Wildlife
One woman’s mission to protect Caye Caulker’s mangroves
On the Belizean island of Caye Caulker, Allison Ifield is affectionately called “Mangrove Mama” due to her connection with mangroves...
IMA’s Marine Data Hub: supporting local research
With Trinidad and Tobago’s largest repository of marine biodiversity data, the IMA has taken the initiative to develop a Marine...
Protecting Belize’s Scarlet Macaws
The Friends for Conservation and Development is known for its meticulous guarding of Belize’s Scarlet Macaws which is a subspecies...
Belize’s Co-Management Framework: A Model For Community Conservation
What if NGOs, community leaders, businesses, and a nation’s government worked together to conserve protected areas? In Belize, this is...
PERSPECTIVES: Multistakeholder action needed to restore biodiversity
In commemoration of International Day for Biological Day 2023, benthic ecologist Attish Kanhai writes about the need for multistakholder action...
Falling Through the Cracks: The Degradation of Barbados’ Gullies
There is a need to protect Barbados' gullies given unsustainable anthropogenic activities have led to their degradation over time.
PERSPECTIVES: Why we should pay more attention to deep-sea mining
Khadija Stewart, SOA Caribbean Representative, has attended International Seabed Authority meetings to lead SOA Caribbean's call to stop deep-sea mining.
PERSPECTIVES: Breaking down the “Treaty of the High Seas”
On March 4, the UN agreed on the draft text for an international treaty to ensure countries conserve and sustainably...
Breach in sandbar threatens Barbuda’s Ramsar site
For decades, a sandbar has protected Codrington Lagoon from the open sea. But recent breaches in the sandbar has threatened...
Global seagrass meadows in decline
Research shows a decline in global seagrasses and the UN raised awareness for the issue by observing its first ever...
