Mrs Hyacinth ARMSTRONG-VAUGHN

Protected Areas Coordinator, BIOPAMA Programme, IUCN

Hyacinth Armstrong-Vaughn has over 15 years’ experience in environmental conservation. Her work has focused on educating communities and citizens to the importance and value of the Caribbean’s rich natural heritage; and improving the capacity of institutions, communities and individuals to manage the natural environment better, especially in protected areas across the Caribbean. She is currently coordinating the Biodiversity and Protected Areas Management (BIOPAMA) Programme for the Caribbean, which aims to improve the management and governance of protected areas through the provision of tools, services and funding for the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. She works closely with the Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway, a resource hub for biodiversity and protected area data and information, hosted at the Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) at The University of the West Indies in Barbados.