Island Resources Foundation

Yearly Archives: 2010

Field Guide to Plants of Antigua-Barbuda

A great new publication from our colleagues at the Environmental Awareness Group of Antigua-Barbuda — we’ve just seen the finished version of the Field Guide, and it’s TERRIFIC, and a steal at $45 plus postage. . . . !!. . . . check it out at the… [Read more]

Sale on Hard Copy Country Environmental Profiles

Reviewing our publications the other day, we decided we have several extra copies of the Foundation’s series of Country Environmental Profiles, for Antigua & Barbuda, Grenada, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Montserrat, and Anguilla (not pictured), plus the regional summary. [Read more]

St. John: Life in Five Quarters

We’ve just gotten our copy of the new book edited for the St. John Historical Society by Bruce Schoonover, Robin Swank, Eleanor Gibney and David Knight. The book is 200+ pages of selected readings from the archives of the St John Historical Society. [Read more]

Sea Level Rise in South Pacific Atolls

Late last year, Dr. Arthur Webb of the Pacific Island Applied Geoscience Commission made a presentation on Atoll shoreline response to sea level rise over the last 50 years – Pingelap & Mokil Atolls, FSM (Federated States of Mictronesia). [Read more]

Judith Towle’s Appreciation for the Dedication of the Dr. Edward L. Towle Island Systems Environmental Collection at HLSCC

On January 12th, the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College at Paraquita Bay, Tortola, British Virgin Islands held a major ceremony to commemorate the dedication of the College’s Caribbean Environmental reference collection at the Dr. Edward L. Towle Island Systems Environmental Collection. [Read more]

Investors Not Accounting for Climate Change Effects

Investment portfolios around the world are filled with “hidden risks” because their managers do not consider climate change when making investment decisions — largely because asset owners aren’t asking them to. [Read more]