Bird festival inspires youth across the Caribbean
BirdsCaribbean media release — “We’re so excited to have an event in Haiti this year!” Ingrid Flores is delighted to add a new country to her map of events. She is the coordinator of the Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival (CEBF). It is organized every year by BirdsCaribbean. Partners across the …
Frigatebirds return to Barbuda
After the devastation of Hurricane Irma in 2017, most of Barbuda’s frigatebird population disappeared from the island’s Codrington Lagooon, which is said to be the second-largest frigatebird nesting site outside the Galapagos. The BBC reports that frigatebirds have begun returning to Barbuda: The aptly named magnificent frigatebirds are famed for …
Detroit Zoo’s breeding programme boosts population of endangered Puerto Rican crested toad
Since 1995, the Detroit Zoo has been working, through a cooperative breeding programme, to preserve and grow populations of the critically endangered Puerto Rican crested toad (Peltophryne lemur). Recently the zoo sent over 11,000 tadpoles to Puerto Rico to help increase the toad population in the wild: Detroit Zoo officials …
Atlantis Resort in The Bahamas supports manta ray research and conservation
Did you know that the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in The Bahamas is a significant hub for manta ray research and conservation? [Earlier this month] at Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in The Bahamas, one of only two aquariums in the Western Hemisphere to presently care for and study the manta …
Event: BirdsCaribbean International Conference 2019
BirdsCaribbean is inviting birders to save the date for their 22nd International Conference, which will be held in Guadeloupe July 25 to 29, 2019: Planning is underway for the 22nd International Conference of BirdsCaribbean. We are excited to announce that we will be hosted by Parc National de la Guadeloupe …
Co-founder of Bahamas-based coral farm in the running for UN Environment’s Young Champions of the Earth prize
UN Environment’s Young Champions of the Earth prize is intended to recognize and reward young people with big ideas that address urgent environmental issues in bold and creative ways. Among the finalists from Latin America and the Caribbean this year is Gator Halpern, a young environmental entrepreneur who is building …
CARICOM developing regional biodiversity strategy
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is moving towards finalising the region’s first biodiversity strategy: More than 50 delegates from around the Region [were] in Guyana for a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) workshop to continue the development of a CARICOM Biodiversity Strategy (CBS). The Workshop [was] held from 14-15 June, 2018, at the …