Research on social protection to foster sustainable management of natural resources and reduce poverty in fisheries and forestry dependent communities in the Caribbean

摘要

This report presents the findings of a research study on social protection to foster sustainable development of natural resources and reduce poverty in fisheries and forestry dependent communities in the Caribbean. The study specifically examines social protection programmes and their use among small-scale fish harvesters and forest-users in the communities of Calliaqua and Diamond Village in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Blanchisseuse and Caura in Trinidad and Tobago. The report notes the keyfindings, and makes specific recommendations for the improvement of national social protection measures to benefit small-scale fishers and forest-users in each country.Social protection includes "all public and private initiatives that provide income or consumption transfers to the poor, protect the vulnerable against livelihood risks, and enhance the social status and rights of the marginalised; with the overall objective of reducing the economic and social vulnerability of poor vulnerable and marginalised groups" (FAO, 2015).