HISTORY
The focus of the GEF intervention will be on assisting the Caribbean countries to improve the management of their shared marine living resources (LMR) and to address the problems through the concept of Ecosystem Based Management approach, assessing the problems and threats through the LME modular approach and the GEF IW transboundary diagnostic analysis.

GOAL
Sustainable provision of goods and services by the shared living marine resources in the Wider Caribbean Region through robust cooperative governance.
OVERALL OBJECTIVE
Sustainable management of the shared living marine resources of the Caribbean LME and adjacent areas through an integrated management approach that will meet the WSSD target for sustainable fisheries.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
- To identify, analyze and agree upon major issues, root causes & actions required to achieve sustainable management of the shared LMR in the Caribbean LME and its adjacent regions;
- To improve the shared knowledge base for sustainable use and management of transboundary living marine resources;
- To implement legal, policy and institutional (SAP) reforms to achieve sustainable transboundary living marine resource management;
- To develop an institutional and procedural approach to LME level monitoring, evaluation and reporting.





