Guadeloupe Port Caraïbes (GPC) is one of five port authorities shortlisted for the ESPO Award 2016 which is based on safeguarding and further upgrading the nature in the port area.
Guadeloupe Port Caraïbes (GPC) is committed to driving development across the entire archipelago, which is in line with its environmental responsibilities. To do so, GPC created Cáyoli, its Natural Areas Management programme with three main objectives:
- To preserve and manage natural areas in order to restore and protect Guadeloupe’s biodiversity;
- To raise awareness about issues of environmental protection and sustainable development;
- To apply the principles of Avoidance, Reduction and Compensation in the port’s day-to-day activities.
Cáyoli created separate management plans for all of the natural areas within the port’s domain, mainly surrounding its 5 different sites: Pointe-à-Pitre, Jarry, Bas-du-Fort, Basse-Terre and Folle Anse. Each action plan is developed based on the initial environmental state of the site and on the basis of ambitious objectives shared with the stakeholders.
To raise efficiency of Cáyoli actions, Guadeloupe Port Caraïbes decided to act simultaneously on three emblematic natural environments: mangrove forest, inshore shallows and coral reefs.
Learn more about the project here
