Participatory governance of natural resources in the Caribbean

What is participation?

• Participation in the context of natural resource management can be described as a process that: facilitates dialogue among all actors;
• mobilises and validates popular knowledge and skills;
• encourages communities and their institutions to manage and control resources;
• seeks to achieve sustainability, economic equity and social justice; and
• maintains cultural integrity (Renard and Valdés-Pizzini 1994).