Caribbean Coastal Area Management Foundation

Promoting sustainable development and conservation of the natural environment in the Portland Bight Protected Area

In the News

Sharing stories that matter. Stay connected with the latest updates, press releases, and media coverage from C-CAM. Here you’ll find stories of conservation in action, community partnerships, and the ongoing work to protect Jamaica’s Portland Bight Protected Area.

Ecotourism

Our professional naturalists offer guided explorations of the Portland Bight coast. We welcome school groups for field trips and group tours of the Discovery Center and protected area

What We Do

With substantial marine and terrestrial areas, hosting industry, commerce and human settlements in close proximity to wilderness ecosystems, the PBPA is a microcosm of an island state in urgent need of sustainable development

Explore Portland Bight Protected Area

We offer tours of the rivers, wetlands, islands, and coastline of the Portland Bight Protected Area.

Get Involved

Our Projects

  • Featured Project

    Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund CEPF

    Strategic Direction from the CEPF Ecosystem Profile 1 Improve the protection and management of 33 priority sites for long-term sustainability
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  • Featured Project

    European union (EU) funded project

    The project runs from December 2021 to November 2023. It is being implemented in Jamaica’s largest protected area. This includes 210 kilometres of Jamaican dry forests, areas which have been classified as subtropical dry forests and include Hellshire Hills, Goat Islands, Portland Ridge and the Braziletto Mountains, including Harris Savannah.
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  • Featured Project

    USAID Combating Wildlife Trafficking Program

    The Combating Wildlife Trafficking Program is a regional project to address the illegal collection and the international and national poaching and trafficking of endemic and globally threatened species from the Caribbean.
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    VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES

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    Funding Partners