BIOPAMA's Caribbean Legacy

Learning Together and Celebrating Success

As the second phase of the programme (2017-2024) concludes, BIOPAMA promoted a knowledge management exercise to analyse the outcomes of the BIOPAMA programme.  

We invite you to explore a collection of knowledge products and multimedia materials developed to reflect on achievements, share lessons learned, and celebrate the impact of our collective efforts across the Caribbean.

BIOPAMA Online Event: Reflecting on Our Journey

BIOPAMA hosted a special online event bringing together voices from across the Caribbean to reflect on our shared achievements and look ahead to future opportunities. Watch the full recording below to discover how the BIOPAMA initiative has strengthened decision-making, supported local action, and built lasting capacity across the region.

Knowledge Brief: Learning Together and Celebrating Success  

Explore the key achievements, lessons learned, and lasting impact of the BIOPAMA programme in the Caribbean in this concise, insightful document. 

Stories of Change Video Series 

The BIOPAMA Action Component provided targeted funding that supported impactful projects addressing key conservation priorities.

Discover and be inspired by real-life stories from BIOPAMA grantees who made a difference in biodiversity conservation and protected area management. 

Outcome 1: Improved Management of Protected and Conserved Areas
▶ Watch the video: RRG-C-1174 | Enhancing the effective management of Savannes Bay within the PSEPA to support livelihoods and protect biodiversity	▶ Watch the video: MG-C-235 | Increasing knowledge, protection and monitoring of Mesoamerican Reef’s Fish Spawning Aggregations and Replenishment Zones.	▶ Watch the video: STG-C-573 | Enhancing Management, Monitoring and Enforcement - NDNP’s Marine and Coastal Ecosystems.
▶ Watch the video: RRG-C-1083| Protection of AWNC lands and biodiversity and continued long-term monitoring of key indicator species.	▶ Watch the video: MG-C-287| Improving Management Effectiveness - Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park and World Heritage Site.	▶ Watch the video: MG-C-105 | Improved Management Models at Four of Belize’s Highest Priority Protected Areas.

Outcome 2: Enhanced Capacity of Actors
▶ Watch the video: RRG-C-931 | Financing Marine Protected Areas Management for continued effectiveness through COVID-19 economic crisis, Hol Chan Marine Reserve.	▶ Watch the video: RRG-C-1262 | Training and implementation of sustainable agricultural practices in the villages adjacent to the Foret du Pins Forest Reserve of Haiti to reduce deforestation rates.	▶ Watch the video: RRG-C-996 | Outreach and surveillance to reduce fishing pressures and unsustainable fishing practices in the TAMR.
▶ Watch the video: RRG-C-936 | Critical funding to continue operations, improve enforcement capacity, and enhance the self-financing capability of Oracabessa Bay Special Fishery Conservation Area.	▶ Watch the video: STG-C-2346 | Strengthening protection systems of the Maya Golden Landscape through strategic interventions and increased community support.	▶ Watch the video: STG-C-515 | Strengthening of Coastal Zone Management Initiatives for the 3Bays Marine Managed Area, Haiti.

Outcome 3: Enhanced Social and Economic Benefits
▶ Watch the video: RRG-C-1348 | An Assessment of the Impacts of COVID-19 on Sustainable Ecotourism Operations in Guyana and the livelihoods of Indigenous communities.	▶ Watch the video: RRG-C-1124 | Bridging the COVID funding gap to maintain the Portland Bight Protected Area.	▶ Watch the video: STG-C-579 | Improve infrastructure and capacity for monitoring and community development within Iwokrama Forest.
▶ Watch the video: STG-C-615 | Boosting EcoTourism Belize to Support Sustainable Conservation in the Maya Golden Landscape of Southern Belize.	▶ Watch the video: RRG-C-1168 | Building community resilience and preserving the marine ecosystem of the Baraderes/Cayemite area.

Outcome 4: Improved Systems for Protected and Conserved Areas Monitoring and Patrolling
▶ Watch the video: MG-C-450 | Action to promote climate resilience through improved management and sustainable livelihoods in the Enriquillo Lake National Park and surrounding communities.	▶ Watch the video: STGA-C-1378 | 021 METT assessment Baraderes-Cayemite marine protected area.	▶ Watch the video: STG -C-2328 | Measuring the effectiveness of newly expanded legislation for MPAs in Belize through long-term, community-based monitoring of marine megafauna.
▶ Watch the video: STGA-C-1824 | METT assessments for 20 priority protected areas of the National System of Protected Areas of the Dominican Republic.	▶ Watch the video: STGA-C-1817 | Assessment of the METT use and update of the tool on nine protected areas of the Sierra de Bahoruco mountain range, Dominican Republic.	▶ Watch the video: STG-C-2344 | Establishment of Mobile Emergency Rapid Response Team and Utilisation of Technological Solutions to support Enforcement and Monitoring in Forest Protected Areas.

Solutions

Browse innovative, replicable approaches supported by BIOPAMA, now featured on the PANORAMA platform for global sharing and adaptation.

▶ Explore Solutions:
MG-C-235 | Enhancing management in a marine protected area through strengthened partnerships.	STG-C-515 | Strengthening of Coastal Zone Management Initiatives for the 3-Bays Marine Managed Area, Haiti.	STG-C-615 | Enhancing community-based eco-tourism enterprises to strengthen financial sustainability conservation in the Maya Golden Landscape of Southern Belize.	MG-C-450 | Program for the Recovery of the Climate-Affected Crocodylus acutus population in Enriquillo National Park with Community Engagement.
MG-C-287 | Forest Futures: JCDT’s Vision for a Greener Blue and John Crow Mountains.	RRG-C-1090 | Coastal Protection at Point Sables Environmental Protected Area (PSEPA), Saint Lucia.	RRG-C-1124 | The development of a resilient sustainable finance plan for the Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation (C-CAM) to support the implementation of management actions in the Portland Bight Protected Area (PBPA), Jamaica.	MG-C-105 | Establishment of strategic enforcement plan/framework for improved management effectiveness, which can be applied to other protected areas.

Grantee Storytelling Podcasts

Tune into personal conversations with BIOPAMA grantees as they share their project journeys, lessons learned, and visions for the future.

▶ Listen to podcasts:
Biodiversity Monitoring and Species Conservation	Ecosystem Restoration	Protected Area Management and Governance

This publication has been produced with support of the 11th EDF. The contents
of this publication are the sole responsibility of IUCN and the European
Commission’s Joint Research Centre and can in no way be taken to reflect the
views of the European Union nor of the Organisation of ACP States.