrometeorological Service: Adaptation to climate change in Guyana . MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 114pp.
Charlemagne, R. (2006) GIS for the Proposed Conservation Area at Long Pond, St. Andrew , Barbados . MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 49pp.
Chin, X. (2006) A comparison of line transect, linear point intercept and video methods for surveying benthic cover on Barbados reefs: is video sampling a useful tool for reef surveys? MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 70pp.
Clarke, D. (2006) Fisheries biodiversity inventory of Hans Creek Fishing Protected Area of Beef Island , British Virgin Islands ; the first six-year reef survey. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 83pp.
Crawford, S. (2006) Use of key performance indicators towards sustainable tourism in the Caribbean . MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 124pp.
Doodnauth, P. (2006) An assessment of the impact of weather-related events, projected climate change and climate variability on rice production on the island of Leguan , Guyana . MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 74pp.
Drakes, G. (2006) A critical review and amendment of the Regional Climate Change Report and the Report on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation in the Human Health Sector in the Caribbean. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 101pp.
Drakes, T. (2006) A knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) study of the general Barbadian population, farmers and the agricultural policymakers in the impact of climate change. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 57pp.
Finney, J. (2006) An initial assessment of Cnidarian- Symbiodinium relationships in Barbados: their distribution, biodiversity and their potential for outlining coral reef susceptibility MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 88pp.
Franklin , G. (2006) Determination of the socio-economic importance of the lobster fishery of the British Virgin Islands . MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 62pp.
Herbert, K. (2006) Caribbean Tourism Organisation- Environmental Certification Programmes: The Caribbean Blue Flag Campaign. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 60pp.
Joslyn, O. (2006) Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment: a critique of the vulnerability and capacity assessment methodology for the Caribbean with specific emphasis on the agriculture sector in St. Vincent and the Grenadines . MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 79pp.
Lizama, D. (2006) Assessing sustainable 'Green Boat' practices of water taxi operators in the Grenadines . MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 47pp.
Singh, B. (2006) Evaluating the influence of climatic and anthropogenic factors on malaria endemicity in Region 8, Guyana . MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 45pp.
Squires, C. (2006) Public participation in solid waste management in small island developing states. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 50pp.
Williams, C. (2006) Climate change and climate variability impacts on Belize 's water sector: an impact assessment report. MSc Research Paper, UWI, Cave Hill, 66pp.
Conference Proceedings
Browne, M., M. Pena , and P. McConney . (2006) Tobago Cays Marine Park : How is This MPA Doing? Abstract, Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 57: 1008.
Baldwin, K., S. Punnett and C. Smith. (2007) Involving communities in the implementation of Reef Check: Strategies for co-management of marine resources in St. Vincent and the Grenadines . Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 58: 340-347.
Cashman, A ., J Charley and L Nurse (2007) . Exploring the Water Management Implications of Potential Climate Change Proceedings of the 16 th Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association Conference: Integrating Water & Sanitation in Sustainable Development (on CD), St Kitts.
Cashman, A. , J Charley and L Nurse (2007). Caribbean water management implications of potential climate change. Proceedings of the 7 th Caribbean Island Water Resources Congress (on CD), St. Croix , USVI.
Cooke, A ., R. Mahon and P. McConney . (2007) Livelihoods analysis of water taxi operators in the Grenadines Islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada . Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 58: 129 - 135
Mahon , R. , C. Parker, T. Sinckler, S. Willoughby , and J. Johnson. (2007) The value of Barbados ' Fisheries: a preliminary assessment. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 58: 88 - 192.
Miller, M., E. Bartley, D. Grant, C, Hanson, R. Kelly, J. Masters and P. McConney . (2007) Towards a fisheries management plan for the Negril Marine Park , Jamaica . Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, 58: 309-312.
Pena, M., K. Blackman, C. Hanson, P. McConney , M. Miller. (2005) Socioeconomic information for managing fisheries in the Negril Marine Park . Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 58: 313-319.
Pomeroy, R. and P. McConney . (2007) Conditions for successful fisheries adaptive co-management in the wider Caribbean . Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 58: 62 - 65
Rawlins, M., H. A. Oxenford and P. Fanning. (2007) Buffet menu or à la carte? Diets of large pelagic fishes landed in Barbados . (poster). Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 58: 243 - 249
Technical Reports
Blackman, K. (2006) Report of the People and Coral Teacher's Training Workshop Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies ( CERMES ), University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados , 25 pp.
Blackman, K. 2007. The evaluation of the use of the People and Corals Workbook. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies ( CERMES ), University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados , 26 pp.
Blackman, K., R. Mahon, M. Pena , and B. Simmons (2006) Annotated bibliographic information on the Grenadines . Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies ( CERMES ), University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados . 48 pp + CD.
Boyce, S. L., W. Hunte and R. Mahon . 2007. Sources of variability in catch per trip for the flyingfish, Hirundichthys affinis, fishery in Barbados . Pp. 215-236. In: Oxenford, H.A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte (eds). Biology and management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados .
CERMES (2006) McConney, P. and R. Pomeroy (editors). Reforming governance: Coastal resources comanagement in Central America and the Caribbean . Final Report of the Coastal Resources Comanagement Project (CORECOMP). CERMES Technical Report No.5, 63 pp.
CERMES (2007) Report of the MarGov Project Inception Workshop held at the UWI Cave Hill Campus , Barbados , 15-16 May 2007. CERMES MarGov Project Document 1, 33pp.
Gill, D, P. McConney and R. Mahon . 2007. Socio-economic profile of fishers in the Grenadine Islands . CERMES Technical Report No. 11. 69pp.
Hunte, W., M. R. Lao, R. Mahon and H. A. Oxenford . 2007. Juvenile fishes off Barbados with particular reference to flyingfishes. Pp. 95-106. In: Oxenford, H.A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte (eds). Biology and management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados .
Hunte, W., R. Mahon and H. A. Oxenford . 2007. Synopsis of biological characteristics of the flyingfish, Hirundichthys affinis, relevant to assessment and management. Pp. 51-54. In: Oxenford, H.A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte (eds). Biology and management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados .
Lao, M. R., W. Hunte and H. A. Oxenford . 2007. Larval fishes off Barbados with particular reference to flyingfishes and their spawning substrata. Pp 76-94. In: Oxenford, H.A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte (eds). Biology and management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados .
Lizama, D.T. and S. D. Mahon (2006) Sustainable "Green Boat" Practices for Water Taxi Operators in the Grenadines . Caribbean Coastal Co-management and Coral Regeneration (4Cs) Programme, Sustainable Grenadines Project (SGP) and Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados, 22 pp.
Mahon , R ., W. Hunte and H. A. Oxenford. 2007. Overview of options for management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish fisheries. Pp. 259- 263. In: Oxenford, H.A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte (eds). Biology and management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados .
Mahon , R., H. A. Oxenford and W. Hunte. 2007. Reflections and future directions. Pp. 265-267. In: Oxenford, H.A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte (eds). Biology and management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados .
Oxenford, H. A . 2007. Preliminary observations of flyingfish, Hirundichthys affinis, spawning behaviour. Pp. 161-165. In: Oxenford, H.A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte (eds). Biology and management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados .
Oxenford, H. A. 2007. Summary of the importance of flyingfish fisheries in the eastern Caribbean . Pp. 47-48. In: Oxenford, H.A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte (eds). Biology and management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados .
Oxenford, H. A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte. 2007. Summary of stock assessment of Hirundichthys affinis pp. 253- 258. In: Oxenford, H.A., R. Mahon and W. Hunte (eds). Biology and management of eastern Caribbean flyingfish. Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, University of the West Indies, Barbados .
Pena, M . 2006. Bibliography. Common Fisheries Policy and Regime for CARICOM: Review of social, economic and linkage issues. Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Secretariat, Belize City , Belize . 153 pp.
Pena, M. 2006. Report on Evaluating Management Effectiveness at the Tobago Cays Marine Park (TCMP), St. Vincent and the Grenadines . CERMES Regional Project on Enhancing Management Effectiveness at Three Marine Protected Areas in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica and Belize . Report No. 5. 69 pp.
Pena, M . and P. McConney . 2007. Report of the meetings to share TCMP evaluation results and lessons learned, 31 January 2007 on Union Island and 1 February 2007 in Kingstown , St. Vincent and the Grenadines . CERMES Regional Project on Enhancing Management Effectiveness at Three Marine Protected Areas in St. Vincent and the Grenadines , Jamaica and Belize . Report No. 6. 22 pp.
Pena, M and D. Roach . 2006. Report of the Workshop on MPA Evaluation Products and Process, Punta Gorda , Belize , 4 November 2006. CERMES Regional Project on Enhancing Management Effectiveness at Three Marine Protected Areas in St. Vincent and the Grenadines , Jamaica and Belize . Report No. 4. 47pp.
Roach, D., M. Pena , P. McConney , R. Pomeroy, M. Baptiste, J. Nightingale and E. Hemmings. In press. Learning from evaluating MPA management effectiveness. Proceedings of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute 59.
Staskiewicz, T . and R. Mahon . 2007. A livelihoods analysis of fishers in the Grenadine Islands . CERMES Technical Report No. 12. 71pp.
Baldwin , K., D. Gill, A. Cooke, T. Staskiewicz, D. Lizama, R. Mahon, P. McConney and H.A. Oxenford. 2007 A socio-economic and space-use profile of Grenadine marine resource users. CERMES Technical Report 12, Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies, UWI, Cave Hill , Barbados , 116pp.
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.
Papers presented at conferences
Baldwin, K., R. Mahon and P. McConney (2007) Development of a participatory marine space-use information system for the Grenadine Islands The 2007 ESRI International Users Conference, San Diego, CA June 18-22, 2007.
Baldwin, K., R. Mahon, H.A. Oxenford, A. Cooke, D. Gill and T. Staskiewicz (2006) A profile of Grenadine marine resource users in the marine space-use information system (MarSIS). (poster) 59th Annual Meeting of the Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City , November 6-10, 2006.
Cumberbatch, J. (2006) Social aspects of tourism impacts at the Commonwealth Association of Planners Regional Conference, Barbados June 24-25, 2007.
Gill, D. and P. McConney (2006) A socio-economic profile of fisheries in the Grenadines . 59th Annual Meeting of the Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City, November, 6-10, 2006.
Fanning, L. and L. Hildebrand (2007) Enabling Governance: Focusing on linkages at the local and ecosystem-wide Levels. The Fourth University of Amsterdam , MARE, 'People and the Sea' Conference, Amsterdam , July 4-8, 2007.
Fanning, L., R. Mahon, P. McConney , and B. Simmons (2006) Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME) Project. (poster) 59th Annual Meeting of the Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City, November, 6-10, 2006.
Mahon, R., P. McConney and R. Roy (2007) Enabling self-organisation for good governance in fisheries . The Fourth University of Amsterdam , MARE, 'People and the Sea' Conference, Amsterdam , July 4-8, 2007.
McConney, P. (2007) Socio-economic monitoring by Caribbean fishery authorities The CARICOM CRFM Third Annual Scientific Meeting, Kingstown, St. Vincent, July 24-26, 2007.
McConney, P. and K. Parsram (2007) Fisheries governance in the eastern Caribbean : Network and institutional perspectives on policy. The Fourth University of Amsterdam , MARE, 'People and the Sea' Conference, Amsterdam , July 4-8, 2007.
Nelson, L., L. Reynal, J. Rambally, S. Punett, H.A. Oxenford and P. Fanning (2006) Fish and invertebrates identified during the Lesser Antilles Pelagic Ecosystem Project (LAPE), April 26 - May 9, 2006. (poster) Special Symposium on Large Pelagic Fishes in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: Current Status and Integrated Management, 59th Annual Meeting of the Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City , November 6-10, 2006.
Oxenford, H.A ., P. Fanning and R.K. Cowen (2006) Swimming deep: new evidence of acanthurid larval dispersal at depth in the eastern Caribbean (poster) Special Symposium on Caribbean Connectivity at 59th Annual Meeting of the Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City, November 6-10, 2006.
Oxenford, H.A. , R. Roach, A. Brathwaite, R. Goodridge and C. Finney (2006) High coral mortality in Barbados following the 2005 Caribbean mass coral bleaching event. International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium (ITMEMS) Cozumel , Mexico , October 15, 2006.
Roach, D. , M. Pena, P. McConney , R. Pomeroy, M. Baptiste, J. Nightingale and E. Hemmings (2006) Learning from evaluating MPA management effectiveness. 59th Annual Meeting of the Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City, November, 6-10, 2006.
Staskiewicz, T., R. Mahon and P. McConney (2006) A Livelihoods Analysis of Fishermen in the Grenadines . 59th Annual Meeting of the Gulf & Caribbean Fisheries Institute, Belize City , November 6-10, 2006.
Walcott J., H.A. Oxenford and J. Leslie (2007) Current status of the longline fishery in Barbados. National Agricultural Conference 2007, Savannah Hotel, Hastings , Barbados , July 16, 2007.
Lang, J., R. Ginsburg, K. Mark s, H. Oxenford , J-P. Maréchal and S. Gore. The simple BLAGRRA Protocol for rapid response to bleaching events, outbreaks of disease, and other disasters. International Tropical Marine Ecosystems Management Symposium (ITMEMS) Cozumel , Mexico , October 15-20, 2006.
Adams, K. , J. Rakocy and H. A. Oxenford . Low water use culture systems for tilapia: an evaluation of the feasibility of implementing greenwater tank culture systems and aquaponics systems for tilapia in Barbados . Barbados Society of Technologists in Agriculture (BSTA) Annual Conference , Barbados , February 10, 2007.
Baldwin, K., R. Mahon and H.A. Oxenford . Participatory mapping for the Grenadines Marine Resource Space-use Information System. Urban & Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) 45th Annual Conference, Washington DC , August 2007.