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Rapid
Assessment of the Economic Value of Ecosystem Services Provided by Mangroves
and Coral Reefs and Steps Recommended for the Creation of a Marine Protected
Area Caracol Bay, Haïti
Organization of American States
Inter-American Biodiversity Information
Network (IABIN)
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ReefFix: An ICZM Coral Reef
Restoration, Watershed Management and Capacity Building Demonstration
Project for the Caribbean
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Map of Proposed MPA at Caracol Bay, Haiti
Many considerations must
be addressed when deciding on the designation of a site or sites as Coastal
and Marine Protected Areas (marine preserves/reserves or marine protected
areas). Among these are: (i) Where it should be located and why (e.g.
beaches, biodiversity, tourism corals, or any combination of factors); (ii)
Its size
(iii) Its possible
interlinking with other reserves (both terrestrial or marine)
Other aspects which must
be taken into consideration include:
For the Caracol Bay area
the most directly concerned fishing communities are :
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Bord de
Mer de Limonade
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Montolon
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Caracol
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Cap
Haitien
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Phaëton
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Ft. Liberté
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The most directly
implicated Government entities are:
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Ministry of Justice
– (regular police and coast guard)
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Office of the Prime
Minister
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Government offices
of the Department of the Northeast
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The most directly
concerned private sector entities are:
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Chambre
de commerce – Nord
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Concerned
fisher’s associations
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Environmental/Developmental NGOs working in the area
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Recommended steps towards
the creation of MPAs in Haiti:
1) Determination of
need (why)
2) Consultations with
public and private sector to determine the support level for the creation of
a marine reserve
3) Initial survey for
the preliminary outline of the reserve
4) Consultations with
public and private sector to determine approval for outline
5) Designation of site
either through:
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Presidential
Decree (Arrêté), or
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Parliamentary
approved law (much more difficult and a much longer process)
6) Establish internal
zoning as needed according to a classification system (e.g. IUCN)
7) Establish management
regime and responsibilities
Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Results
The
Ecosystem Value Transfer (EVT)/Benefit Transfer Method (BTM) was used to
calculate the estimated value for ecosystem services. In this methodology
values which have already been estimated for similar ecosystems are
extrapolated to the study site. For this activity, a value of US$ 20,000
($/Ha/yr) rate for mangroves, and US$ 5,000 ($/Ha/yr) rate for coral reefs
is used based on a conservative low end average from a high of US$ 35,000
($/Ha/yr) for mangroves and US$ 10,000 ($/Ha/yr) estimated by UNEP.
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Caracol's Mangroves Park, Haiti
Reports
Available
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Report 2009 Part 1
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Report 2009 Part 2
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