The Nature Conservancy. Protecting nature. Preserving life.™
We're working with you to make a positive impact around the world in more than 30 countries, all 50 United States and your backyard. Support our work
Caribbean
Commitment to Sustainability
The underlying theme of our work throughout the Caribbean region is sustainability:
- Sustainable economies: Balancing the needs of the environment, society, and the economy to ensure our resources are not consumed faster than nature can renew them.
- Sustainable management: Providing dedicated, long-term support to the region's national parks and building capacity within these parks.
- Sustainable communities: Enabling local people to earn a living from tourism and other means while still conserving precious natural resources.
- Sustainable future: Addressing climate change and other impacts to our natural world.
Learn More About Our Work
Meet some of the people who are helping the Conservancy protect the Caribbean's priority lands and waters, and explore some of the places where our work is making a difference.
Three generations in the Dominican Republic share a love for nature and take their own paths to conserve it.
Scientist diver James Byrne talks about his "office" 60 feet deep and why there's hope for coral reefs.
In this Q&A, Eleanor Phillips shares how the Conservancy is helping curb the spread of the invasive lionfish.
A family forestry project provides Haiti residents with free, fast growing fuel and fruit trees.
Documenting the experiences of Jamaica's Pedro Bank fishermen.
How to address the crisis in the checkout line.
Give back to nature by protecting a piece of the Caribbean's expansive, and threatened, coral reefs.
Show your support for this effort which will provide dedicated, permanent funding for the creation and management of protected areas.
Show us what inspires YOU about the Caribbean. Join the Conservancy's Flickr group and tag your photos with Caribbean-TNC09.
Explore
Watch a slideshow of Conservancy efforts to restore coral reef health.
View a slideshow of this park's underwater beauty.
Jeff Yonover talks with our Director of Photography about his experiences in the Caribbean.
Conservancy documentary follows fishermen who make their living from the depleted waters of Jamaica's Pedro Bank.
Conservancy scientist captures the elusive Kirtland's warbler during its stay in The Bahamas.
See how the Conservancy is working around the globe to protect endangered turtles.
In the News
The Cayman Islands becomes the 9th country to announce its official commitment to the Caribbean Challenge. The country will establish comprehensive and effective national systems of marine and coastal protected areas that cover at least 20% of their near-shore marine/coastal environment by 2020 and intends to exceed the Challenge’s goal by protecting 30% of its shelf by the 2020 deadline. Last year, the country launched a three-year project to assess the status and impacts of the existing marine protected area system and provide solid science for the design of the expanded protected area system. To date, participating governments in the Caribbean Challenge include: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Conservancy Opens Office in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican coral reefs are the richest in the U.S. Caribbean, with 43 hard coral species identified there. Our work in the country had been managed from our St. Croix office, but a new multi-year cooperative agreement with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration has enabled us to ramp up our efforts and open an office in San Juan.
Read More
We need to act now, before it's too late. Watch the Video, Take Action
We're addressing Latin America's most pressing conservation issues. Read the Story
