Yearly Archives: 2016

So How Many Fish DO We Catch in the Caribbean, five years ago

Just came across this paper by Trinidadian fisheries expert Dr. Robin Ramdeen, when working with the University of British Columbia, Fisheries Center, headed by the globally recognized Daniel Pauly. The report was presented at the 2012 Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, … [Read more]

UK Public Accounts Committee Report on 285 GBP Airport Fiasco in St. Helena

For a full copy of this scathing 42-page report (in .pdf format) click on the link below: House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts St Helena Airport Here’s the shortest possible summary: The Department for International Development (the Department) has … [Read more]

Advice from 101-Year-Old Frank Wadsworth on the Closing of IRF

[Here’s a note we got via e-mail from Frank Wadsworth, retired from the US Forest Service in Puerto Rico. Check out Frank’s blog at <https://frankhwadsworth.wordpress.com>, or write to him on-line ]. Here’s Frank’s note, which is the best Holiday note … [Read more]

Anita Gurumurthy at the Internet Governance Forum, 6 Dec. 2016, Opening Session, Guadalajara

Statement by Anita Gurumurthy, at the IGF Opening Session, Guadalajara [We’re reprinting this Introduction to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) by Ms Gurumurthy because of its significance for the role of civil society, and the Internet, which is one of … [Read more]

How to Increase the Integration of Cuban Science and Technology with the Global Community

[In my experience both working with Cuba in UNEP’s Global Environmental Outlook program, and during birding trips to the island, I’ve been greatly impressed by the depth of Cuban expertise in many science and technology fields. There is a major … [Read more]

Plants of Conservation Concern of the United States Virgin Islands

A collaboration among Island Resources Foundation,  the Virgin Islands Urban and Community Forestry Council, the VI Department of Agriculture, the US Department of Agriculture, and the US Forest Service has produced an up-to-date version of Plants of Conservation Concern of The United States Virgin Islands, written … [Read more]

Fifth Edition of the Ramsar Handbook Series

The Secretariat of Ramsar Convention has just announced the launch of the first Handbook in the 5th Edition Ramsar Handbook Series. It is entitled “An Introduction to the Convention on Wetlands” and replaces “The Ramsar Convention Manual”. http://www.ramsar.org/sites/default/files/documents/library/handbook1_5ed_introductiontoconvention_e.pdf “An Introduction … [Read more]

Sunsetting Island Resources Foundation

As our members and well-wishers have already been informed, at the end of June, after 45 years of operation, Island Resources Foundation ceased operations. The two documents below represent our farewell letter, and Judith Towle’s narrative history of the Foundation … [Read more]

Overfishing + Nutrients + Climate Change = Sick Reefs

Important Article from NATURE COMMUNICATIONS Click below to download — Authors and Abstract on this page Overfishing and Nutrient Pollution Interact with Temperature to Disrupt Coral Reefs Down to Microbial Scales. Jesse R. Zaneveld, Deron E. Burkepile, Andrew A. Shantz, Catharine … [Read more]

Author Diana McCaulay of Jamaica (2005 McFarlane Award Winner) to Speak in London

Diana McCaulay was also the 2005 recipient of the Euan McFarlane Award for Environmental Leadership in the Insular Caribbean, awarded by Island Resources Foundation on behalf of Laurance S. Rockefeller, who endowed the annual McFarlane Award in 1986.  From: Papillote Press … [Read more]