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Meet the Clearing-House
Mechanism Team
"Together we make it
happen."
Suzanne Davis
National Focal Point for Jamaica Clearing-House Mechanism
National Focal Point for Biosafety Clearing-House
Suzanne Davis returned as the National Focal Point for Jamaica’s Clearing-House Mechanism (JA CHM) and Biosafety Clearing House in 2009 after pursuing Ph.D. Studies in Canada. Her Ph.D. research focus at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario was on the management of protected areas systems in tropical islands. She previously obtained a M. Phil. in terrestrial ecology at the University of the West Indies, Mona and a certificate in Spatial Information Technology at the University of Durham, United Kingdom.
As the National Focal Point, Ms. Davis is responsible for the organization and implementation of the CHM Programme. Through a variety of electronic and print media, information on biodiversity and its conservation is collected, exchanged and distributed in order to support national conservation efforts and to contribute to public education and awareness.
Suzanne has worked in Jamaica’s environmental sector as an assistant environmental officer to a water resources authority, and as a bird ecologist for the manager of the Blue & John Crow Mountains National Park. Abroad, she lectured a 3rd year undergraduate course on Protected Areas. She has also successfully written and drafted project proposals that were awarded funding for the development and publication of a Teacher’s Guide to the Birds of Jamaica (a project of BirdLife Jamaica) and a field survey and inventory of the birds of the Mason River Protected Area (collaborative project between Institute of Jamaica and BirdLife Jamaica).
Suzanne was the recipient of a 2008 TransCanada Pipelines Award for her Ph.D. research. She also received partial funding for her fieldwork from the Environmental Foundation of Jamaica, and from a SSHRC grant awarded to her supervisor.
A keen birdwatcher with a great interest in natural history and protected areas, Suzanne is a member of BirdLife Jamaica, the Society for the Conservation &Study of Caribbean Birds, Natural History Society of Jamaica and the George Wright Society (for Parks and Protected Areas).
Contact Info:
Natural History Division
Institute of Jamaica
10-16 East Street
Kingston
Tel: (876)922-0620-6
Fax: (876)922-1147
chm.nhd@cwjamaica.com
Natural History Division
Institute of Jamaica
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