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Summary from Breakout Group #2: Ecosystems and biodiversity General Points:

Summary from Breakout Group #2: Ecosystems and biodiversity General Points: Ecosystem-based approaches critical, e.g., land-based impacts to fisheries, coral reefs Political process considerations – need to facilitate participation in GEO (A1 below)

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Summary from Breakout Group #2: Ecosystems and biodiversity General Points:

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  1. Summary from Breakout Group #2: Ecosystems and biodiversity • General Points: • Ecosystem-based approaches critical, e.g., land-based impacts to fisheries, coral reefs • Political process considerations – need to facilitate participation in GEO (A1 below) • Need to better link activities of existing regional provider and user organizations (A2 below) • Networking of coastal providers/users at local level to address/define needs – upscaling • Need to better access, disseminate and translate information; development/use of indicators • Improved valuation of resources needed; link environmental changes w/socio-economic impacts • Upscaling and downscaling, from both environmental as well as organizational context • Environmental themes: • Need to consider trans-boundary issues, e.g., mapping across the coastal zone – • watershed to coastal receiving waters, reefs, mangroves etc. • Water quality was a continuing theme – fate and transport of pollutants; environmental • impacts of tourism; also air quality • Erosion; land-use/cover and habitat maps to determine changes over time • Action items: • A1: IOC to disseminate information re. joining GEO to UNESCO member states in region - Cesar • A2: Establish regional Caribbean Community of Practice – Deirdre to take lead • A3: Identify specific cases studies of how GEO/GEOSS can support local applications/issues • A4: Work through CARA, IOCARIBE, CZCP et al. to follow up on recommendations to GEO; • identify pilot projects and funding opportunities to advance and implement.

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