Cayman: Grand Court rules in favour of National Conservation Council in Judicial Review
Grand Cayman – In a decision released 23 August 2022, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands confirmed that the National Conservation Act (2013) provides the National Conservation Council (NCC) with the ability to direct government bodies in circumstances where…
Cayman Islands seeks to increase protected land areas
As the 5th anniversary of the passage of Cayman’s National Conservation Law nears, the Ministry of Environment is seeking the expansion of protected land areas under the legislation. Since 2016, the Cayman Islands Cabinet, National Conservation Council, Department of Environment…
Cayman Islands: Conservation group urged to ban importation of invasive lion fish
By CMC From Wired Ja Online News GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, May 7, CMC – The Cayman United Lionfish League (CULL), has urged the National Conservation Council to implement a ban on importing the invasive lion fish. lionfishThe group of…
UPDATED: The Editor Speaks: Outrageous!
UPDATED: New image showing kiosk Outrageous is probably an understatement to be used on the contempt shown by the developer of the Purple Box on North Church Street, for the law and the people of the Cayman Islands. Whilst the…
Statement from Ironwood on Cayman Islands National Conservation Council’s recent ruling
Upon learning of the National Conservation Council’s decision to require an environmental impact assessment (EIA) on the proposed East-West Arterial (EWA) extension, Ironwood makes the following statement: Ironwood and the Government have been working diligently together since 2013 on a…
Cayman Islands cracking down on spearguns
By Chris Eger From Guns.com The Cayman Islands strictly regulates spearguns, requiring licenses and a heavy set of guidelines for their use. This is all subject to increased scrutiny. Despite noting that it is a traditional Caymanian method of fishing…
The Editor Speaks: The judge was fair now live with it!
Justice Ingrid Mangatal’s ruling the Department of Environment and the National Conservation Council had not acted unfairly or irrationally when they approved the licence application by the Mosquito Research and Control Unit (MRCU) or that insufficient public consultation had taken…
