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Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC)

Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC)


Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC)

  1. Date Organization was Registered: August 15, 2000



  1. Country of Registration: United States of America and St. Maarten



  1. Address of Main Office:

    • Physical address: Nile Dr. #2, Maho, St. Maarten, Dutch West Indies





  • Mailing address: 411 Walnut Street, #6749; Green Cove Springs, FL 32043-3443; U.S.A.



  • Telephone: (1) 239-682-3518


Fax:

Email: info@epicislands.org

Website: www.epicislands.org
































4.  Contact Persons:
(a) Main Contact:(b) Secondary Contact:
·Name:Tabitha Stadler
·Email:director@epicislands.org
·Title:Executive Director


  1. Caribbean countries in which the organization has offices:

    • Maarten





  1. Caribbean countries in which the organization operates or has operated:



  • Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Maarten, St. Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago



  1. Purpose of organization (1 sentence).


Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) is an independent non-profit founded in 2000 with the mission of protecting the Caribbean environment through research, restoration, education, and advocacy.

  1. Program Areas - give titles and thematic focus:



  • Songbirds as Environmental Indicators Program – ornithology, habitat, education, training.



  • Conservation of Wetlands and Coastal Habitats Program – research, water quality, wetland restoration, wetland conservation, education, advocacy.



  • Conservation of Key Marine Bird Habitats Program – ornithology, education, restoration.


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  1. Current projects being coordinated by the organization (give titles only):

    • Conservation of Key Offshore Island Reserve of the Grenadines

    • Love the Lagoon project

    • Black-capped Petrel Project





  1. Current projects in which the organization plays a supporting role (give titles only):



  1. Participation in Caribbean regional inter-governmental arrangements:



  1. Participation in Caribbean regional programs:



  1. Caribbean or global organization(s)/partnership arrangement(s) in which your organization is a member:

    • United Nations Decade on Biodiversity

    • Small Islands Big Difference campaign





  1. Participation in Caribbean or global information networks:



  • Ocean Biogeographic Information System Spatial Ecological Analysis of Megavertebrate Populations (OBIS/SEAMAP)



  1. Information systems maintained by your organization:


(a) Documentation Centre:

(b) Online digital collection: Seabird Breeding Atlas of the Lesser Antilles. http://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/418

(c) Databases:


  • Seabird Breeding Atlas of the Lesser Antilles

  • Wetland Bird Monitoring of St. Maarten/St. Martin

  • Black-capped Petrel Radar Results (Haiti, Dominican Republic)

  • Songbird Health and Survivorship (St. Martin)

  • Avian Influenza Monitoring of Lesser Antilles



  1. Current number of staff: _2_Full time _6_Part time _2_Voluntary


Information Updated:  December 17, 2019