A video about USAID (United States Agency for International Development) support for environmental and biodiversity conservation projects in the Eastern Caribbean. Previous related posts on Green Antilles: Protecting Grenada’s Marine Life, Dominica’s Organic Agriculture Movement is an ongoing success story, and In Antigua, free-roaming livestock are an environmental problem. The U.S. Embassy in Barbados and [...]
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Dominica’s agricultural woes
The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian recently reported on some of the challenges faced by farmers in Dominica. Here’s an excerpt: Ruby Joyce … has more than 200 citrus trees, namely grapefruit and orange, and root crops: dasheen, yam and tania. Joyce said her production and labour are low. “It’s just my husband, a couple workers [...]
Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2011
Quite a few people who’ve visited Green Antilles recently have been looking for information about the upcoming 10th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA), which will take place in Dominica from October 9 to 15, 2011. So this is just a quick post to point people to the appropriate website, which is cwadominica.com.
Eco-tourism: balancing development and conservation in Dominica and Suriname
Dominica and Suriname are featured in an article that asks the question: Can eco-tourism help underdeveloped countries?. Dominica Proclaiming itself the Nature Island, Dominica has … advertised its natural, undeveloped beauty. Hot springs and waterfalls, dense jungles and rugged coastline draw more adventurous travelers and nature lovers rather than the suntan-and-piña-colada crowd. Brand-name resorts are [...]
Growing a Greener World in Dominica
Dominica was recently featured in an episode of the Growing a Greener World (GGW) TV series: Imagine the world is an island, and all of its resources conserved in a sustainable way – clean, abundant water, environmentally-friendly agriculture, and preservation of forest and habitats – an island where every action is carefully examined for its [...]
Dominica’s ‘Whistle like a bird’ contest 2011
The 3rd Edition of Dominica’s Whistle Like A Bird (WLAB) Contest was held on Thursday May 19, 2011, as part of the Caribbean Endemic Birds Festival. Previously on Green Antilles: Dominica’s Whistle like a bird competition 2010 and Caribbean Endemic Bird Festival 2011.
Dominica primary school marks Environment Week with beach, river and community clean-ups
In the week leading up to World Environment Day 2011, a primary school in Dominica has been celebrating their own Environment Week: The Tete Morne Primary School is conducting a week of activities to foster environmental awareness among its students as well as the general public. The school has named this week, May 30th to [...]
Research in Dominica reveals more about how sperm whales communicate, socialise
Last post of the day and it’s about one of my favourite recurring topics on Green Antilles: whales in the waters of Dominica. This latest story comes via Science Daily: Whales Have Accents and Regional Dialects: Biologists Interpret the Language of Sperm Whales. Dalhousie Ph.D. student Shane Gero has recently returned from a seven-week visit [...]
