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Greater Caribbean Safeguarding Initiative (GCSI) for Mutual Collaboration to Strengthen Offshore Safeguarding Efforts in the Greater Caribbean Region

Código: 5131-03

País: Trinidad y Tobago

Inicio: 01/06/2024

Finalización: 30/11/2025

Tipo: Proyectos de Cooperación Técnica

Descripción

As new pests increasingly continue to enter through various pathways, the Greater Caribbean Region (GCR) presents a significantly high risk to the United States. In an effort to reduce this risk, it becomes essential to work towards mitigating that risk offshore.

Objetivo General:

To increase the technical capacity, resources and develop long-term sustainability, within the GCR, to harmonize and regionalise mitigation capabilities that ultimately strengthens and enhances United States mitigation and safeguarding efforts.

Objetivos Específicos:

Utilize CPHD and GCSI networks to strengthen monitoring frameworks and reporting mechanisms that result in an effective region-wide system to support advanced and timely notifications of significant quarantine pests entering the Greater Caribbean Region (GCR).
Develop and deploy effective strategies, aligned with international standards and risk analysis, with regional partners to identify and address high-risk pathways with the potential to move pest of quarantine significance into and within the GCR.
Build on existing frameworks to develop a comprehensive, and scalable, regional emergency response and recovery plan that strives to support the joint response capability of the NPPO, CPHD, GCSI, and other regional partners.
Maximize the GCSI and CPHD networks to achieve an expanded and effective network that results in the sharing and dissemination of timely information, leverages collaboration, coordination, and outreach opportunities among U.S. entities and external regional partners –in alignment with GCSI operational goals
Identify, categorize, and increase the resources available to support the GCSI.

Resultados Esperados:

Improved capacity for TR4 diagnosis, detection, communication and reporting.
Strengthened Regional Early Warning and Safeguarding for Priority Pest of Mutual Concern to the USA and the Caribbean
Improved knowledge of regional and international phytosanitary issues and the safeguarding strategies to address the issues.
Increased communication and knowledge management tools for priority phytosanitary issues for the Caribbean.
Improved safeguarding systems for the Greater Caribbean Region through the use of digital tools.
Improved safeguarding the coconut industry in the Greater Caribbean through increased preparedness to manage potential incursions of the red ring nematode and its vector, the South American Palm Weevil.
Improved knowledge of priority pests for the Caribbean

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