Avau, J.

Cunha-Lignon, M.

Dahdouh-Guebas, F.

De Myttenaere, B.

Godart, M.-F.

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ANALYSIS OF TOURISM SETTINGS AND MANAGEMENT IN CARIBBEAN 
MANGROVES: CASE-STUDIES IN THE FRENCH ANTILLES AND IN 
JAMAICA 
Jonathan Avau1,2, Marília Cunha-Lignon2,3, Bernard De Myttenaere1,  
Marie-Françoise Godart1 and Farid Dahdouh-Guebas2,4 
1 Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Institut pour la Gestion et l’Aménagement du Territoire, 
Avenue Depage 13, 1050, Brussels, Belgium 
E-mail: javau@ulb.ac.be  
2 Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Complexity & Dynamics of Tropical Systems, Avenue 
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 50, 1050, Brussels, Belgium 
3 Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brazil 
4 Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Plant Biology and Nature Management, Mangrove 
Management Group, Pleinlaan, 2, 1050, Brussel, Belgium 
 
Anthropogenic pressures have become so many that mangroves ecosystems are in great 
peril world-wide (Duke et al., 2007).  Various factors contribute to this threat, one of 
which is tourism.  We are interested in investigating which kind of activities could be 
destructive and how we can reverse this trend for mangroves. Often touristic activities in 
the vicinity of mangroves have negative impacts on the mangrove forest.  However, 
could tourism not be organised in such a way that mangroves can be preserved and 
protected? This research sets out to respond to this question and to compare two 
Caribbean areas in their coastal zone management: Baie Fort-de-France in Martinique 
and Grand Cul-de-Sac marin in Guadeloupe, both part of the French Antilles, and the 
Black River Lower Morass in Jamaica.  We investigated leisure and touristic activities in 
mangroves, their environmental impact, their implications for the local inhabitants, and 
finally, the perception on mangroves by different local stakeholders.  Our sampling was 
primarily done based on individual and group interviews with the respective 
stakeholders (local authorities, commerce and communities), but we also collected local 
reports, theses, and other publications as secondary sources. 
References 
Duke N.C., J.-O. Meynecke, S. Dittmann, A.M. Ellison, K. Anger, U. Berger, S. Cannicci, 
K. Diele, K.C. Ewel, C.D. Field, N. Koedam, S.Y. Lee, C. Marchand, I. Nordhaus and 
F. Dahdouh-Guebas. 2007. A world without mangroves?  Science 317: 41-42. 


Analysis of tourism settings and management in Caribbean mangroves: case-studies in the French Antilles and in Jamaica

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