Actions

There are many reasons why we take action for wildlife conservation.

Of course, we have limited resources, so the actions required will be prioritized for implementation to guide our work across the next decade. Each theme is linked to an objective that will contribute to indicators for success. Part of the work of the Division of Fish and Wildlife will be to monitor the actions taken by all stakeholders in the U.S. Virgin Islands community to determine if we're making progress towards our thematic actions. To that end, DFW will be initiating an annual gathering of conservation stakeholders to review the SWAP, provide updates, and present research and conservation initiatives and findings. This effort will align with the annual Caribbean Conservation Community of Practice (CCCoP) gathering.

The actions were ranked during the 2025 feedback period to help the USVI focus its resources. We created a survey asking candidates to select the most important 3 of 13 focus areas binning the 63 actions included in the 2015 SWAP actions. The top actions received a selection from at least 40% of respondents, which we're calling Tier 1, a larger group received a selection from 20 - 30% of respondents, which we're calling Tier 2, and some actions received a selection from fewer than 20% of respondents, which we're calling Tier 3 as being little supported at this time.

Tier 1 (supported actions) - 4 focus areas:
1. 1. Staffing and funding
  2. Data collection and analysis
  3. Direct habitat and species management
  4. Incentives for stakeholders
Tier 2 (partially supported actions) - 7 focus areas:
1. 1. Technical training for stakeholders
  2. Species reintroductions
  3. Property acquisition
  4. Species management plans
  5. Stakeholder engagement
  6. Designating protected areas
  7. Outreach and education plans
Tier 3 (little support) - 2 focus areas:
1. 1. Technical assistance to stakeholders
  2. Environmental review of government permits and plans

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