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CARICOM botanical garden to be planted in Barbados

Bearded Fig Tree (the unofficial national tree of Barbados), Andromeda Gardens, Barbados

There are plans to establish a ‘Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Garden’ in Barbados, featuring all the designated national trees of CARICOM member countries: CARICOM-member countries will soon have their national trees represented in a CARICOM Garden. The garden will be located in the National Botanical Gardens at Waterford, St. Michael. Minister of Environment and Drainage, Dr. [...]

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CARICOM adopts regional climate change adaptation plan

Flag of CARICOM

The Caribbean Community has adopted an “Implementation Plan for the Regional Framework for Achieving Development Resilient to Climate Change”.

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Caribbean e-forum to discuss weather, climate, climate change and impacts on agriculture

A notice, received via e-mail, from the Caribbean Agro-Meteorological Initiative (CAMI): The Caribbean Agrometeorological Initiative is about to launch its e-forum inviting meteorologists, farmers and agricultural extension officers, and scientists to discuss issues relating to weather, climate and agriculture, leading up to the next round of farmers’ forums. Many of the topics/issues to be discussed [...]

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As climate change threatens to reduce annual rainfall by up to 50%, Caribbean countries work to improve water resources management

Freshwater Lake, Laudat, Dominica

Water resource managers in the Caribbean are looking for ways to manage supply and reduce shortages, not just in water-scarce countries like Antigua and Barbuda and Barbados, but even in water-rich ones like Dominica. IPS News reports: Two years after a severe drought wreaked havoc with a number of Caribbean countries, some are now adopting [...]

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UK to invest £22 million in Caribbean climate change projects

The United Kingdom will be providing the Caribbean with over £20 million of funding for climate change adaptation and risk reduction: Approximately £22 million would be invested in the Caribbean from 2011 to 2015 to address various climate change issues. This was revealed by the British High Commissioner to Barbados, Paul Brummell, who said that [...]

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Video: Karl Hood of Grenada on climate change and the future of small island states: “Are you asking us then to accept annihilation?”

12/8/11: Grenada environment minister and AOSIS chair Karl Hood responds to a reporter who says climate scientists believe it is impossible to keep global warming below 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, which threatens the future inhabitability of the small island states of the world. “If they’re saying that 1.5 isn’t possible, are you asking us then [...]

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Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Conference to include green investment forum

This year’s Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development will include a green investment forum: “The Caribbean represents a huge potential for renewable energy projects, primarily because of the ideal climate conditions which exist there for solar, wind and biomass power production.” That’s according to Tony Fiddy, President of Waste to Energy Division and the Regional [...]

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How would the Caribbean handle a cruise ship environmental disaster?

A recent article published on eTurboNews asks a timely and important question: Is the Caribbean prepared for a cruise ship environmental disaster?. In the Caribbean – which is the most tourism dependent region in the world – Costa Cruises has ships calling in ports in Jamaica, the Turks & Caicos islands, St. Maarten, the Bahamas, [...]

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For climate change adaptation, Caribbean countries need more co-operation and citizen participation

In an interview with IPS News Cuban climate change expert Ramón Pichs talks about the need for a co-operative Caribbean approach to climate change adaptation: Q: What are the main environmental challenges faced by Cuba and the rest of the Caribbean region? A: There are a number of common challenges, including a propensity for extreme [...]

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Learn about sustainable energy options at the upcoming Barbados Power Summit

Electric Utility Consultants Inc. (EUCI) will be holding a Power Summit in Barbados on April 16 and 17, 2012: Barbados is a unique island within the Caribbean in that it has renewable resources and domestic gas and oil production. Join Barbados Light & Power Company, JP Morgan, government officials, and other energy experts as they [...]

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Video: Invasive Alien Species of the Bahamas

Video: Invasive Alien Species of the Bahamas

Learn why invasive plant and animal species such as the Australian Pine, the Lionfish, the Melaleuca Tree and the Brazilian Pepper Tree are bad for the Bahamian environment.

Reducing deforestation in Haiti with new cooking stoves and tree nurseries

IICA distributes environmentally-friendly stoves in Haiti

The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is contributing to a project that takes a two-pronged approach to reducing [...]

Small Island Developing States Ministers meet to prepare for Rio+20

Ministers from small island developing states (SIDS) recently met informally to discuss sustainable energy development and their negotiating positions in [...]

Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival 2012

Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival 2012

The 2012 Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival runs from April 22 to May 22.

Video: Climate change in Dominica

Via the Climate Investment Funds: The landscape of Dominica has changed. Its pristine biodiversity now faces a multitude of threats [...]

Six Caribbean countries to receive US$10.6 million for climate resilience activities

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) reports that Caribbean countries are to benefit from a $10.6 million grant from the Climate [...]