Caribbean Sea Ecosystem Assessment (Carsea)

The Caribbean Sea Assessment (CARSEA) was led by The University of the West Indies (UWI) and The Cropper Foundation, in collaboration with The Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA), the United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNEP ROLAC), the Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA), and the Caribbean Agricultural Development Research Institute (CARDI).

Over sixty individuals, drawn from about thirty institutions and organizations from the Wider Caribbean Region, contributed voluntarily to the Assessment. The engagement between contributors during the course of the Assessment was the first step towards establishing better collaboration and coordination for joint management of the Caribbean Sea.

List of Collaborators

Coordinating Institutions

The University of the West Indies (UWI)

The Cropper Foundation (TCF)

The Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA)

Caribbean Conservation Association (CCA)

United Nations Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNEP ROLAC)

Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI)

Island Resources Foundation (IRF)

Other Contributing Organizations

Association of Caribbean States Secretariat

Caribbean Environmental Health Institute (CEHI)

Caribbean Community Secretariat

Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH)

Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism Secretariat (CRFM)

Center of Engineering and Environmental Management of Bays and Coasts (CIMAB)

The Centre for Limnology University of Wisconsin

The Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES)

Centre for World Economy Studies (CIEM)

Centro de Ecología, Pesquería y Oceanografía del Golfo de México (EPOMEX)

Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad (BIOECO)

Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental Sub-comisión para el Caribe y Regiones Adyacentes (IOCARIBE–UNESCO)

The Environmental Management Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (EMA)

Fisheries Division Ministry of Agriculture Trinidad and Tobago

Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The Hewlett Foundation

Institute of Economic Growth India (IEG)

Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR)

Instituto Oceanografico de Venezuela

International Development Research Centre of Canada (IDRC), International Ocean Institute, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA)

Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations

School of International Relations Universidad de Costa Rica

St. Lucia Heritage Tourism Programme

The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Universidad Nacional Cerro Punta Befin

University of Florida

University of Puerto Rico

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC)

United Nations Environment Programme Caribbean Environment Programme Regional Co-ordinating Unit (UNEP CEP)

To access the CARSEA Report click here

To access the CARSEA Executive Summary (English) click here

To access the CARSEA Executive Summary (Spanish) click here

To access the CARSEA Brochure click here

To view photos from the CARSEA/GEO consultation click here

To access the full CARSEA Scenarios document