Antigua and Barbuda’s annual fight to control the invasive sargassum seaweed has received a shot in the arm from the government of Japan. The Japanese government is providing financing for the purchase of equipment to tackle the seaweed. During the virtual signing ceremony, Prime Minister Browne pointed...
Antigua & Barbuda
Art Contest Highlights Environment Threats, Need For Recycling
Two students look on as Sandals Foundation Ambassador Ian Spencer (fifth left) presents a laptop computer and digital projector screen to teachers of the Barracks Road Primary School, winner of the Montego Bay Region of the Sandals Foundation Recycled Art Competition. Ten schools in Jamaica, Grenada and Antigua showed...
Survey Report – OECS Regional Collaboration on Geothermal 2016
Survey Report_OECS Regional Collaboration on Geothermal_2016 Source: http://www.oecs.org/seu-resources?task=document.viewdoc&id=821...
Hurricanes, Heat Waves, Fires Ravaged Planet in 2017
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Fierce hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening certain natural disasters has grown increasingly clear. It was also the year the world’s second largest polluter, the United States, turned...
Caribbean Biomass Initiative
BACKGROUND Dr. Tawainga Katsvairo, Caribbean Initiative Director The 23 Caribbean island countries with their 42 million inhabitants share a common history of colonization and agriculture that has shaped their economic, social and cultural development. The rise and fall of the sugar cane industry has been one of the most significant...