Caribbean Environmental Mailing Lists
Island Resources E-Mail Discussion Groups for the Caribbean and Global Islands Communities
Island Resources Foundation is a 35-year-old non-profit organization that works on the environmental problems of development in small tropical islands. We have several active programs, including biodiversity conservation, sediment and erosion control, and coastal zone and watershed management. As part of our environmental information program, supporting all of these program areas, the Foundation owns or moderates 35 separate e-mail discussion groups subscribing more than 3,500 individuals and groups. Most of these groups are more than five years old.
Eighteen of these public lists are described below. In general we encourage MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS of information, and additionally, we pull information off the Internet, which addresses issues of SPECIFIC RELEVANCE to each group’s main theme. In addition to these "public" lists, we moderate lists for a dozen other groups --- contact us if you'd like help setting up an environment-focused e-mail group of your own.
Caribbean Biodiversity Conservation -- this list was founded 12 years ago to support our Biodiversity Conservation and NGO Development Office in Antigua. The list membership includes scientists, researchers, and students working in the region and natural resource planners and managers. The list has a large number of bird experts enrolled. To subscribe simply send a blank e-mail to <caribbean-biodiversity-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
The GLOBAL-ISLANDS-BIODIVERSITY e-mail discussion group has been established at the suggestion of Gerald Miles of TNC/Australia. It represents the combined lists of those working with the TAFICOPA (the Task Force for Island Conservation and Protected Areas of IUCN), GLISPA (Global Islands Partnership -- the NGO Islands Initiative), and the Island Biodiversity work program of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The list is owned and moderated by the Foundation on behalf of the Global Islands Network for the worldwide community of those working to support biological diversity in small islands.
"'Environmental Working Group' of the Forum of Organizations of Civil Society for the Wider Caribbean." This is a bi-lingual list for Environmental NGOs throughout the Caribbean. It grew out of a group of NGOs trying to be involved in the policy deliberations of the Association of Caribbean States. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to <carib-ngo-forum-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
Caribbean Assessment and Reporting Mailing List. The list concentrates on tools and information sharing for conducting state-of-the-environment reports, policy analyses and projections for alternative environmental futures. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to <carib-assessment-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
Caribbean GIS Users -- News of interest to regional users and implementers of geographic information systems and remote sensing applications. The longest running GIS list in the region. We also forward some GIS job postings to this list. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to <carib-gis-users-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
VIRMC -- The Virgin Islands Resource Management Cooperative -- Information for researchers on biological or natural resources management issues in the area bounded roughly by the Virgin Banks—from the Mona Passage to the Anegada Passage. This list also reflects [our founding president] Ed Towle's long-term leadership in Island Systems and Coastal Zone Management and island systems strategies and tactics. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to <virmc-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
ISISA—the list for the International Small Islands Study Association for members and affiliates authorized at the 8th "Islands of the World" meeting in Maui, Hawai'i. ISISA is unique in its worldwide scope and the way it combines participation by academics and residents. In recent years, the Society has held its biennial meetings in Skye (Scotland), Prince Edward Island (Canada), Kinmen (formerly known as Quemoy, Taiwan), and Maui. The 2008 meeting is set for the island of Jeju (Korea) To subscribe send an e-mail to <isisa-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
Sustainable Tourism Mailing List—encompasses private sector, governmental bodies, and the scientific and conservation communities which seek to promote the development of a sustainable tourism for the Caribbean, to enhance the ethical management of our natural and cultural resources and to protect the health of our people and guests. Originally established for the Caribbean Alliance for Sustainable Tourism (CAST). To subscribe or send an e-mail to <sustainable-tourism-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
Caribbean Coral Reefs. This list was set up for the World Resources Institute to help coordinate coral reef information exchange throughout the Wider Caribbean in support of the 2004 publication of Caribbean Reefs at Risk, an update of the UNEP/WRI/ICLARM 1998 global Reefs at Risk assessment. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to <carib-coral-reefs-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
Grenada's Story: This e-mail list complements the Grenada-history web site at <http://www.grenada-history.org>, which was originally sponsored by Alister and Margaret Hughes in order to stimulate a restoration of community awareness and concern by all Grenadians and well wishers. Subscribe with an e-mail to: <grenada-history-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
Virgin Islands Forests and Floods Group— This list grew out of the [US Virgin Islands] Flood Hazard Mitigation Steering Committee and the Forestry discussion group set up by Belinda Esham and Brian Daly. This list has an extensive archive of documents on related subjects that members of the list can download at will. To subscribe simply send a blank e-mail to <VI-Forests-Floods-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
BVI-Sediment Control Group -- This list is a project stimulated by the British Virgin Islands Association of Reef Keepers (ARK) and a group of private and public organizations and individuals in the northeastern Caribbean who want to increase access to information about Best Management Practices for sediment reduction and erosion control, especially in the active development and high-cost construction environment of the region. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to <BVI-Sediment-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
White Water to Blue Water — The Steering Committee of the US-sponsored White Water to Blue Water (WW2BE) initiative asked Island Resources Foundation to moderate an e-mail group to promote sustainable development partnerships in the Caribbean, targeted to the four WW2BW themes: watershed management, sustainable tourism, marine ecosystem-based management strategies, and environmentally sound marine transport systems. to subscribe send a blank email to: < ww2bw-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
San Andres Research Mailing List. This list is maintained to support a network of researchers interested in research about the people, reefs, and banks of the Colombian Archipelago of San Andres, Old Providence, and Santa Catalina. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to <san-andres-research-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
The "Caribbean Territories" discussion list is organized to promote communication and information exchange among the dependent small islands in the Caribbean, especially the US, British, French and Dutch dependencies. Subjects include governance and environment. To subscribe: send a blank, no subject message to <carib-territories-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
Caribbean Bats Mailing List. This list was established and is moderated by Lois Blumenthal of the Cayman Islands to bring together people interested in bats from throughout the Caribbean. On-line resources of this group include sketch plans for bat houses. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to <Caribbean-bats-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
Museums Association of the Caribbean. This list was established in response to a request from the members of the Museums Association of the Caribbean at their 15th annual general meeting in Tortola in 2003. Members are encouraged to post in any [Caribbean] language. To subscribe send a blank e-mail to <MAC-Caribbean-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
IRF Member Newsletter — this list provides Island Resources Foundation members, friends, and Program Associates with current news and opinion about events of environmental consequence in the world of small islands, and among the Foundation's major stakeholders and friends. To subscribe, send a blank e-mail to <irf-member-news-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>.
The general rules to SUBSCRIBE to one of these automated e-mail groups, run by the Yahoo! organization are:
To join/subscribe to a Group via email:
1. Send a blank email to:
<groupname-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>
Make sure to replace "groupname" with the actual name
of the Group (e.g.,
<caribbean-biodiversity-subscribe@yahoogroups.com>).
2. Within a day or two, you will receive a subscription confirmation message. Just reply to the confirmation message and your subscription will be complete.
Alternatively, you can also SUBSCRIBE on-line at the Yahoo Groups web site, <http://www.yahoogroups.com>
To join, or subscribe to, a Group via the Yahoo! Groups web site:
- Locate a Group by browsing the categories listed on the Yahoo! Groups home page, or by using the search box on any page.
- Once you've found a Group that interests you, click its name to view the main Group page for more information.
- Click on Join this Group!. In addition to joining, you will be able to set your membership options.
- If you haven't REGISTERED or signed in, you will be prompted to do so.
REGISTRATION is different from SUBSCRIBING. You can subscribe to an e-mail group and receive and send text messages to and from the group forever without registering.
In order to use the advanced features of the YahooGroups web site, however, including access to archived messages, lists of members, and archived text files, you MUST REGISTER. This can only be done on-line at the YahooGroups web site: <http://groups.yahoo.com/>.
Each person (well, technically, each e-mail address) needs to register ONLY ONCE with Yahoo---no matter how many individual groups you join---for example, I currently subscribe to over 80 YahooGroups, but I have only registered once.
To control what future advertising messages that Yahoo! sends to you, after you are registered, go to the "Marketing Preferences" page: <http://subscribe.yahoo.com/showaccount>.
We STRONGLY encourage list MEMBERS to post their own messages about what's going on in the Caribbean, or what they have questions about. Once subscribed any list member can address all list members just by sending a message to:
<groupname@yahoogroups.com>,
where you substitute the actual groupname for groupname, such as
<caribbean-biodiversity@yahoogroups.com>.
We occasionally post the same information to more than one list, but not usually. The facilities for these mailing lists maintained by the "yahoogroups.com" organization include archiving all of the messages posted to the list, calendars, databases, polling, an archive of down-loadable files and a variety of other services which can be explored at their web site at <http://groups.yahoo.com/>. To access the web site, usually you have to register your e-mail address and a password of your own devising with yahoogroups.com.
