SusGren has recently been awarded funding to carry out a marine spatial planning project from October 2010 - March 2012 entitled "Developing a Framework for a Comprehensive Marine Multi-use Zoning Plan for the Grenadine Islands", funded by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). In tandem, funding has been received through the Global Environment Facility Small Grants Program (GEF SGP) to ensure the involvement of Grenadines marine resource users in this marine spatial planning process through a complimentary grant entitled “Incorporating the Knowledge and Resource Values of Stakeholders in Marine Resources Management in the Grenadines”. Additionally, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) - Eastern Caribbean Program is providing additional technical support for this project.

Through the development of a transboundary multi-use marine zoning plan for the Grenadines, the project builds on pre-existing initiatives in the Grenadine islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada, namely: the Marine Resource and Space-use Information System (MarSIS) geodatabase and the Protected Area Systems Plans developed by both countries of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. Moreover, by using a broad collaborative approach, the project aims to ensure broad public buy-in, self-enforcement, and long-term sustainability of the plan through engaging government agencies, NGOs/community groups as well as the marine users (e.g. fishers, divers, ferry companies, day tour operators, yacht operators, water taxi operators)  from the project inception.