KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent -A coral restoration project in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is reporting significant success, with more than 85 percent of the fragments transplanted so far surviving.
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) says it may become difficult over the next three months to confidently forecast rainfall as the Caribbean transitions into the wet season.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will launch a new strategic approach for conserving and restoring Caribbean coral reef ecosystems that targets Climate Resilient Refugia, later this month.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A new deep-sea species has been named after a Trinidad and Tobago marine scientist.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The capacity of Jamaica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti to conserve and restore their coral reefs is being bolstered under the six-year CoralCarib project.
ROSEAU, Dominica – Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Kitts and Nevis are expected to benefit from a three-day study tour of Dominica’s geothermal energy project as part of the efforts to foster regional cooperation and collaboration within the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on geothermal energy.
COPENHAGEN, Norway – Two CARICOM countries have signed on to the Copenhagen Declaration as the region launched the Blue Justice Caribbean Hub to strengthen cooperation and coordination in the use of innovation and digital technology to fight fisheries crimes.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 2) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters – known as the Escazú Agreement – ended in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the election of the first seven members of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance of the treaty.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Two CARICOM countries will be welcomed to the second meeting of the Escazú Agreement, the first environmental treaty that takes place here from April 17-19.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The United Nations World Water Development Report 2023 was launched here on Wednesday amid concerns that Caribbean countries are amongst the most water stress globally.
CODRINGTON, Barbuda - Barbuda has launched the construction phase of its energy resilience project that is aimed at increasing the resilience of the electricity distribution network on the island by providing hybrid solar systems on key public buildings and improving the population’s level of access to modern electricity services.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) is encouraging Corporate Jamaica to partner with it on its Adopt-A-Mangrove program.
PANAMA CITY, Panama – Canada is funding a five million dollar (One CAD$=US$0.73 cents) program to encourage the adoption of nature-based solutions (NBS) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
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