The Trinidad Express reports on the efforts of a local falconer to preserve the Great Black Hawk and other birds of prey in Tobago. Kelton Joseph, of the Tobago Birds of Prey and Rehabilitation Centre, says that Great Black Hawks are now the rarest birds in Tobago. “This species of hawk is critically endangered in [...]
Archive | March, 2010
agricultural show and land-use policy in jamaica
Two bits of agriculture-related news out of Jamaica. Last week, the Jamaica Agricultural Society officially launched the 2010 Montpelier Agricultural and Industrial Show. The show will take place on Monday April 5, and its theme is Agriculture—The Answer to Recession. Speaking of the JAS‘s plans for this year’s show, Mr. Glendon Harris, president of the [...]
energy efficiency at bahamian hotels
The Nassau Guardian reports on the results of a round of energy audits carried out at hotels in The Bahamas: Going green could mean up to 30 percent more cash for the hotel industry, new research has discovered. The results are in from a first round of energy audits recently conducted on hotels in The [...]
coral reef research in little cayman
At their Little Cayman Research Centre, the Central Caribbean Marine Institute aims to monitor and understand declines in reef health and to find ways to reverse those declines. Their work is particularly important in light of news like this: Numerous studies predict coral reefs are headed for extinction worldwide, largely because of global warming, pollution [...]
bahamas coastal awareness month
April is National Coastal Awareness Month in the Bahamas. In recognition of the month, and of the importance of protecting the beaches and coastlines of the Bahamas, the Coastal Awareness Committee has organised several clean-up projects. (See photos from clean-ups in previous years, with more at the Coastal Awareness Committee’s Facebook page.) Coastal Awareness Month [...]
agriculture open day, nevis
The Department of Agriculture in Nevis recently held its 16th Annual Agriculture Open Day. At the opening of the event, Nevis Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing, Cooperatives and Fisheries, the Honourable Robelto Hector, emphasized the importance of local food production and asserted the Ministry’s continued commitment to the development of Nevis’s agricultural sector. I call [...]
international year of biodiversity
The United Nations has declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. This year, we are all encouraged to consider the following: You are an integral part of nature; your fate is tightly linked with biodiversity, the huge variety of other animals and plants, the places they live and their surrounding environments, all over [...]
trees for the future in haiti
Earlier I posted about the FAO‘s Fruit Trees for Haiti initiative. Trees for the Future is an agroforestry resources centre that has been carrying out a similar programme in Haiti for several years. Since early 2002, Trees for the Future has been working on community-led projects throughout Haiti which are designed to address the communities’ [...]
fgcu field trip to st. lucia
A contingent from Florida Gulf Coast University will be visiting St. Lucia on an inter-disciplinary field trip. Two members of faculty and ten students, from the University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts and the Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences, will be in St. Lucia from May 22 to June 4, 2010. While in [...]
