Mapping of Heritage Sites Presentation

Alison K. DeGraff1 & Kimberly Baldwin2

Middlebury Compton Mentor Fellow1

CERMES, University of the West Indies2

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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

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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 akdegraff@gmail.com

Maps and data can be found at

www.grenadinesmarsis.com