Green Antilles interview: Karen McDonald Gayle
The Green Antilles interview today is with Karen McDonald Gayle. Karen works with the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund, helping to establish sustainable financing for biodiversity conservation in the Caribbean. Please tell Green Antilles readers about yourself, your work as an environmental professional and what that work involves. My early work …
The illegal online trade in Caribbean reptiles
Last year, conservation scientist Josh Noseworthy spent six weeks investigating illegal wildlife trade in the Caribbean, specifically in trade in reptiles. He documented his findings in an article for the Oxford Martin Programme on the Illegal Wildlife Trade: The Caribbean … is a hotspot for reptile diversity. Although small in …
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 …
Green Antilles interview: Nikola Simpson
Today’s Green Antilles interviewee is Nikola Simpson, a Barbadian environmental and oceans advocate. Nikola, a Highly Commended Runner-Up for the 2018 Queen’s Young Leader Award, is a marine biologist and coastal manager by training. She is Director of Slow Fish Barbados and runs her own environmental sustainability consulting business, Caribbean …
Rainwater harvesting for water security in the Caribbean
From The Conversation, an article about how the potential for rainwater harvesting, using a new ferrocement tank design and biosand filters, could enhance water security and climate resilience in the Caribbean: [V]ery few Caribbean countries have taken action to implement rainwater harvesting on any significant scale. In Haiti’s Artibonite Valley, …
Environment on the agenda at Caribbean theology conference
From Repeating Islands, a report on the recently held 19th Conference on Theology in the Caribbean Today, which focussed on climate change and the environment: Curaçao-based Nobo reports that the 19th Conference of Theology in the Caribbean recently took place in Suriname. The Conference saw the participation of 30 persons, …
Opportunity: IDB invites applications for Latin America and Caribbean water and sanitation awards
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is inviting applications for the 2018 IDB-FEMSA Water and Sanitation Awards: IDB-FEMSA AWARD 2018 We are looking for the most groundbreaking solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean working on water, sanitation and solid waste. THE CHALLENGE Since 2009, the Inter-American Development Bank and FEMSA …