Core commitments | TLC Barbados

Our Philosophy, Our Why

“In the end, we will conserve only what we love; we will, love only what we understand and we will understand only what we are taught and allowed to experience.”
Baba Dioum, Senegalese conservationist

We have identified areas that hold special characteristics of our unique Barbadian landscape and biodiversity. Those areas must be conserved. Many of these places have been designated for conservation by the Physical Development Plan which has proposed several areas as Natural Heritage Conservation Areas and others as National Forest Sites. However, implementation has been limited and is urgently needed.

Vision

- We envision a Barbados comprising fully functioning land and sea ecosystems supporting thriving communities of people, plants and wildlife.

Philosophy

- TLC Barbados’ philosophy is simple, we wish Barbadians to live in harmony with the ecosystems that sustain life on our island and our planet. The way to do this is to protect these ecosystems while fostering a love, understanding and respect for them.

Mission

- To protect and enhance precious natural landscapes and watersheds in Barbados to benefit our human and natural communities.

How are we going to preserve those spaces?

Land facilitation

We are facilitators and connectors. We collaborate with land owners, the Government of Barbados and our communities to protect our natural and ecologically sensitive areas and to manage them.

Partnerships with the Government of Barbados

The Land Conservancy Barbados works directly with the Government of Barbados through its environmental ministries to collaborate on management and protection strategies for areas identified for conservation. Each area identified holds unique land ownership and ecosystem needs and requirements and as a result no one approach will work for all sites. our approach to each site will be specific.

Conservation Easements - Work with private landowners

We offer options for private landowners who wish to see their lands used for conservation purposes even if they wish to transfer ownership to TLC.

Livelihoods enhancement

In our activities, we ensure that the areas to be conserved will create livelihood opportunities and revenue so as to be self sustainable.

Who Are we?

We are a group of environmentally dedicated individuals working in various fields in Barbados such as ecology, planning, law, design, engineering, environment specialists, who are concerned about natural heritage conservation in Barbados.

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