Programme
Tuesday, July 7 Opening Ceremony
9:00 am - 11:00 am
| | Opening Remarks | Professor Elizabeth Thomas-Hope
The James Seivright Moss-Solomon (Snr)
Professor of Environmental Management
| | | | | Greetings | Professor Gordon Shirley
Principal
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Dr Camille Bell-Hutchinson
Campus Registrar
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Dr Dale Webber
Chairman
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica | | | | Opening of the Conference
| The Honourable Bruce Golding, M.P.
Prime Minister | | | | Poetry Reading
| Dr Earl McKenzie
Department of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy
The University of the West Indies
‘Earth Song’
‘Elegy for the Extinct Species’
| | | | Keynote Address
| UNEP, Geneva
Investing in ecosystems management: a cost effective approach to climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction, and livelihoods |
Tuesday, July 7 8:00am-9:00am
| Registration
| | | | | 9:00am-11:00am | Opening Ceremony | | | | 11:00am-11:30am
| Coffee/Tea Break | | 11:30am-1:00pm | Session: Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
Chair: Balfour Spence (Brandon University)
| | Rafi Ahmad (Unit for Disaster Studies, UWI) and Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr. (Mona GeoInformatics Institute, UWI)
Storm-induced geological hazards in the Caribbean: case histories from Jamaica
Ashok Sookdeo (Ministry of Health, Guyana)
Climate change: implications for public health and strategies for risk reduction in Guyana
Joyce Thomas-Peters (Senior DRM Evaluator, Grenada)
Integrating disaster risk reduction with environmental management: challenges and opportunities in the Eastern Caribbean
Alix Innocent (Catholic Relief Services, Haiti Programme)
Community-based approach in risk management strategies in South Peninsula, South and Grande Anse Departments of Haiti: opportunities, challenges and perspectives
| 1:00pm-2:30pm
| Lunch, Poster Displays, Exhibits | | | | | 2:30pm-3:30pm | Session: Tourism, Parks and Protected Areas
Chair: Carolyn Hayle (Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, UWI) | | Annalise Bayney (Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development)
Iwokrama: a living space for biodiversity conservation and development David Lee (Tourism Development Project)
A national park and protected areas system for St. Vincent and the Grenadines – the Tourism Development Project
Susan Otuokon (Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust) and Marlon Beale (Jamaica Conservation and Development Trust)
Protected areas policy and practice in the Caribbean
| 3:30pm-4:00pm
| Tea Break | | | | | 4:00pm-5:30pm | Roundtable Discussion: Challenges in Implementing Environmental Management Principles in Practice
Moderator: Eleanor Jones, Environmental Solutions Ltd
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Roundtable Panel Members:
Kadie Ebanks, Belize Electricity Limited
Marcia Creary, Jamaica Institute of Environmental Professionals
Peter Espeut, Environmentalist
Maurice Rawlins, The Cropper Foundation, Trinidad and Tobago
Winsome Townsend, National Environment and Planning Agency
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Wednesday, July 8 | 8:00am-9:00am | Registration | | | | | 9:00am-11:00am | Session: Environmental Education
Chair: Lorna Down (Institute of Education, UWI)
| | Maurice Rawlins (The Cropper Foundation), Keisha Garcia (The Cropper Foundation), and Mary Alkins-Koo (Department of Life Sciences, UWI)
Development of a case study booklet to support teaching of environmental science and geography’ Marceline Collins-Figueroa (Institute of Education, UWI)
Recommendations for creating outdoor education at the primary school level: guidelines for change agents Adonna Jardine-Comrie and Terri Ferguson (Environmental Management, UWI)
EESD and school curricula: theoretical reflections for research and practice
Marceline Collins-Figueroa (Institute of Education, UWI) and Janice Holung (Joint Board of Teacher Education, UWI)
Environmental education in pre-service teacher education in Jamaica: retrospect and prospect | | 11:00am-11:30am | Coffee Break | | | | | 11:30am-1:00pm | Session: The Community and Companies in Environmental Management
Chair: Ishenkumba Kahwa (Department of Chemistry, UWI)
| | Claudel Noel (Environmental Management, UWI)
Solid waste workers and environmental management in Haiti
Dave Augustin (St Lucia Solid Waste Management Authority)
Appropriate management of disposal sites: a case study of waste picking at the Vieux Fort solid waste management facility and the associated socio-economic benefits Ianthe Smith (Environmental and Engineering Managers Ltd)
Experience implementing environmental management systems in Jamaican companies
Gabin Jean Pierre (NDI Haiti)
Communities in environmental management in Haiti
| | 1:00pm-2:30pm | Lunch, Poster Displays, Exhibits | | | | 2:30pm-3:30pm
| Session: Water Resources
Chair: Vivian Blake (National Environment and Planning Agency) | | Suzanne Stanley (Carbon Hub, UK)
Water lock-off: the creation of water scarcity in Portmore, Jamaica Winsome Townsend (National Environment and Planning Agency)
A five-pillar model for integrated water resources management at the community level: advancing an environment and gender perspective
Kwame Emmanuel and Elizabeth Thomas-Hope (Environmental Management, UWI)
Tourism policy analysis for water resources management in Barbados
| | 3:30pm-4:00pm | Tea Break | | | | | 4:00pm-5:30pm | Roundtable Discussion: Challenges in Formulating and Implementing Environmental Policy
Moderator: Franklin McDonald, Institute for Sustainable Development |
Roundtable Panel Members:
Dunstan Campbell, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Marilyn Headley, Forestry Department
Ronald Jackson, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management
Diana McCaulay, Jamaica Environment Trust
James Moss-Solomon, Grace Kennedy Foundation
| | 6:00pm-7:00pm | Closing Remarks |
*Please note that this is a preliminary programme and times are subject to change.
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