Environment in Caribbean
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JAMAICA, 2016/03/20
Jamaica’s efforts to strengthen resilience against climate change are being assisted through implementation of the J$829.3 million (US$6.8 million) Improving Climate Data and Data Management Project (ICDIMP).
The project, which comprises phase two of the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience (PPCR II), is being rolled out by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), with grant support from the World Bank through the Climate Investment Fund (CIF).
It is one of five projects under Jamaica’s Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience (SPCR), and aims to improve the quality of data collected and used by public and private sector stakeholders at the local and national levels.
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AMERICAS, 2015/12/26
Flooding in parts of Latin America dampened Christmas eve celebrations Thursday, leaving five people dead and driving almost 150,000 from their homes in Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay.
Some 130,000 people have been forced from their homes across Paraguay, officials said, as President Horacio Cartes declared a national of emergency to free up additional than $3.5 million in disaster funds.
Three people traveling Paraguay's international Route 2, which links Asuncion and Foz de Iguazu in Brazil were killed at the same time as a tree fell on their vehicle before dawn.
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CUBA, 2015/11/27
The good relations between the United States and Cuba are continuing, with the two nations signing an agreement to cooperate on environmental protection.
The joint declaration was signed at the Cuban Embassy in Washington on Tuesday.
It focuses on sustainable management of natural resources and shared ecosystems, particularly marine biodiversity development, the analysis of the causes and effects of climate change and initiatives to reduce the risks of natural disasters. The Cuban Embassy said that is crucial to reducing vulnerabilities for both nations.
The two nations have agreed, under the declaration, to exchange scientific and technological data and resources. They will as well work towards joint scientific research.
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 2014/03/05
Industrial engineer Ancel Bhagwandeen thinks that growing your food indoors is a great way to protect crops from the stresses of climate change. So he developed a hydroponic system that "leverages the nanoclimates in houses so that the home entirely protects the produce the same way it protects us," he says. Bhagwandeen told IPS that his hydroponic project was as well developed "to leverage the increase of the urban landscape and high-density housing, so that by growing your own food at home, you mitigate the cost of food prices."
Hydroponics, a method of growing plants without soil using mineral nutrients in water, is increasingly considered a viable means to ensure food security in light of climate change.
His project is one of several being considered for further development by the Caribbean Climate Innovation Centre (CCIC), headquartered in Jamaica.
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CARIBBEAN, 2014/03/05
The lionfish, with its striking russet and white stripes and huge venomous outrigger fins, wasn't hard to spot under a coral reef in 15 feet of clear water. Nor was it a challenge to spear it.As I approached and brought the point of my Hawaiian sling to within a foot of it, it simply looked back, utterly fearless until I pierced it and brought it back to the surface.
Within a half-hour, we had caught four of these gorgeous one-pound fish, and the fillets made excellent eating that night.
But the arrival of a tasty, abundant and easy-to-shoot fish on the Caribbean's much-depleted coral reefs is anything but good news. A recent scientific paper brought new detail to previous studies, showing that a year next colonising a reef, lionfish reduced the number of native fish by about half.
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BARBADOS, 2012/12/28
PRIME MINISTER Freundel Stuart has intervened in the controversial Bagatelle Metal Dump issue.
Informed sources told the SUNDAY SUN that Stuart, who is Minister Responsible for Town Planning, chaired a high level conference last week involving brothers Andrew and Paul Bynoe – of B’s Recycling – who have been seeking to acquire the dump from Government.
