The Caribbean Student Environmental Alliance, along with Reef Check International report on how fishermen in the Dominican Republic are getting involved in environmental conservation in their coastal community: One investment was to establish a fishermen’s cooperative in the village of Juancho. The prevailing sea currents around Hispaniola come from Santo Domingo, the capital of the [...]
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Caribbean bird conservation effort lauded as one of the top 20 projects funded by UNEP-GEF
A Caribbean bird conservation project has been listed at one of the 20 best projects funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). BirdLife International reports: Sustainable Conservation of Globally Important Caribbean Bird Habitats: Strengthening a Regional Network for a Shared Resource ran from 2003-2007, receiving around $1 million [...]
Dominican Republic – Adaptation to Climate Change on the Coasts
The World Bank’s Social Development Department, together with the Agriculture and Rural Development Department, and external partners undertook a work program on Local Institutions and Climate Change to address the importance of strong local institutions and their long-term presence in successful implementation of community-based adaptation strategies. Supported by the Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program, and the Trust [...]
The Caribbean’s largest wind power plant opens in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic recently commissioned its first major wind power installation, which is thought to be the largest in the Caribbean: Dominican Republic inaugurated its first large-scale wind power project on Tuesday in a move to develop renewable energy sources in the Caribbean country’s crisis-ridden power sector. President Leonel Fernandez attended the opening of the [...]
Planning for “climate-compatible development” in the Dominican Republic
The government of the Dominican Republic recently published its draft Climate-Compatible Development Plan, which is intended “to serve as a regional model of climate-compatible development”. Here’s an excerpt from the executive summary: Resolute climate action is a key priority of the Dominican Republic (DR). Our nation on the island of Hispaniola is very vulnerable to [...]
Video: the Last Survivors project
A video about the Hispaniolan solenodon and Hispaniolan hutia, two rare mammals found only in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. It also informs about The Last Survivors project, which involves the development of plans for the long-term conservation of the hutia and solenodon. Previously on Green Antilles: The Last Survivors: seeking solenodons, The Last Survivors [...]
New USAID funding available for Caribbean research on sustainable development
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) have announced a new funding programme to support the work of scientists in (among other developing countries) the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti and Jamaica, particularly those doing research about food security, climate change and sustainable development: USAID and NSF are [...]
Happy 5th birthday to Reef Check Dominican Republic!
Reef Check Dominican Republic recently celebrated its 5th anniversary of marine conservation: In 2004, Reef Check International developed its first project in the DR, which sought to create and implement an educational program known as the EcoDiver. This citizen science program was offered to kids and adults in order to increase awareness of direct and [...]
