CONTENTS

Executive Director's Message

The Power of Communication by Dr Joth Singh
This new publication of CCA News is one of the methods which the CCA will be using to educate and involve the publics of the region at all levels as we face new challenges of the 21st century. The effects of globalization and the accompanying free trade and market orientation principles present a new range of problems ....

Editorial

Putting People First
Life is about people - not about systems and pure science. Every job, every task, every discipline, must be for the benefit of human beings, to improve their quality of life, otherwise it is a waste of time, energy, and money and ends in futility.

WSSD: The Challenge by Atherton Martin
Five decades of “development” had failed the people of the world by betraying the mandate to place the needs of people first while ignoring the imperative to care for the EARTH. Sad but true, that is still why the World Summit on Sustainable Development was so important.

Communication for Sustainable Development by Terry Ally
“Radio could be the most wonderful public communication system imaginable – could be, that is, if it were capable of not only of transmitting but of receiving, of making the listener not only hear, but also speak, not of isolating him, but connecting him”

Caribbean Coastal Co-Management Guidelines Project by Dr Patrick McConney
Co-management has become fashionable to talk about and try out in the Caribbean, as in most other parts of the world. But do we really know what conditions of the coastal resources and of the people and of the systems of governance are likely to allow co-management to succeed?

Caribbean Blue Flag by Penelope Hynam
The Blue Flag Campaign for beaches and marinas has been operating in Europe since 1987 and South Africa since 2001. The Campaign has proven to be an effective environmental management tool, particularly with regard to water quality standards, safety standards, and awareness raising.

The Global Environment Fund and the NGO Network by Dr Joth Singh
Non-government Organisation now have observer status at the GEF Council meeting. The GEF NGO Network is divided into 18 sub-regions with each sub-region electing a Regional focal Point. In the Caribbean only eight NGOs are presently accredited and the way is open for more to join..

Caribbean Regional Environmental Programme by Cathal Healy-Singh
CREP is necessary because major stakeholders in the Region are neither sufficiently aware nor fully appreciate the social and economic values at risk if the safeguard of environmental assets is not centralized within the development planning and implementation.

The new service website - www.CCANet.Net by Terry Ally
The CCA replaces its old website and domain name bring a new look, greater functionality, several information-based services to members and Internet tools to assist members.

by Nicole Caesar
The Barbados Marine Trust was established in April 2000 with an aim to conserve, protect and assist in managing Barbados’ marine environment. The Trust works with governmental and other agencies to achieve environmentally and socially sustainable conditions and use within our marine environment.

by Ijahnya Christian
The Anguilla National Trust is in the business of ensuring the sustainability of Anguilla’s National Heritage. Encapsulated in this mission is the twofold mandate of natural resource conservation and historical/cultural preservation.

by Colin Hudson & Maureen Watson
We registered “Treading Lightly” on the first day of the new Millennium as a vehicle to put our experience and problem-solving skills at the disposal of a wide range of local and international opportunities. Our focus is on problem solving for sustainability.