The Caribbean Challenge Initiative Measures of Success
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ContentsThe Caribbean Challenge Initiative Measures of Success 2 INTRODUCTION 3 The Caribbean Region 3 Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) Overview and Strategies 6 Rationale for CCI Measures 7 Objectives and Timeline of Measures Development 8 METHODS & RESULTS 10 Strategy Effectiveness Measures: Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas 10 Strategy Effectiveness Measures: Expansion and Enhancement of Marine Protected Areas 18 Measures Implementation in Caribbean Challenge Initiative 23 ACRONYMS 24 Appendix I: Detailed Monitoring Table for Regional Sustainable Finance Strategy 25 Appendix II: Caribbean Challenge Initiative implementation in the Dominican Republic 29 Sustainable Financing of Protected Areas 29 Protected Area Management Effectiveness and the Improvement of Ecosystem Services 30 Appendix III: Caribbean Challenge Initiative implementation in the Bahamas 35 Appendix IV: Caribbean Challenge Initiative implementation in Jamaica 39 Appendix V: Caribbean Challenge Initiative implementation in the Eastern Caribbean 42 Appendix VI: Caribbean Challenge implementation in the Overseas Territories 49 Endnotes 49 INTRODUCTIONThe Caribbean RegionThe Caribbean is a biological and cultural diversity hotspot comprised of 38 million people living in 12 sovereign countries and 17 overseas territories, where at least four major languages (English, Spanish, French, and Dutch) are spoken. Several biodiversity analyses have highlighted the global significance of the Caribbean’s natural systems. The Nature Conservancy’s Caribbean Ecoregional Assessmenti identified the Caribbean’s eight marine ecoregions as having enabling conditions that would allow significant progress towards achieving the Conservancy’s conservation and human well-being goals. These eight marine ecoregions contain significant coral reefs, sea grasses, and mangroves as well as turtle and seabird nesting sites. According to Reefs at Risk Revisited, Caribbean reefs in the tropical western Atlantic realm account for almost 10% of the area of the world’s coral reefsii. Similarly, a study concluded by Conservation Internationaliii identified the islands of the Caribbean as a global hotspot based on the unique species of terrestrial and aquatic plants and animals that are only found in this part of the world. The Caribbean is highly dependent on the marine and coastal environment for jobs, income, food security and economic prosperity. The majority of the population lives within the coastal zone and the tourism sector, the cornerstone of most Caribbean economies, is inextricably linked to a healthy marine and coastal environment. Tourism brings 25 million tourists to the region every year, generating $25 billion in revenues (about 25% of GDP) and supporting 6 million jobs (one in every four jobs). While there is an ever-growing body of information documenting the social and economic values of these marine and coastal resources, their long-term health remains largely undervalued by public and private sector leaders. For example, it is estimated that only 8%iv of the nearshore and coastal shelf (out to 200m depth contour) is legally protected. Of these existing protected areas, a vast majority of them are ‘paper parks,’ being poorly financed and severely lacking in management capacity. The Caribbean’s coastal and marine resources are also facing increasing pressures such as, unsustainable coastal development and tourism growth, coastal pollution, overfishing and climate change that are threatening the future of these marine and coastal resources. This low level of protection and investment, combined with unprecedented threats, put these resources, Caribbean people – and the region’s future economic prosperity – at great risk. Collective and decisive action is needed to stem this trend. The Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI) is an effort to chart a new course for protecting and managing the precious marine and coastal resources of the region.This document outlines a framework for evaluating progress on the Caribbean Challenge Initiative, an effort primarily geared to sustainably protect Caribbean marine ecosystems. This adaptive management framework will guide the evaluation of conservation strategies and help to determine the return on investment for the Initiative. 
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