Compasscayman.com has been polling its readers about the controversial release of genetically-modified mosquitoes in the Cayman Islands. So far, the results stand as you see them above. Previously on Green Antilles: International controversy over release of genetically-modified mosquitoes in the Cayman Islands, Trial use of GM mosquitoes to control dengue in the Cayman Islands reported [...]
Archive | November, 2010
St. Maarten Nature Foundation launches Brown Pelican Project
The St. Maarten Nature Foundation will be assessing the condition of local Brown Pelican populations: In an effort to protect and manage one of St. Maarten’s Natural Treasures; the St. Maarten Nature Foundation will be launching a wide-scale project to determine the number and health of the island’s resident pelican population. The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus [...]
UNEP considering Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in the Caribbean
According to a press release from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), action may soon be taken to incorporate environmental education into mainstream higher education curricula in the Caribbean: Over the past three years, UNEP has also worked closely with over 90 universities across 42 countries in Africa in building a programme for bringing environmental [...]
Lead contamination and remediation in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago’s Environmental Management Authority (EMA) has produced this short film about the control, management and remediation of lead contamination. For a bit of background to this clip, see this 2008 newspaper article and these reports at the EMA website.
Belize reefs get poor grades on 2010 report card
A recent assessment of the health of the Mesoamerican Reef includes information about the condition of coral reefs in Belize, and the news is not particularly good. Belize’s Channel 5 reports: [A]ccording to Dr. Melanie McField [Director, Healthy Reefs for Healthy People], the 2008 to 2010 report card on the status of the reef is [...]
UNEP 20th International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is inviting submissions to the 20th International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment: The International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment is organized every year by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer and Nikon Corporation. It has been held [...]
Students from the University of the Virgin Islands present fisheries research at regional meeting
Faculty and Students from the University of the Virgin Islands’ Masters in Marine and Environmental Science programme shared some of their research findings at a regional fisheries meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico: Eight students from the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) recently participated in the 63rd annual meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean [...]
New research explains how Caribbean mangrove killifish can live out of water
Researchers from the University of Guelph in Canada have made new discoveries about the extraordinary mangrove killifish: “Fish out of water” has a new literal meaning for University of Guelph researchers who have discovered how some tiny fish can survive on land. Skin cells called ionocytes allow killifish – diminutive fish native to the Caribbean [...]
