Journal de la Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin #26

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After two years of working in collaboration
with the 15 European islands in the Carib-
bean, the first portion of the BEST project is
completed. Amandine Vaslet, who coordinates
the BEST program for the Caribbean along with
Romain Renoux, submitted a full scientific and
technical dossier to the European Union. This
report includes profiles for all the ecosystems for
these small slices of Europe scattered in the Ca-
ribbean Sea, as well as a list of geo-reference for
the 92 key zones for regional biodiversity, as well
as the 43 environmental corridors of international
importance. This document has achieved its goal,
which is to help Europe make the best choices
concerning future investments for the protection
of the Caribbean biodiversity. Amandine was hi-
ghly congratulated for the quality of her work in a
particularly complex region: 50% of the Overseas
European Territories are located in the Caribbean
Sea and are governed by France, The Nether-
lands, or Great Britain. This project, financed by
the European Commission, was jointly run by the
CAR-SPAW based in Guadeloupe, and the Ré-
serve Naturelle de Saint-Martin.
BEST: preserving
the biodiversity
of overseas europe
Le renforcement
de l’intégration
régionale
Le Journal de la
Réserve Naturelle
Nationale de
Saint-Martin N°26
Octobre 2016
Reinforcement
On A Regional
Level
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The European Commission did not waste any time in putting its BEST
program into practice, by launching a call for projects in all overseas
territories on April 25, 2016. Each of the projects selected will bene-
fit from financial support of 100,000€. To date, 15 propositions from
Bermuda and 12 Caribbean territories have been received in Brussels.
A committee of independent experts, including the Réserve Naturelle
de Saint-Martin and the CAR-SPAW, evaluated the projects submitted in
order to make a pre-selection of the best ones. A skill-building atelier
was held in Saint Martin on July 21 and 22 at the Beach Hotel in Mari-
got to help and accompany the beneficiaries in the rather complex
completion of the European dossiers.
Final projects were due by August 29.
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