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Jamaica Makes New Push on Aquaculture
Jamaica is working to ensure the survival of the country’s aquaculture sub-sector with several new policies, including the development of a national fisheries policy. New fisheries legislation would create a framework for regulation of aquaculture, according to Agriculture and Fisheries […]
In The Bahamas, A New Kind of Conch Farm
A new project by Florida Atlantic University aims to help restore the population of Queen Conch in Grand Bahama. The school’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute has received a $2.8 million grant from Builders Initiative to establish a new queen conch […]
The World’s First Off-the-Grid Sustainable Island Destination
What’s being billed as the world’s first off-the-grid sustainable island destination has officially launched off the coast of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. It’s called STAR Island Bahamas, with STAR short for Sustainable Terrain and Resources, and it held its grand […]
Trinidad Launches Tilapia Project
Above: Tilapia By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad’s Ministry of Food Production has launched a new tilapia project. The Tilapia Floating Raft Cage Culture Project in Ste Madeline, South Trinidad at a cost of around $34,910 USD. According to Minister […]
The Mangrove Problem
Above: mangroves By the Caribbean Journal staff There are mangroves in 123 countries around the world, including across the Caribbean. These maritime forests store carbon, clean water, protect against erosion and even against extreme weather. But the world’s mangroves are […]
Guyana Launches Small Business Development Project
Above: Guyana President Donald Ramotar (UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras) By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana has launched a project targeting small and micro-enterprise development. The project offers loans that require interest rates below six percent, offering a maximum of just under […]
Trinidad’s Rambarran: Caribbean “Must Find New Sources of Growth”
Above: Trinidad (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff With high debt and a vulnerability to natural disasters, the Caribbean must seek out new areas for growth, according to Trinidad Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran. The Governor, who was speaking […]
Grenada, Thailand Talk Investment
Above: Downtown St George’s Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Thailand’s Ambassador to Grenada Udomphol Ninnad visited Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas this week at his office in Botanical Gardens. The two sides both expressed the need for […]
Could Fish Farming Feed Haiti?
With a mostly-mountainous terrain that makes farming difficult, Haiti, like many developing countries, is forced to import its food — but with growing population and limited water resources, Haiti is struggling to feed itself. That could change thanks to a […]
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