Call for expressions of interest for sargassum seaweed removal in Antigua and Barbuda
The government of Antigua and Barbuda is inviting expressions of interest for the supply of equipment and machinery for the cost-effective removal of sargassum at sea and on beaches: During the past 5 years Antigua & Barbuda has been negatively impacted by the influx Sargassum seaweed on the beaches, threatening both …
Montserrat hosts OECS Environment Ministers’ meeting
The fifth meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Council of Ministers of Environmental Sustainability (COMES 5) is currently underway in Montserrat. The meeting’s theme is Building Resilience on the Frontlines of Climate Change: Five major themes are on the agenda of COMES 5 that will gather Ministers …
Event: First Latin America and Caribbean Congress for Conservation Biology
The inaugural Latin America and Caribbean Congress for Conservation Biology will be held in Trinidad and Tobago, July 25 to 27, 2018: The Latin America and Caribbean Section (LACA) of the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) is proud to join the University of the West Indies to host the inaugural …
Awareness-raising in Haiti about access to the Green Climate Fund
A workshop was recently held in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to introduce national environment and climate change stakeholders to the facilities available through the Green Climate Fund: The Ministry of the Environment (MDE), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Haiti, organized last week at Hotel Karibe a two-day …
Guyana to expand breadfruit cultivation
Guyana continues to diversify its agricultural sector, this time by increasing national cultivation of breadfruit: Within the next two years, at least 30 acres of lands in Regions Four, Five, Seven and 10 would be dedicated to breadfruit cultivation in an effort to promote food security and value addition, Dr. …
Oil spills in Trinidad and Tobago’s Gulf of Paria
On July 6, 2018, the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian reported an oil and gas well rupture in the Gulf of Paria: Fishermen are bracing for losses after an abandoned oil well ruptured in the Gulf of Paria, shooting emissions of oil and gas 40 feet up from the seabed. Up …
OECS Commission and Solar Head of State sign agreement for installation of solar PV power system on government buildings
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission and Solar Head of State have signed a memorandum of understanding to catalyse the adoption of renewable energy to power public buildings in OECS member countries: The OECS Commission and Solar Head of State (SHOS), a non-profit association working with governments to …