The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has launched a scholarship programme for Caribbean nationals pursuing graduate studies in disaster risk management and related areas, including meteorology and climate change: The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is pleased to announce the launch of its Extra-Regional Scholarship Programme for Caribbean nationals. Through this programme, CCRIF [...]
Tag Archives: jamaica
Video: How to kill a coral reef: Lessons from the Caribbean (and hope for the future)
A talk given by marine biologist Robert Steneck, based on over 30 years of research in Caribbean locations including the US Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Belize and Bonaire.
Travelmole highlights “sustainable tourism delights” in the Caribbean
As the 2012 Sustainable Tourism Awards approach (nominations close Janauary 31), TravelMole is highlighting a variety of sustainable tourism best practice cases from around the Caribbean. Here’s the list: • A fishing community [Bluefields Bay] on Jamaica’s South Coast taking action to regenerate its nearby marine environment • Developing agrotourism in the Caribbean. Key elements [...]
Jamaica to set up new climate change unit
Jamaica’s new environment minister has declared that climate change adaptation will be a national priority for the country’s new government: It costs Jamaica nearly $163 million for weather-related problems every year, according to new Environment Minister Robert Pickersgill, who said one of his main priorities would be to sensitise the country to the importance of [...]
Video: Virgin Holidays protects coral reefs and livelihoods in the Caribbean
Richard Branson talks about his commitment to protecting the marine environment and introduces our exciting new fish sanctuary project in the Caribbean. The Jamaica fish sanctuary project Sir Richard talks about was the subject of a few previous Green Antilles posts: Fish Conservation—Bluefields Bay, Jamaica, In Bluefields Bay, Jamaican fishers are key contributors to marine [...]
Jamaica’s 2010 State of the Environment report
(Edited January 9, 2012 to add a link to the 2010 Jamaica State of the Environment Report , online at the website of the Jamaica National Environment and Planning Agency.) Jamaica’s National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), recently published the 2010 Jamaica State of the Environment [...]
Jamaica’s Blue Lagoon to become a national monument
Jamaica’s famed Blue Lagoon is on its way to being declared a National Monument: Olivia ‘Babsy’ Grange, Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, has signed a Preservation Notice regarding the Blue Lagoon in Portland. Miss Grange made a submission to Cabinet and received approval. The Notice, which was signed by the Minister as a matter [...]
Jamaica seeks to recover smuggled parrots
Earlier this year, customs officials in Austria apprehended two men who were attempting to smuggle parrot eggs into the country from Jamaica: The star attraction at the Vienna Zoo these days are a flock of rare Jamaican parrots smuggled out of the island as eggs by two Slovak nationals who were intercepted at the airport [...]
Bahamas hosts regional forum on oil drilling safety
The Bahamas recently hosted a regional forum on oil drilling safety in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico: According to an International Maritime Organization (IMO) consultant, the forum welcomed delegates from Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico and the U.S. Along with The Bahamas, each of those countries has or potentially could have oil wells off their [...]
