Puerto Rico loses seven nature reserves
Via Repeating Islands, news that the government of Puerto Rico has rescinded protected areas designations for seven sites: El Nuevo Día (22 July 2018) reports that, Puerto Rico lost seven nature reserves on July 3, after Governor Ricardo Rosselló annulled their designation as protected areas; his Planning Board claimed that …
Sandals Grenada encourages guests to hunt invasive lionfish
At Sandals Grenada, resort guests can get actively involved in combatting the lionfish invasion in the Caribbean: At Sandals Grenada, guests with scuba certifications are encouraged to hunt fish — lionfish, specifically — on their holiday. The species is the cane toad of the Caribbean, invasive and multiplying at lightning …
Interns document their reef conservation research in the Cayman Islands
Writing at National Geographic’s Open Explorer platform, seven interns from universities in North America are documenting their experiences doing coral reef conservation projects at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute in the Cayman Islands: We are a group of student interns working on a variety of research projects focused on the …
Caribbean’s first comprehensive metal recycling plant commissioned in the Dominican Republic
Plans are underway for the first comprehensive metal recycling facility in the Caribbean to begin operation in the Dominican Republic by the end of 2018: ANDRITZ MeWa, a part of international technology group ANDRITZ, has received an order from Cibao Metal Recycling CIMER Srl, a subsidiary of the YeYo Ochoa …
First marine litter collection campaign sets the baseline in Belize
The Belize Coastal Zone Management Authority and Institute (CZMAI), in collaboration with Oceana Belize and the World Wildlife Fund, recently completed a national marine litter campaign: It is the first of its kind to be held in Belize and it came to fruition after some of the staff at the …
Green Antilles link roundup: July 22, 2018
IUCN publishes new Guidelines for invasive species planning and management on islands — the guidelines aim to catalyse strategic planning and assist the rational prioritization of scarce resources for successful action against IAS. Barbados mulls offshore energy options — Barbados has opened a call for studies into the potential for offshore wind …
Guyana’s rice exports increase 43%
Boosted by access to new markets in Latin America, Guyana’s rice exports for the first half of 2018 are more than 40% greater than for the same period of the preceding year: As the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) wraps up its 2018 first crop results from January to June, …