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Sandals Just Expanded Its Coral Restoration Programs Across the Caribbean

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

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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How Two Dutch Caribbean Islands Are Saving Coral Reefs

The Dutch Caribbean islands of Statia and Saba have launched a major new project to help endangered reefs. The new project, called “Healthy and Resilient Marine and Coastal Ecosystems Through Reforestation of St Eustatius and Saba,” will see the reforestation of areas stripped bare of vegetation due to land erosion caused by heavy rainfall. “Due […]

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In Antigua, Restoring Caribbean Coral Reefs

A new project to help restore coral reefs has officially kicked off in Antigua and Barbuda. The initiative by coral reef restoration project OceanShot has deployed the first of its new coral “modules” off the island of Antigua. The project, a featured program of the Global Citizen Forum and the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, […]

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Grand Bahama’s Cutting-Edge Coral Farm Is Now Open to the Public

There’s a new eco-tourism destination in The Bahamas. The celebrated Coral Vita coral farm in Grand Bahama is now open to the public. The farm, which debuted in 2019, has a mission to restore dying coral reefs in the region. Using cutting-edge “microfragmenting” technology, the farm grows coral 50 percent faster than at normal rates. […]

In Antigua, Restoring Caribbean Coral Reefs

A rescue mission is underway to save Barbados’ coral reefs, which have been impacted by a range of climate-related and other hazards. Recent studies conducted by the Coastal Zone Management Unit and Barbados’ Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) reveal that 75 percent of the island’s near-shore reefs were in very poor condition, […]

Changing the Game for Coral Reefs

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The first-ever global conference addressing coral reef restoration and intervention science took place last week in Key Largo, Fla., featuring over 550 leading scientists and experts from nearly 40 countries. The symposium, Reef Futures, addressed challenges facing the planet’s coral reefs by sharing solutions, new research, experimental techniques and promoting […]

Scientists Just Mapped All the Coral Reefs in the Caribbean

The Nature Conservancy has completed a significant new project: a region-wide publication of maps of all shallow water coral reefs in the Caribbean. Now, the Caribbean has a clear picture of the habitats found beneath its waves. “You cannot protect what you don’t know is there. Having access to these maps is a game-changing achievement […]

A New Coral Farm Is Coming to The Bahamas

By the Caribbean Journal staff As coral reefs continue to dwindle around the region, more and more initiatives are looking to plant new coral and save dying reefs. But in order to plant the coral, it has to grow somewhere. That’s the plan for a major new project in the Bahamas: the Coral Farm Education […]

A New Push to Regrow Caribbean Reefs

By the Caribbean Journal staff Recent years have seen the growth of a number of initiatives aimed at regrowing coral reef in the Caribbean — most notably the Coral Restoration Foundation in Bonaire. Now, another drive has launched to help rebuild coral reefs. The nonprofit Tourism Cares, the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), and the […]

Turks and Caicos’ Coral Gardens to Reopen Oct. 16

By the Caribbean Journal staff The Coral Gardens resort in Turks and Caicos has announced plans to reopen Monday, Oct. 16. The Providenciales-area property said it had “fared quite well with minimal damage” consisting of unearthed palm trees and a few small broken windows in the wake of this month’s hurricanes. “We are grateful to […]

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 […]

Sun & Ice: The Scoop on Atlantis' New Ice Cream Parlor

By Sarah Greaves-Gabbadon CJ Travel Editor Summertime calls for beach days and barbecues and, if you’re anything like us, liberal amounts of ice cream. And now, if you’re in the Bahamas this summer, there’s a new spot you can check out to get your frozen novelties fix: Sun & Ice, which just debuted in The […]