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Cayman Cuba talks may achieve “considerable cost savings” Although there has been no official press releases issued by the Cayman islands government relating to the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding treatment and repatriation of Cuban refugees arriving in the…
Throw lionfish to sharks
By Katie Amey From Daily Mail UK Throw them to the sharks! Brave diver finds new way to control rising numbers of poisonous lionfish off the coast of Cuba Marine biologist recommends regulating lionfish by feeding them to sharks Local…
Militarising the Ebola crisis
By Joeva Rock From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Sunday September 28, 2014, IPS – Six months into West Africa’s Ebola crisis, the international community is finally heeding calls for substantial intervention in the region. On September 16, U.S. President…
Can St. Lucia be a model for other Caribbean nations losing beaches?
By Anastasia Moloney From Thomson Reuters Foundation Beaches disappearing, coastlines eroding, tides and waves encroaching on hotels, ports and airports facing flooding, and salty water contaminating freshwater sources. These are just some of the ways rising sea levels, linked to…
Sea turtles find safe haven in Costa Rican national park
From Fox News Latino Nestled in the Costa Rican Caribbean is Tortuguero, a small village surrounded by fresh water, the sea and the splendors of nature that it has learned to preserve for its own benefit and for the enjoyment…
Climate change an “Existential Threat” for the Caribbean
By Desmond Brown From Inter Press Service KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Sep 22 2014 (IPS) – When it comes to climate change, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves doesn’t mince words: he will tell you that it is a matter of life and…
Moving toward a solar revolution in the Caribbean
By Phil Elwood And Eva Glas From Levick Energy It seems relatively obvious that Caribbean nations should reap the benefits of solar power generation, especially given that the equatorial island countries are consistently bathed in sunlight 365 days a year….
CITES and FAO join forces to conserve queen conch
From Caribbean News Now BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — The FAO Subregional Office for the Caribbean and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have approved a project for joint capacity building for the implementation of decisions…
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“Right is might”- the reality and the dream
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Friday September 26, 2014 – Activities at the United Nations in New York this week may have looked like a celebration of internationalism and a recognition that territorial wars, terrorism, religious intolerance,…
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ASU partnership to help resource management in Latin America, Caribbean
Arizona State University President Michael M. Crow and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President Luis Alberto Moreno met in Washington, D.C., to solidify, in a memorandum of understanding, a water resources-focused partnership that began in 2011. The alliance is expected to…
