PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE FOR
SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENTPISLM

Land Degradation Neutrality in Caribbean SIDS

Land Degradation Neutrality in Caribbean SIDS

Caribbean SIDS is strongly committed with their national LND target setting process including setting national baselines, targets and associated measures to achieve LND

Land Degradation Neutrality in Caribbean SIDS

Caribbean SoilCare

Caribbean SoilCare

Caribbean SIDS is strongly committed with their national LND target setting process including setting national baselines, targets and associated measures to achieve LND

Caribbean SoilCare

Caribbean Land and Soil Outlook

Caribbean Land and Soil Outlook

Caribbean Land & Soil Outlook, the premiere Public Education publication on Sustainable Land and Soil Issues in Caribbean SIDS

Caribbean Land and Soil Outlook

REALISTIC IMPACT OF GEF FUNDING OF CSIDS SOILCARE PHASE 1 PROJECT HIGHLIGHTED
Caribbean GIS Experts Strengthen Environmental Reporting with High-Resolution Data at PRAIS 4 Workshop in Grenada
From Recovery to Resilience: PISLM Reaffirms Strategic Partnership with Dominica at Ministry of Environment Planning Retreat- By Euan James
Grenada to Host Regional Technical Workshop on High-Resolution Land Degradation Reporting for Caribbean SIDS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON THE MINISTER OF FISHERIES MARINE AND LAND CONSERVATION AND THE MINISTER CLIMATE RESILIENCE AND AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND RURAL TRANSFORMATION
PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE HOLDS FIRST MEETING FOR THE CARRIACOU ILM PROJECT
PISLM Executive Director makes Courtesy Call on Jamaica’s Minister of Local Government to Support Hurricane Response and Recovery
PISLM CONGRATULATES SAMUDA AND CLARKE ON THEIR ELECTION TO SERVE THE UNEA
Protecting Our Soils, Protecting Our Future: World Soil Day 2025 Message from Executive Director of PISLM, Dr. Ronen Francis
Transforming Land Management and Reporting for SIDS: PISLM Launches CARSIS Platform at UNCCD CRIC23
PISLM’s Role in Building National Reporting in Caribbean SIDS Emphasized by ED, at CRIC 23 in Panama
SOILCARE Highlighted as Regional Example to Strengthen Drought Resilience
Caribbean SIDS with PISLM Champions Land Restoration Priorities at UNCCD CRIC23, Panama.
MAJOR BOOST FOR FARMING COMMUNITIES IN GRENADA- WITH DONATION OF EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE SOILCARE PROJECT
PISLM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REITERATES COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT FOR THE IYANOLA PROJECT IN ST. LUCIA.
PISLM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON HON. ALFRED PROSPERE, REINFORCES SAINT LUCIA–PISLM PARTNERSHIP
Reflecting on the passage of the PISLM CSIDS Bill 2025: Implications for Grenada
PISLM CONGRATULATES NEW IICA DIRECTOR GENERAL
Tangible Impacts of GEF Funding for SOILCARE Barbados Showcased During PISLM GCF/GEF Focal Points Field Trip
Grenada Passes Landmark Bill Establishing the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) for Caribbean Small Island Developing States (CSIDS)
Caribbean Governments Strengthen Regional Coordination on Climate and Land Management Finance as GEF–GCF Focal Points Meeting Commences in Barbados
PISLM and GWP-C Pledge to Strengthen Land and Water Management through signing of MOU.
PISLM Executive Directors Says The Carry A Tree To Carriacou Initiative Is A Bold And Hopeful Step To Safeguarding The Nation’s Lands.
PISLM Makes Headway in Haiti with CSIDS SOILCARE Project training over 80 in the latest soil survey and analysis methods.
PISLM Executive Director Pays Courtesy Call to the GCF Focal Point, CARDI Representative, Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Dr. Ronen Francis Presents Major Decisions Of The PISLM Ministerial Council At COTED Meeting At Caribbean Week Of Agriculture
DR. RONEN C.A FRANCIS’ SYMPATHY MESSAGE ON THE PASSING OF HON. VAUGHN P. MILLER
PISLM Title Sponsor of LCOY Dominica 2025
CARSOLAN and GLOSOLAN Meeting Priorities Strengthening Soil Laboratory Collaboration
Caribbean SIDS Strengthen Capacity for Land Degradation Reporting at PRAIS Workshop in Barbados
PISLM Mission to Petite Martinique to Assess Land Degradation
INCREASED SOIL TESTING CAPACITY FOR BARBADOS WITH NEW EQUIPMENT
Greater News Belize, Captures PISLM Award for Best Production on Land Degradation Neutrality
PISLM Executive Director Courtesy Call with Hon. Adrian Forde Barbados
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DR. RONEN FRANCIS’ COURTESY CALL WITH HON. LENNOX ANDREWS.
Haiti Continues Efforts to Restore Degraded Land- through Phase 1 of the CSIDS SOILCARE Project
PISLM’S SOLCARE Project Highlighted Among Impactful and Innovative Projects Reducing Land Degradation and Drought by PISLM Scholar Darron Williams
Dr. Ronen Francis, Executive Director of PISLM, Courtesy makes courtesy Call at Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Agriculture in Grenada
MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ILM PROJECT MEETS WITH STAKEHOLDERS AHEAD OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES.
PISLM SHOWCASES HOW INTERNATIONAL FUNDING TRANSLATES TO REDUCING LAND DEGRADATION AND IMPROVING LIVELIHOODS WITHIN GRENADA DURING GEF NATIONAL DIALOGUE
PISLM ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DR. RONEN FRANCIS
PISLM and Grenada Sign Historic Host Country Agreement
SOILCARE PHASE II ENGAGEMENT SESSIONS HELD AS BAHAMAS JOINS A COALITION OF COUNTRIES COMMITTED TO RESTORING LANDSCAPES AND SECURING A RESILIENT AGRICULTURAL FUTURE
Caribbean Ministers to Convene for High-Level Fourth Session of the First Ministerial Council and Gala of the Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management
PISLM Champions Regional Cooperation and Sustainable Land Management at Landmark Peace Forest Initiative Workshop in Panama
OUTGOING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COURTESY CALL WITH HON. VAUGHN P. MILLER OF THE BAHAMAS
PISLM Charts New Strategic Direction at Staff Retreat
SIRDI Belize Equipped with Advanced Soil Testing Tools Under SOILCARE Project
SOILCARE Project Completes 1st Phase of Major Effort to Rehabilitate Degraded Forest Reserve and Protect the Vital Forest Reserve in Les Avocat-Grenada
PISLM Announces the Retirement of Executive Director Calvin James
Calvin James, Executive Director of PISLM, Extends Congratulations to The Honorable Stuart Young on His Appointment as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Restoration Of Les Avocats Forest Reserve Through CSIDS SOILCARE Project
REGIONAL TECHNICIANS POISED TO SEQUESTER SOIL ORGANIC CARBON: A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS REDUCING LAND DEGRADATION
SECOND DIGITAL SOIL MAPPING TRAINING HELD- FOCUSING ON SOIL ORGANIC CARBON SEQUESTRATION MODELLING
Stakeholders welcome the opportunity to Contribute to Dominica’s Biennial Update Report and Biennial Transparency Report
PISLM CONTINUES REGIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING WITH SOIL ORGANIC CARBON SEQUESTRATION MODELLING TRAINING SCHEDULED FOR GRENADA IN FEBRUARY.
Press Release- Guyana Commences First National Soil Sampling Survey in over 30 years.
Press Release: Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Blue and Green Economy Host Annual Farmer and Fisherfolk Awards Ceremony
Press Release: Laboratory Technicians in eight (8) Caribbean Small Island Developing States Complete Training to Enhance Soil Testing Capabilities for Sustainable Agriculture and Climate-Resilient Food Systems
PISLM LOOKS FORWARD TO THE CREATION OF NATIVE DATA SETS AND STRENGTHENED CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SIGNING OF AGREEMENT WITH APACHETA 
PISLM JOINS DISCUSSIONS AT GEF-8 AND BEYOND SIDE EVENT- SECURING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR LAND
CARIBBEAN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES URGE ACTION ON DROUGHT THREATS AT COP16, CALL FOR INCREASED FINANCING AND COLLABORATION
SIDS PAVILION LAUNCHED AT UNCCD COP16 IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
PRESS RELEASE – SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES TO HOST PAVILION AT UNCCD COP FOR THE FIRST TIME
PRESS RELEASE – Innovative Research at RAC/NAT: Boosting Agro-Resilience with Hot Peppers and Biofloc Shrimp Farming
COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) – AGRICULTURE ENDORSES PISLM AS THE EXECUTING AGENCY FOR THE CARIBBEAN LDN TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT
PRESS RELEASE – Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management Advances Headquarters Agreement facilitating dialogue with Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PRESS RELEASE-Caribbean Countries participate in the Regional Preparatory Meeting ahead of the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
Press Release- Grenada’s Produce Chemist Lab receives Soil Testing Equipment from the PISLM CSIDS-SOILCARE Project
PRESS RELEASE – BUILDING BACK BETTER! A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR CARRIACOU TO HAVE AN IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AS PISLM RESTRUCTURES ILM PROJECT TO RESTORE INTERVENTION SITES POST BERYL
JOURNALISTS FROM JAMAICA & GUYANA CAPTURE PISLM SPONSORED AWARDS ON LDN AT 35 TH NGC CBU MEDIA AWARDS
Pre COP 16 Meeting held in Nassau, The Bahamas
PRESS RELEASE-CONCERTED EFFORT NEEDED TO ADVANCE TECHNOLOGIES INTO SCHOOLS- TO INVOLVE YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE
CARIBBEAN MINISTERS FOR UNCCD SET TO MEET IN THE BAHAMAS FOR A PRE-COP EVENT IN AUGUST.
PRESS RELEASE- PISLM HOSTS INCEPTION WORKSHOP AHEAD OF COMMENCEMENT OF PHASE 2 OF SOILCARE
Community Activist Welcomes Support for Farmers in Chambord, Grenada.
PISLM Recognizes Land Heroes
PISLM designated as an IGO
PRESS RELEASE- PISLM AND BCRC SIGN MOU THAT PROMOTES CAPACITY BUILDING AMONG CSIDS
PISLM Initiates Regional Response Post Beryl
PRESS RELEASE- PISLM WORKING WITH HAITI TO STRENGTHEN NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO MEET TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT
PISLM Solidarity Statement after Passage of Hurricane Beryl
World Desertification and Drought Day Remarks – Mr. Calvin James (Executive Director)
MESSAGE FROM CSIDS-SOILCARE PHASE 1 – ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION & DROUGHT, 17 JUNE 2024
PRESS RELEASE- PISLM JOINED WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY CELEBRATIONS IN DOMINICA
PISLM MOVES TO MAKE C-SAC DE FACTO TOOL FOR SOILCARE PROJECT
PISLM MEETS WITH REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS TO CHART THE WAY FORWARD FOR SOILCARE
PRESS RELEASE- GRENADIAN STAKEHOLDERS VALIDATE FINDINGS FROM SOILCARE PROJECT INTERVENTION SITES
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES INFORMATION UPDATE
ST. LUCIA TO BENEFIT FROM SOILCARE INTERVENTIONS FOLLOWING VALIDATION WORKSHOP
PISLM values

Focusing on promoting sustainable land managementPromoting

Recognized regionally and internationally as a leading organization in sustainable land management, PISLM leverages resources from the international financial community to undertake significant developmental actions in Caribbean SIDS.

Its growth and credibility stem from regional efforts rather than external sources
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Our Mission

To harmonize policies, provide innovative solutions and capacity building in collaboration with Caribbean Small Island Developing States to meet their obligations on sustainable land management and soil health

Vision Statement

We envision becoming the premier sustainable land and soil management inter-governmental organization in the Caribbean by 2025
Who is PISLM

About Us

The Partnership Initiative for Sustainable Land Management (PISLM) is an independent inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in their participation in the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

Since its inception, PISLM has been crucial in executing various Global Environment Facility (GEF) projects aimed at sustainable land management.

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Land Data for Caribbean Countries

Land Statistics

The land statistics of the Caribbean region offer a fascinating glimpse into the geographical diversity, agricultural heritage, and environmental challenges facing this vibrant corner of the world. From the fertile plains to the rugged mountains, the Caribbean's landscapes tell a story of resilience, adaptation, and the ongoing quest for sustainable development in harmony with nature.

As the region continues to evolve and grow, understanding and preserving its land resources will be essential for ensuring a prosperous and sustainable future for all who call the Caribbean home.
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