PREVIOUS PROJECTS
Montserrat Submarine Fibre Optic Project (Bunkum Bay, Montserrat)
Permitting engineer & EIA author
CMC was subcontracted under IT International Telecom Canada Inc. to obtain all necessary Government approvals and permits for the Montserrat Submarine Optic Cable Project. This included supervising marine ecological assessments, social impact surveys and the final production of a Limited Environmental Impact Assessment (LEIA) to the Government of Montserrat (GoM).
Climate Risk & Vulnerability Assessment for the Eslyn Henley Richez Learning Centre (BVI)
Environmental Consultant & CRVA author
CMC is providing technical support towards climate resilient design and construction management for of the re-development of the Eslyn Henley Richez Learning Centre at John’s Hole, Road Town, Tortola. Specifically, the project includes completing a Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment; design and implementation of a Sensory Rain Garden and an Environmental and Social Management Plan.
Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP): Planning and Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines)
Principal Marine Scientist
CMC was subcontracted under Digicel to carry out all ecologic marine studies and provide environmental permit support for the proposed installation of telecommunications cabling along the sea floor and landing ashore at nine individual sites in Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines. This included preparation of the Environmental & Social Impact Statement, tailored to meet permitting requirements of the host nations in conformance with the World Bank Operational Manual OP 4.01. (Completion date: December 2018).
Derelict Vessel Removal Programme (BVI)
Environmental Management Planning Specialist
CMC was hired to provide direct technical support on the mitigation of environmental risks for the project for removal and disposal of derelict boats. A total of ten (10) environmental management plans were completed for all key removal sites and staging areas. The project was placed on hold by the Government of the Virgin Islands.
Biologic Survey for a Borrow Site, Four Seasons Resort (St. Kitts & Nevis)
Principal Marine Scientist
CMC was contracted by Moffatt & Nichol to carry out a marine assessment within and adjacent to a borrow site approximately one mile north of the Four Seasons Resort in Nevis, West Indies for the purpose of sourcing sand to renourish the beach fronting the resort.
North Shore Integrated Coastal and Watershed Stabilization Project (BVI)
EIA author
CMC teamed with Smith Warner International and the Horsley Witten Group (HWG) to provide local technical support under a project aimed to analyse, arrest and reverse the causes of coastal erosion, flooding impacts and sedimentation of coastal waters that have plagued both Cane Garden Bay and Brewers Bay, Tortola over the past several decades. Environmental impact assessments were completed for four projects: Brewer’s Bay Coastal Revetment; Cane Garden Bay Coastal Revetment; Ross Pond Constructed Wetland and Ghut Restoration; and Constructed Wetland -Lower Cane Garden Bay Road.
Coral Restoration & Relocation Projects (BVI)
Project management
CMC was hired by Nanny Cay Marine, BVI to remove and relocate over 500 corals from the reef within the footprint of the outer marina development. After relocation to the reef outside the marina, monitoring one year later showed a success rate of 79%. Additionally, under our partnering non-profit, the Association of Reef Keepers (ARK), two coral nurseries were established in 2015.
Building Community Capacity to Reduce Island Erosion (BVI)
Project Manager, Grant Writer and Co-Author
The purpose of the project was to raise awareness of the cumulative impacts caused by watershed development that ultimately has a negative impact on our beaches and coastal waters and how individual property owners can reduce their impact. The main activities included a one-day workshop for government agencies, developers, designers and builders to learn more about practices being used in the USVI and to discuss the obstacles we currently have in the BVI that do not allow for improved watershed management. Information collected from the various stakeholder groups at the first workshop were included in a “Best Practices Manual: A Guide for Reducing Erosion in the British Virgin Islands”, an educational and practical guide for anyone developing in the Territory.
*Funding provided through the Foreign Commonwealth Office (Governor’s Office) Overseas Territories Environment Programme Grant
BVI Marine Awareness Guide 1st & 2nd Editions
Project Manager, Lead Author
The purpose of a “marine awareness guide” was originally to inform yacht charter visitors about the importance of the BVI’s marine resources but turned into an important educational tool for the local community. Funding for the first edition came from Tui Marine as part of planning approval for the expansion of their marina in Road Town, Tortola. Thanks to the Governor’s Office (FCO) for support and the initial funds to create another book and funding from numerous local businesses, the second edition was created. All photos were generously donated by local photographers. Both editions can be viewed at http://www.bvimarineawareness.com. A Spanish version is in the pipeline and a third edition will be created once the BVI proposed marine protected areas are passed and local environmental legislation is updated.
Assessment & Improved Management of New and Existing Marine Protected Areas in the British Virgin Islands
Project Partner/Collaborator (Conservation & Fisheries Department Team Participant)
This project assessed the efficacy of the BVI's existing MPA's and developed ways for their improvement. The project (a) created a marine protected area (MPA) network that accurately reflects the marine and coastal habitats of the BVI by the updating of the National Geographic Information Systems (NGIS) which records habitats, protected and special areas; and (b) developed a management plan for the BVI National Parks Trust Marine Conservation Programme that incorporates adaptive management techniques throughout the system of MPAs to ensure conservation and sustainable stakeholder use.
*Funding provided through the Foreign Commonwealth Office (Governor’s Office) Overseas Territories Environment Programme Grant
Darwin Initiative Assessment of the Coastal Biodiversity of Anegada, British Virgin Islands
Project Partner/Collaborator (Conservation & Fisheries Department Team Participant)
The main objective of this highly collaborative three year project was to carry out a detailed assessment of the coastal biodiversity (sea turtles, birds and flora) of Anegada, British Virgin Islands (BVI) leading to a Biodiversity Action Plan and capacity building for its implementation. The project outputs also assisted the BVI to meet its commitments to the Convention on Biological Diversity and to implement the targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.
Montserrat Submarine Fibre Optic Project (Bunkum Bay, Montserrat)
Permitting engineer & EIA author
CMC was subcontracted under IT International Telecom Canada Inc. to obtain all necessary Government approvals and permits for the Montserrat Submarine Optic Cable Project. This included supervising marine ecological assessments, social impact surveys and the final production of a Limited Environmental Impact Assessment (LEIA) to the Government of Montserrat (GoM).
Climate Risk & Vulnerability Assessment for the Eslyn Henley Richez Learning Centre (BVI)
Environmental Consultant & CRVA author
CMC is providing technical support towards climate resilient design and construction management for of the re-development of the Eslyn Henley Richez Learning Centre at John’s Hole, Road Town, Tortola. Specifically, the project includes completing a Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment; design and implementation of a Sensory Rain Garden and an Environmental and Social Management Plan.
Caribbean Regional Communications Infrastructure Program (CARCIP): Planning and Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines)
Principal Marine Scientist
CMC was subcontracted under Digicel to carry out all ecologic marine studies and provide environmental permit support for the proposed installation of telecommunications cabling along the sea floor and landing ashore at nine individual sites in Grenada, St Vincent and the Grenadines. This included preparation of the Environmental & Social Impact Statement, tailored to meet permitting requirements of the host nations in conformance with the World Bank Operational Manual OP 4.01. (Completion date: December 2018).
Derelict Vessel Removal Programme (BVI)
Environmental Management Planning Specialist
CMC was hired to provide direct technical support on the mitigation of environmental risks for the project for removal and disposal of derelict boats. A total of ten (10) environmental management plans were completed for all key removal sites and staging areas. The project was placed on hold by the Government of the Virgin Islands.
Biologic Survey for a Borrow Site, Four Seasons Resort (St. Kitts & Nevis)
Principal Marine Scientist
CMC was contracted by Moffatt & Nichol to carry out a marine assessment within and adjacent to a borrow site approximately one mile north of the Four Seasons Resort in Nevis, West Indies for the purpose of sourcing sand to renourish the beach fronting the resort.
North Shore Integrated Coastal and Watershed Stabilization Project (BVI)
EIA author
CMC teamed with Smith Warner International and the Horsley Witten Group (HWG) to provide local technical support under a project aimed to analyse, arrest and reverse the causes of coastal erosion, flooding impacts and sedimentation of coastal waters that have plagued both Cane Garden Bay and Brewers Bay, Tortola over the past several decades. Environmental impact assessments were completed for four projects: Brewer’s Bay Coastal Revetment; Cane Garden Bay Coastal Revetment; Ross Pond Constructed Wetland and Ghut Restoration; and Constructed Wetland -Lower Cane Garden Bay Road.
Coral Restoration & Relocation Projects (BVI)
Project management
CMC was hired by Nanny Cay Marine, BVI to remove and relocate over 500 corals from the reef within the footprint of the outer marina development. After relocation to the reef outside the marina, monitoring one year later showed a success rate of 79%. Additionally, under our partnering non-profit, the Association of Reef Keepers (ARK), two coral nurseries were established in 2015.
Building Community Capacity to Reduce Island Erosion (BVI)
Project Manager, Grant Writer and Co-Author
The purpose of the project was to raise awareness of the cumulative impacts caused by watershed development that ultimately has a negative impact on our beaches and coastal waters and how individual property owners can reduce their impact. The main activities included a one-day workshop for government agencies, developers, designers and builders to learn more about practices being used in the USVI and to discuss the obstacles we currently have in the BVI that do not allow for improved watershed management. Information collected from the various stakeholder groups at the first workshop were included in a “Best Practices Manual: A Guide for Reducing Erosion in the British Virgin Islands”, an educational and practical guide for anyone developing in the Territory.
*Funding provided through the Foreign Commonwealth Office (Governor’s Office) Overseas Territories Environment Programme Grant
BVI Marine Awareness Guide 1st & 2nd Editions
Project Manager, Lead Author
The purpose of a “marine awareness guide” was originally to inform yacht charter visitors about the importance of the BVI’s marine resources but turned into an important educational tool for the local community. Funding for the first edition came from Tui Marine as part of planning approval for the expansion of their marina in Road Town, Tortola. Thanks to the Governor’s Office (FCO) for support and the initial funds to create another book and funding from numerous local businesses, the second edition was created. All photos were generously donated by local photographers. Both editions can be viewed at http://www.bvimarineawareness.com. A Spanish version is in the pipeline and a third edition will be created once the BVI proposed marine protected areas are passed and local environmental legislation is updated.
Assessment & Improved Management of New and Existing Marine Protected Areas in the British Virgin Islands
Project Partner/Collaborator (Conservation & Fisheries Department Team Participant)
This project assessed the efficacy of the BVI's existing MPA's and developed ways for their improvement. The project (a) created a marine protected area (MPA) network that accurately reflects the marine and coastal habitats of the BVI by the updating of the National Geographic Information Systems (NGIS) which records habitats, protected and special areas; and (b) developed a management plan for the BVI National Parks Trust Marine Conservation Programme that incorporates adaptive management techniques throughout the system of MPAs to ensure conservation and sustainable stakeholder use.
*Funding provided through the Foreign Commonwealth Office (Governor’s Office) Overseas Territories Environment Programme Grant
Darwin Initiative Assessment of the Coastal Biodiversity of Anegada, British Virgin Islands
Project Partner/Collaborator (Conservation & Fisheries Department Team Participant)
The main objective of this highly collaborative three year project was to carry out a detailed assessment of the coastal biodiversity (sea turtles, birds and flora) of Anegada, British Virgin Islands (BVI) leading to a Biodiversity Action Plan and capacity building for its implementation. The project outputs also assisted the BVI to meet its commitments to the Convention on Biological Diversity and to implement the targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.
