Caribbean : Turks and Caicos Islands
Year completed: 2013
Socio-economic monitoring at the West Caicos Marine National Park, West Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands.
TCI SocMon Project
GCFI/NOAA-funded
Objectives
1. To assess uses of the National Marine Park and identify threats and problems to the natural resources; 2. Evaluate stakeholder awareness of, and compliance with, regulations and policy and their enforcement; 3. To determine stakeholder capacity and willingness for collaboration in WCMNP stewardship and management, and promote participatory monitoring and evaluation as part of stewardship and management; 4. To assess trends in the extent to which WCMNP management bodies are contributing to the achievement of NMP goals (objectives).