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).