CARDIN
Caribbean Disaster Information Network at UWI Mona
"CARDIN in collaboration with its partners seeks to provide a new and dynamic approach to accessing and disseminating disaster related information in a manner that adequately prepares and minimizes the effect of disasters in the Caribbean Region. This will be achieved through the collection, indexing and dissemination of disaster information to produce a comprehensive database which encompasses the English, French, Spanish and Dutch speaking Caribbean."
CCA
Caribbean Conservation Association
"The CCA exists to enhance the quality of life for present and future generations of the Caribbean by facilitating the development and implementation of policies, programmes and practices, which contribute to the sustainable management of the region's natural and cultural resources. We do this through a membership that covers the wider Caribbean amongst non-governmental organisations, within government structures and by individuals interested in voicing civil society's concern for the state of the environment in the Caribbean region."

CCA's old headquarters.
(Copyright Ilan Kelman 1999)
CDERA
Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
"It is a regional inter-governmental agency established in September 1991 by an Agreement of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to be responsible for disaster management...CDERA's main function is to make an immediate and coordinated response to any disastrous event affecting any Participating State, once the state requests such assistance. Other functions include:
- Securing, collating and channeling to interested governmental and non-governmental organizations, comprehensive and reliable information on disasters affecting the region.
- Mitigating or eliminating as far as possible, the consequences of disasters affecting Participating States.
- Establishing and maintaining on a sustainable basis, adequate disaster response capabilities among Participating States.
- Mobilizing and coordinating disaster relief from governmental and non-governmental organizations for affected Participating States."
CEHI
Caribbean Environmental Health Institute
"The Institute exists for the purpose of ensuring that the Caribbean citizenry, both present and future are able to experience a long and healthy life."
CEIS
Caribbean Energy Information System
"A regional network among a group of Caribbean countries, committed to the pooling and exchange of energy information. Its databases of information provides support for energy sector use and development, with the ultimate goal of contributing to the national development objectives of participating countries."
CHAMP
Caribbean Hazard Mitigation Capacity Building Programme
"The project is seeking to enhance regional capacity to reduce vulnerability to the effects of natural hazards. This will be done through the development of national hazard mitigation policies and implementation programmes, the promotion of the wider use of hazard information in development decisions and the strengthening of safe building practices building training and certification. CHAMP activities will be carried out in the four pilot states of Belize, British Virgin Islands, Grenada and St. Lucia."
ECLAC/CDCC
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean / Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee
A list of links with a Caribbean focus on "Natural and Environmental Disasters".
IDSD
Information for Decision-Making for Sustainable Development for
Caribbean Small Island Developing States
"As a step towards addressing gaps in access to information for decision-making for sustainable development in the Caribbean, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (GS/OAS) and the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) are collaborating on a one-year effort to be implemented in the Caribbean entitled 'Information for Decision-Making for Sustainable Development (IDSD) Project'. This website provides access to outputs from the IDSD Project. This includes the results gathered from assessment missions to the region, materials for a training course on information management, thought pieces and essays on approaches to information management, and a collection of best practices."
Jessamy, V.R. 2002. "Progression of Vulnerability of OECS States: A Historical Analysis of Root Causes". The Society for Caribbean Studies (UK) Annual Conference Papers, Volume 3.
Lewis, J. 1980. "Hurricane Damage". Nature, vol. 287, 9 October, p. 480.
14. O'Keefe, P. and C. Conway. 1977 (April). Natural Hazards in the Windward Islands. Bradford Disaster Research Unit Occasional Paper 14, University of Bradford, Bradford, U.K., full text (1,946 kb in PDF).
Participatory Planning in the Caribbean
A collection of resources related to participatory planning in the Caribbean.
Poncelet, J.L. 1997. "Disaster Management in the Caribbean". Disasters, vol. 21, no. 3 (September), pp. 267-279.
Rasmussen, T.N. 2004. Macroeconomic Implications of
Natural Disasters in the Caribbean, IMF Working Paper WP/04/224. IMF (International Monetary Fund), Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Ratter, B.M.W. 1996. "Complex Resource Management - Requirements for Sustainable Development on Small Caribbean Islands". Geographische Zeitschrift, vol. 84, issue 2, pp. 114-124.
stormCARIB
Caribbean Hurricane Network
"find information, weather discussions and local reports regarding tropical systems threatening the Caribbean islands. A central part of this website is the network of special local hurricane correspondents, living on the islands, who will report, when need be, on how it looks and feels like around them."
UNEP (M.C. Bernal, L.M. Londoño, W. Troncoso, P.C. Sierra-Correa, and F.A. Arias-Isaza). 2004. Caribbean Sea/Small Islands, GIWA (Global International Waters Assessment) Regional Assessment 3a. University of Kalmar, Sweden on behalf of UNEP.
UNEP (A. Villasol and J. Beltrán). 2004. Caribbean Islands, GIWA (Global International Waters Assessment) Regional assessment 4. University of Kalmar, Sweden on behalf of UNEP.
UNEP and SPREP PROE. 2005. Caribbean Environment Outlook. UNEP, Nairobi, Kenya.