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Sandals’ All-Inclusive Dunn’s River Resort Just Reopened, Beginning Jamaica’s Tourism Comeback

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This short film is a quick look into the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River, shot on location this weekend. Ocho Rios has a new electricity this week, the kind that signals a turning point for the island of Jamaica. After weeks of preparation and tight coordination across communities and tourism partners, the reborn Sandals Dunn’s River has officially […]

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Belize Is Reinventing the Dive Festival With Legendary Reefs, Marine Conservation, and a Sustainability Mission

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You’re drifting just above a coral wall, sunlight cutting down into the blue, parrotfish flashing past in quick bursts of color. Ahead, a sea turtle rises with deliberate grace. It’s a familiar dive in Belize, but this September there’s something different — something deeper. Belize, home to the planet’s second-largest barrier reef, is introducing a […]

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Bahamas Launches Sustainable Island Innovation Challenge

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The Bahamas has officially launched a new national initiative aimed at transforming the future of its tourism economy through innovation and sustainability. The Bahamas Sustainable Island Challenge, developed in partnership with UN Tourism and local tech incubator Innovate 242, was formally introduced during the 70th UN Tourism Regional Commission for the Americas, held in Lima, Peru from July 31 to […]

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Guyana Signs Historic Biodiversity Pact With Yale University

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The Government of Guyana has signed a landmark agreement with Yale University’s Centre for Biodiversity and Global Change, launching a transformative long-term collaboration aimed at protecting the planet’s biodiversity. ‘The move comes as the broader region looks to ensure a sustainable, nature-based future. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), signed Wednesday at the inaugural Global Biodiversity […]


Bahamas Launches Sustainable Island Innovation Challenge

It starts on a quiet beach. A turtle slips into the surf, and with it begins one of the most compelling migrations in the natural world — and one of the most creative conservation campaigns in the Caribbean. This is the Tour de Turtles, an annual “migration marathon” created by the Sea Turtle Conservancy that tracks […]

From Marine Health to Resilience, a New Boost for Caribbean Tourism 

It’s a changing tourism landscape in the Caribbean right now, from the push to increase sustainability to the continued challenges posed by climate change.  A pair of new initiatives are trying to do something about that. The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association’s Education Foundation has revealed a pair of crucial new scholarships to help provided […]

Bonaire Sees Major Breakthrough in Coral Reef Restoration Effort

In a breakthrough moment for coral conservation in the Dutch Caribbean, Reef Renewal Foundation Bonaire successfully observed and collected grooved brain coral spawn across four sites on the island — producing more than 236,000 genetically unique larvae in a single night. The Friday night spawning event marks a critical success for RRFB’s coral breeding program, […]

In Nassau, Celebrating Flamingos   

They’re right on the beach, staying in one of the Caribbean’s top luxury resorts. They’re treated like royalty, with everything they need at any time. They even do yoga.  And while they’re not exactly guests at Nassau’s Baha Mar, they are VIPs.  The newest arrivals at the Baha Mar are a group of eight baby […]

St Kitts Launches New Coral Reef Monitoring Program

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor St Kitts has launched an important new program to study the state of coral reefs. The St Kitts Department of Environment, in collaboration with the Department of Marine Resources, has installed a Coral Reef Early Warning Systems at the island’s Paradise Reef. The initiative aims to better understand what is […]

Caribbean Coral Reef Report Cards

Why the Nature Conservancy launched Caribbean Coral Reef Report Cards By Lucienne Cross CJ Contributor Only a lucky few have the opportunity to go underwater and experience the coral reefs of the Eastern Caribbean, yet nearly everyone on these small islands depends on the reefs in some way. Healthy coral reefs contribute an estimated US […]

Barbuda Is Looking to Go 100 Percent Green

The Eastern Caribbean island of Barbuda is looking to become a 100 percent green energy island. That’s the plan behind the proposed Green Barbuda Energy project, which, if approved, would be supported by a regional grant from the government of the United Arab Emirates. The project aims to move Barbuda away from fossil fuels and […]

In Curaçao, Planting New Coral Reefs

As the coral reef population plummets around the world, the Dutch Caribbean is taking the lead in the fight to grow new reefs. In Curaçao, the Coral Restoration Foundation continues to plant new coral “trees” in the island’s waters, and is now celebrating its first anniversary. The effort began in May 2015 with 400 coral […]