COORDINATING COMMITTEE | contacts
Chair Dr Ronald Barrow, Trinidad and Tobago;
Dr Janil Gore-Francis, Antigua and Barbuda;
Mr Charles Pierre, Dominica;
Prof Carlos Rodriguez, Dominican Republic;
Mr Paul Graham, Grenada;
Dr Richard Harrison, Jamaica;
Mr Raphael Archibald, St Kitts;
Mr Julius Polius, Saint Lucia;
Ms Alies van Sauers-Muller, Suriname.
Status CARINET, the first of BioNET’s LOOPs, was established in 1993 by endorsement of CARICOM, the Caribbean Community.
Member countries and territories 22: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti,
Jamaica, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and
the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and other Windward and Leeward Islands; subject to endorsement 1: Cuba.
Context CARINET has been mandated by the Standing Committee of CARICOM Ministers of Agriculture to provide adequate and reliable taxonomic services to the Caribbean sub-region in support of sustainable agricultural development, wise use of the environment and conservation of genetic resources.
Goals and priorities
- Establish and sustain within the
sub-region realistic self-reliance in taxonomy with an initial
emphasis on arthropods, nematodes, microorganisms, non-vascular
and vascular plants.
- Support national and sub-regional
programmes for sustainable agricultural development, the
sustainable use of our biodiversity and the conservation of the
environment.
- Assist member governments to meet their
commitments to the "Agenda 21 of UNCED", and their obligations as
signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
- Serve as an effective enabling facility
underpinning the broader interventions needed to assist member
governments to achieve full implementation of the policies of the
CBD.
- Provide member institutions and international organizations, NGOs, IGOs and donors with biological programmes within the sub-region, with the best possible advice on taxonomic matters, and the best possible taxonomic services in support of these programmes.
Current activities
- Build taxonomic capacity and develop of
human resourcs, systems and infrastructure.
- Establish and upgrate reference
collections.
- Develop and adapt user friendly taxonomic
tools and technologies.
- Strengthen information and communication
services.
- Maintain CariPestNet, a website and online network providing access to global specialist advice and information on pest identification and management, which was launched in November 2003 and is supported by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA).
Recent achievements
- Identification services provided to several member countries, mainly for insects and fungi.
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