Protected areas of the Caribbean are significant in a region of particular ecological vulnerability, including the

impact of climate change The effects of climate change impact the physical environment, ecosystems and human societies. The environmental effects of climate change are broad and far-reaching. They affect the water cycle, oceans, sea and land ice (glaciers), sea level ...

and the

impact of tourism Tourism brings both positive and negative impacts on tourist destinations. The traditionally-described domains of tourism impacts are economic, socio-cultural, and environmental dimensions. The economic effects of tourism include improved tax re ...

. The

University of the West Indies The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in th ...

' "Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway" supports informational resources for the 16 Caribbean member states of the

Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is a group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Formerly known as African, Caribbean and Pacific Group ...

. It forms the regional component of the ACP's Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management program, building on the World Database on Protected Areas. The United Nations Environment Programme supports the Greater Caribbean through its Regional Seas initiative, but studies have pointed to the shortage of marine protected areas and marine reserves in the region as particularly detrimental to shark conservation, an issue also addressed globally though the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks. Comparative county-by-county studies on MPA enforcement have also been made by the Environmental Law Institute.

National trusts in the Caribbean

:''See National trust'' B: * Bahamas National Trust *

Barbados National Trust The 'Barbados National Trust'', founded in 1960, is an organisation which works to preserve and protect the natural and artistic heritage of Barbados and to increase public awareness of the country's historic and architectural treasures. These in ...

* Bermuda National Trust * Belize: List of protected areas of Belize
C: * National Trust for the Cayman Islands
D: * Dominica: List of national parks of Dominica * Dominican Republic: Protected areas of the Dominican Republic
G: *

Grenada National Trust Grenada ( ; Grenadian Creole French: ) is an island country in the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain. Grenada consists of the island of Grenada itself, two smaller islands, Carriacou and Pet ...

* National Trust of Guyana
H: *

Haiti National Trust Haiti National Trust is an international, non-governmental, and non-profit environmental organization dedicated to protecting the biodiversity of Haiti. The Haiti National Trust seeks to establish more protected areas, including national parks, an ...

* Haiti: List of protected areas of Haiti
M: *

Montserrat National Trust Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with roughly of coastline. It is ...

P: * National Register of Historic Places listings in Puerto Rico
S: *

Saint Lucia National Trust The Saint Lucia National Trust is a non-profit organization established by statute in 1975 on the island nation of Saint Lucia. It is charged "to conserve the natural and cultural heritage of Saint Lucia, and to promote values which lead to nati ...

T: * National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago

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