I recently received an e-mail asking me to share the news that the Society for Economic Botany (SEB) now has a Caribbean chapter, and that chapter is looking to expand its membership: The SEB holds an annual meeting and the Caribbean chapter received formal recognition at the 51st conference held in Xalapa, Mexico, June 6 [...]
Archive | June, 2010
islands on the edge
The Caribbean is on the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change. This film explains what this means for Caribbean communities using footage from the region and interviews with expert scientists.
sea turtle tracking successes on nevis
The head of the Nevis Sea Turtle Group is happy with the success of the Group’s turtle tagging and tracking efforts: “It was a good feeling to know that we have been doing a job that has helped us to know what the sea turtles that nest on Nevis do, what is their behaviour between [...]
clean up and beautify trinidad and tobago
A few weeks ago Trinidad and Tobago’s new Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar launched a national Clean Up and Beautify programme: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday launched the Clean and Beautify programme to help stop flooding in Trinidad and Tobago. She said a two-pronged approach would be taken to co-ordinate integrated action on water resources management, [...]
volunteers wanted for sea turtle monitoring in anguilla
The Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources in Anguilla, along with the Anguilla National Trust (ANT), is looking for volunteers to help with a sea turtle tagging exercise on Tuesday June 29: The Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources is conducting a green sea turtle tagging exercise. The exercise is scheduled to take place at [...]
golding: room for improvement in environmental protection in the region
In his speech at the opening of the 5th Caribbean Environmental Forum (which concludes today), the Prime Minister of Jamaica said that the region has made considerable progress in terms of environmental protection, but still has a long way to go: Jamaican prime minister, Bruce Golding, has said that the Caribbean region is nowhere near [...]
praise for guyana’s low carbon development strategy
The World Wildlife Fund has commended Guyana for its pursuit of a low carbon development strategy: Vice President, Head of Latin America/Caribbean Program of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) US, Robert Troya today commended Guyana for its proposal for growth and development based on the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). He acknowledged that a low [...]
caruta seeking consultants for agro-processing study
The United Nations Development Programme’s Caribbean Regional Unit for Technical Assistance (CARUTA) is inviting expressions of interests from qualified regional consultants: CARUTA is also about to launch a consultancy for a study related to the use of solar dryers for agricultural produces (herbs, tuber and fruits). The study will be of a practical nature as [...]
looking for a young green genius in the cayman islands
The Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) is holding a competition for young Caymanians, to encourage them to think about how to live more sustainably: [The CCMI is] offering a prize to the young Cayman resident (16 yrs old or under) who can come up with the best ‘sustainability idea’. The prize will be three tickets [...]
reducing waste in aruban schools
The Women’s Club of Aruba has won an award for a project that seeks to reduce waste in schools: Recently, a delegation of the Women’s Club of Aruba returned from the U.S.A. with very pleasant news. Their ‘Medio Ambiente goes to school’ project won the first prize of the International Community Project contest, at the [...]
