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The Grenadine Islands lie on the Grenadine Bank extending some 120 km between Grenada and St. Vincent, and occupy
about 1,500 km of the bank. This area supports the most extensive coral reefs and related habitats in the south-eastern
Caribbean. The international boundary between Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines lies about midway down the
bank. The largest islands have towns and communities. Others are resort islands. Most are visited by yachters and fishers.
Tourism and fishing are the major sources of employment in the area. Tourism development is proceeding apace, while
fishery resources appear to be fully or overexploited. Governments of both countries perceive their Grenadine Islands as
having high potential for tourism and associated development. They also recognise the vulnerability of the marine and
terrestrial ecosystems of the area to environmental degradation and that sustainable development depends on conservation
of the resources. There the emerging view that the entire area should be a transboundary World Heritage Site. The Tobago
Cays Marine Park has been established and other MPAs are planned, but a broader approach is needed. Achieving
sustainable livelihoods from marine and coastal resources will need organisational change at many levels. There is a
complex interplay of local and international private interests, local, national, and international NGOs, as well as tensions
between main island government and local inhabitants. Therefore, conventionally planned change is difficult to implement.
The model of organisational change that is most likely to be applicable is one based the science of complex adaptive
systems and chaos theory. Intervention should employ `containers', `significant differences', and `transforming exchanges'
to increase the capacity for self-organisation among stakeholders. Understanding of other chaos elements such as
boundaries, butterfly effects, coupling and attractors can be used to encourage self-organization.
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Martin-Kaye, P. 1958. The geology of Carriacou. Bull. Amer. Paleont., 38:395-405.
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Martinez-Soto, A. and R. Gabriel. 1989. The development of a fisheries program and fisheries processing centre in
Carriacou. Report prepared for GOG/OAS.
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Mason, M. 2002. Tobago Cays Marine Park benthic habitat mapping project: Final report. Coral Cay Conservation
Ltd., London, UK. 24 pp.*
This is a report on the mapping project where the objectives of the project were to provide the TCMP with a comprehensive
benthic habitat map of the marine park. Three areas: Mayreau gardens, Horseshoe reef and Petit Tobac were given
precedence over the others. The maps were stored in a GIS compliant digital format and were hoped to be useful by park
management for future management purposes-build foundation for future monitoring.
Mather J. 1971. Report on the ground-water resources of Carriacou, Grenadines. Inst. Geol. Sci., London.
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Matthes, H. 1984. St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Formation of a fisheries development programme. FAO, Rome.
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Mayreau Environmental Development Organisation. 2003a. A management proposal for the Tobago Cays Marine
Park, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Mayreau Environmental Development Organisation. Mayreau Island,
Southern Grenadines. 19 th September 2003. 23 pp.*
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