mapping of heritage sites presentation
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Alison K. DeGraff1 & Kimberly Baldwin2
Middlebury Compton Mentor Fellow1
CERMES, University of the West Indies2
Tobago Cays, SVG
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TCMP, SVG
The Grenadines
50 islands, islets and cays
9 inhabited islands
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Grenada
Carriacou, GRE
Union, SVG Mayreau, SVG
Petit St. Vincent, SVG & Petite Martinique, GRE Canouan, SVG
Participatory Mapping Local knowledge used
in mapping process
Share the control of the data collection
Builds ownership
Ca
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, GR
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Canouan, SVG Pet
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Ma
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e, G
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Mayreau, SVG
Kim Baldwin
Fisheries scientist
Marine biologist
Participatory research
Collaborative management
Geographic Information Systems
University of the W. Indies, Barbados
Mentorship
Barbados
Grenadines Marine Resource and Space-use Information System (MarSIS)
Participatory geographic information system (PGIS)
Merges local knowledge with scientific data
Holistic information base from which informed planning and management decisions can be made
Canouan, Mayreau, Petit Rameau, SVG
The Sustainable Grenadines, Inc Local transboundary NGO
Strengthen the capacity of community groups to participate in governance
Conservation of biodiversity & marine livelihoods
Interested in pursuing a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation as early as 2005
Union, SVG Union, SVG
UNESCO World Heritage Site Encourage conservation of
cultural & heritage sites
Benefits of UNESCO designation:
International recognition
Inspire ecotourism
Environmental protection
Carriacou, GRE Petit Tabac, SVG
Mustique, SVG
Objectives
Expand on the Grenadines MarSIS with terrestrial heritage information
Create GIS & GE data and maps for public access
Strengthen an application for the Grenadines as a UNESCO transboundary World Heritage Site
Bequia, SVG
Community members as ‘key informants’ to locate heritage sites
Snowball sampling technique
Took a GPS point and photograph at each site
Entered data in ArcGIS
Union, SVG
METHODS
Base Maps for Data Collection
Bequia, SVG
Mapping the Important Historical, Cultural, and Ecological Heritage Sites of the Grenadines
Carriacou, GRE
Canouan, SVG PM, GRE Union, SVG
Geodatabase Attributes
Viewpoints Viewpoint
Museums Historic Maritime
Early Agro-Processing Indigo Lime Sugar Cotton Storeroom Oven
Historic Buildings Church Building Estate House
Archaeological Sites Arch Dig Shell Median Pottery Work Stone
Colonial Defenses Forts Coastal Battery
Ruins Building Church Estate House Slave Quarters Road Bridge
Burial Ground Cemetery Gravesite
Windmills Windmill Wind Turbine
Cultural Sites Regatta Festival Ceremony Music
Water Sources Well Cistern Pond Manmade Pond
Whaling Whaling Station
Geologic Features Volcanic Rock Formation Cave
Ecological Sites Tree Garden Trail
43 Viewpoints
Canouan, SVG
Palm, SVG
Union, SVG
4 Museums Mustique, SVG
Battowia, SVG
Mustique, SVG
Bequia, SVG Saline, GRE
43 Early Agro-Processing
Sites
25 Historic Buildings
Bequia, SVG Carriacou, GRE
Carriacou, GRE
Bequia, SVG Mustique, SVG
10 Archaeological Sites
Bequia, SVG Bequia, SVG
13 Colonial Defenses
Carriacou, GRE Bequia, SVG
Canouan, SVG Union, SVG
Credit: Jamaal Adams
Ruins
22 Ruins Carriacou, GRE
Carriacou, GRE Bequia, SVG
27 Burial Grounds
Union, SVG
Carriacou, GRE
Mayreau, SVG
Carriacou, GRE
7 Windmills
27 Cultural Sites
Union, SVG
Mayreau, SVG Canouan, SVG
73 Water Sources
Carriacou, GRE
Union, SVG
PM, GRE
Carriacou, GRE
Credit: Jamaal Adams
Semples Cay, SVG
Petit Nevis, SVG
4 Whaling Sites
Bequia, SVG
Credit: Radio Grenadines
12 Geologic Features Frigate Island, SVG
White Island, GRE Frigate
Island, GRE
6 Ecological Sites
Credit: Stacie Steensland
Mustique, SVG
Mustique, SVG
Trevlyn Cox Jamaal Adams
Romould Compton Thomas Gellizeau
Vendol Ollivierre Margaret Bradford
Rufus Clement & Siblings
120+ participants in data collection
Community Meetings Validation Exercise
Petite Martinique, GRE
Carriacou, GRE
Mustique, SVG
Data shared & validated at a series of meetings
~300 attendants at 12 community validation meeting
Credit: Davon Baker
Credit: Kim Baldwin
RESULTS: 318 Heritage Sites 75 water sources
43 agro-processing sites
43 viewpoints
27 burial grounds
27 cultural sites
25 historical buildings
22 ruins
13 colonial defenses
12 geological features
10 archaeological sites
7 windmills
6 ecological sites
4 museums
4 whaling sites
Carriacou, GRE
Carriacou, GRE Credit: Jamaal Adams
UNESCO World Heritage Designation
June 2012, WHC representatives visited the Grenadines to assess the designation of the Grenadines Islands
Union, SVG
THANKS TO MY SPONSORS! Tobago Cays, SVG
Thank you! Questions?
Saline Island, GRE
Aly DeGraff Middlebury Compton Mentor Fellow [email protected]
Maps and data can be found at
www.grenadinesmarsis.com