Above: the Macaya mountain range (Photo: UNEP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will receive a $9 million grant from the Inter-American Development Bank to help carry out a land management programme at the country’s Macaya National Park. The park is the site of one of Haiti’s largest remaining forests. The country has suffered deeply […]
Above: Jamaica By the Caribbean Journal staff Climate change poses perhaps the greatest threat to the future of the Caribbean, and Jamaican Environment Minister Robert Pickersgill says it’s time to increase climate change awareness. The impacts of climate change on Jamaica will be widespread, he said, from affecting health and natural resources to the ability […]
Above: the Dominican Republic By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic leads the Caribbean hotel construction pipeline, according to the most recent report from STR. There are 2,475 rooms under construction in the Dominican Republic, the most in the region, followed by the Bahamas, which has 2,271 rooms under construction. Next was Puerto Rico, […]
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