The Montserrat Reef Project (MRP) is a Montserrat Tourist Board’s Tourism Challenge Fund grant aided project. The project will create a new marine habitat and relocate imperiled corals to the new reef. Image via the Montserrat Reef Project. Find out more on Facebook and on the Project website.
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Montserrat planning geothermal exploration
The government of Montserrat is looking to develop the island’s geothermal energy potential: Montserrat is holding a public meeting Wednesday on the effects of the proposed geothermal project on the island. The meeting, which is being held at the Lyme in Brades, will focus on the government’s plans to drill for geothermal energy. Montserrat currently [...]
Reef Checking in Montserrat
Reef Check International reports on the results of a recent reef assessment in Montserrat: A rare streak of winter calm provided ideal conditions for conducting research and provided an opportunity for the team to organize a Reef Check survey. The team was able to add three new reef sites to the Montserrat survey program. The [...]
Montserrat is advancing its renewable energy plans
The government of Montserrat is exploring its renewable energy options, with a particular interest in the island’s geothermal potential: [Acting Premier and Minister of Communications Charles] Kirnon said Montserrat is actively exploring renewable sources of energy and that one of the government’s medium term goals is “to reduce the island’s dependence on imported fossil fuel [...]
Call for proposals: the Darwin Initiative for biodiversity conservation
The Darwin Initiative is making millions of pounds in funding available to support biodiversity conservation around the world: The Darwin Initiative offers funds to encourage the sharing of UK biodiversity expertise with local partners in countries with a wealth of biodiversity, but who lack the means to protect these resources and to assist in meeting [...]
The Darwin Initiative: conservation successes in the Caribbean
The Darwin Initiative, a global conservation programme funded by the UK includes several activities in the Caribbean among its successes. This article mentions achievements in Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands: Montserrat is one of only two places in the world where the once-common amphibian can be found but was in danger of being wiped [...]
Feral livestock damaging the environment and wildlife habitats in Montserrat’s Centre Hills
Jeff Dawson, of Montserrat’s Department of Environment, writes about the environmental and conservation problems resulting from a proliferation of feral livestock: The Centre Hills, a designated Important Bird Area, contains the majority of Montserrat’s remaining forest and is the last viable enclave for the Critically Endangered Montserrat Oriole Icterus oberi as well as several other [...]
Repopulating Montserrat with mountain chickens
Last year I wrote about plans to reintroduce the mountain chicken frog to Montserrat. Less than three months later, that reintroduction has taken place: Minister of Agriculture and the Environment, the Hon. Easton Taylor-Farrell is applauding the forestry division for having the foresight and initiative to move some of the island’s Mountain Chickens to the [...]
Ten years of research at Montserrat’s Soufriere Hills volcano
Science Daily draws attention to ten years of volcano research in Montserrat: The Soufriere Hills Volcano on Montserrat erupted in 1995, and an international team of researchers has studied this volcano from land and sea since then to understand the workings of andesite volcanoes more completely. “To the extent that the Soufriere Hills Volcano is [...]
