From theRepeating Islands blog comes information about a recent decline in the population of mantou crabs in Martinique, and a consequent ban on crab hunting: In a press release, the Martinique Regional Directorate of the Environment (DIREN) reminds the public that, due to significant amount of deaths of mantou crabs (also known as mangrove land [...]
Archive | May, 2010
46th annual meeting of the caribbean food crops society
The Centro para el Desarrollo Agropecuario y Forestal is inviting participation in the 46th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society to be held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 12-16 July, 2010. The Caribbean Food Crops Society is an independent professional organization with interdisciplinary orientation and membership….It is a non-profit organization, which fosters communication [...]
eating sea turtles as a conservation measure?
Some people come to the Caribbean to see and swim with turtles. Others come to eat them: I went to Grand Cayman determined to dine on turtle because I was aware of the vexed saga of the Cayman Island Turtle Farm. The farm opened in 1968, established as a for-profit business by U.K. entrepreneur and [...]
sale of climate services a boon to guyana
As Guyana celebrates its independence, President Bharrat Jagdeo is extolling the benefits of the climate services initiative: Dramatically accelerated growth and development will be seen over the next two years from the sale of Guyana’s climate services, according to President Bharrat Jagdeo. In his presentation scheduled for last night’s independence flag-raising at the National Park, [...]
energy savings for usvi government
The government in the US Virgin Islands has secured federal funding to improve energy efficiency in public sector operations: The Virgin Islands government is using more than $9 million of federal stimulus money to invest in energy efficiency initiatives expected to save the government more than $2.1 million a year. Government House has announced that [...]
stronger regulation of pesticides in the dominican republic
Dominican Today reports briefly on a recent decree that imposes tougher restrictions on the use of pesticides in the Dominican Republic: Executive Branch Decree places the maximum limits for pesticides used on fruit and vegetable crops and other products, and sets a six month deadline to register the periods of potency, dose and frequency of [...]
new plans for cuba’s agriculture
The Inter Press Service reports on a recent meeting held to discuss agricultural reform in Cuba: Cuba’s strategy to boost production and reduce imports of food is intended to untangle the bureaucratic knots that hinder privately-run farms, responsible for 70 percent of the food on the country’s dinner tables. But in the five-year programme that [...]
the last survivors
“The Last Survivors” is a project intended to help protect two of the last remaining Caribbean endemic land mammals: the Hispaniolan solenodon and the Hispaniolan hutia. The Last Survivors website raises awareness of the last surviving Caribbean endemic land mammals and focusses conservation attention on these valuable but highly threatened species. Before humans arrived, around [...]
