REFLECTING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GOVERNANCE IN A COASTAL-MARINE CONTEXT: THE CASE OF ST. LUCIA

The paper analyzes how the Soufriere Marine Management Area (SMMA) in St. Lucia utilizes institutional adaptive capacity—specifically analytic deliberation, institutional variety, nesting, and networks—to achieve 'governance fit' in the face of environmental change. It finds that while the SMMA has evolved from top-down to participatory governance and demonstrates flexibility in rule application, challenges remain in including new stakeholders and addressing the distributional effects of conservation measures.

• The governance of the SMMA evolved through three phases, moving from an ineffective top-down regulatory approach in 1986 to a collaborative phase of marine zoning, and finally to the creation of the Soufriere Marine Management Association (SMMAssoc), which empowered community-level management.
• The governance system exhibits institutional nesting and redundancy through the roles of the SMMAssoc and the Department of Fisheries (DoFish). The SMMAssoc acts as the primary bridge for community-level actors, while DoFish coordinates national-level actors and provides advisory input on large tourism developments.

APA

Pittman, J., Armitage, D., Alexander, S., Campbell, D., & Alleyne, M. (2014). REFLECTING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GOVERNANCE IN A COASTAL-MARINE CONTEXT: THE CASE OF ST. LUCIA. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Working-Paper-Climate-change-and-governance-in-a-coastal-marine-context-St-Lucia.pdf

Chicago

Pittman, Jeremy, Derek Armitage, Steven Alexander, Donovan Campbell, and Marium Alleyne. REFLECTING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GOVERNANCE IN A COASTAL-MARINE CONTEXT: THE CASE OF ST. LUCIA. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014. http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Working-Paper-Climate-change-and-governance-in-a-coastal-marine-context-St-Lucia.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{pittman2014reflecting, author = {Pittman, Jeremy and Armitage, Derek and Alexander, Steven and Campbell, Donovan and Alleyne, Marium}, title = {{REFLECTING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND GOVERNANCE IN A COASTAL-MARINE CONTEXT: THE CASE OF ST. LUCIA}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2014}, month = apr, url = {http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Working-Paper-Climate-change-and-governance-in-a-coastal-marine-context-St-Lucia.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }