Jamaica Makes Call for Sustainable “Ocean Economy”
Jamaica is supporting a new United Nations push for “sustainable tourism economy” in less than 10 years. Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett says the island “fully endorses the goal of the Ocean Panel to achieve a sustainable tourism economy by […]
Making the Caribbean Blue
By Deodat Maharaj Op-Ed Contributor CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES face a variety of serious economic challenges which act as major impediments to their growth and development. The continued reliance on one major export product with associated vulnerability to economic shocks as well as […]
Barbados Looking to Ocean for Energy
Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) Barbados is actively exploring the possibility of using Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, according to the government, as it seeks to develop a “blue economy.” Minister With Responsibility for Water Resource Management Dr David Eastwick will soon […]