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New Resources on Fisheries Information from CERMES and FAO/Barbados

Posted on July 24, 2018

Inspired by a posting by Iris Monnereau (UNFAO/Barbados) and Georgina Bustamante on the CAMPAM  e-mail list, Hazel Oxenford of CERMES/UWI Cave Hill (Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies) helped me put together these three recent articles or chapters about fisheries … [Read more]

Good Discussion of Indirect Costs for Non-Profits/NGOs

Posted on May 17, 2018

Based on a fifty year career managing non-profit organizations and programs, I REALLY think it’s existentially important for NGOs/CSOs to collect the true costs of their operations from contracts and donors. Unfortunately, I’m not sure that Mr. Klotz’s graphic presentation … [Read more]

Sinking Islands from The Sierra Club Magazine

Posted on May 16, 2018

from the Sierra Club Magazine for May, 2018 The World’s Sinking Islands Challenge Our Imagination Life on the Maldives and Marshall Islands, at the risky fringes of a warming world PHOTOS BY DAN LIN BY REBECCA SOLNIT | APR 26 … [Read more]

Hurricanes, Recovery, And Resiliency In The US Caribbean’s National Parks

Posted on December 5, 2017

[This article from Apple News presents some good insights into the enormous scale of the ecological impacts of major hurricanes — in this case, Hurricanes Irma and Maria in September and October of 2017. ] Hurricanes, Recovery, And Resiliency In … [Read more]

Communities of Action for SDG 14 – “Life Under Water”

Posted on November 30, 2017

UN Launches SDG 14 Communities of Action STORY HIGHLIGHTS To follow-up on outcomes from its World Ocean Conference*, held in June 2017, the UN has launched nine thematic, multi-stakeholder “Communities of Ocean Action”. The communities are meant to generate new … [Read more]

A Caribbean Environmental Treaty with Teeth

Posted on November 30, 2017

from the regional news aggregator CaribbeanNewsNow: [See Pottersweal.com for an acerbic, if marginally coherent, comment on this important initiative.] Latin America and Caribbean urgently need strong, legally binding treaty on environmental rights, say UN experts November 28, 2017 Special Rapporteur … [Read more]

Good Discussion of the Economic Value of Coral Reefs

Posted on June 26, 2017

from the Washington Post, 26 June 2017: Energy and Environment The Great Barrier Reef is literally a treasure. It’s worth $42 billion. By Chelsea Harvey June 26 at 1:17 PM A tourist snorkels above coral in the lagoon located on … [Read more]

Leader and Long Briefing from “The Economist” 2017 re FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Posted on June 9, 2017

<http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21722647-ocean-sustains-humanity-humanity-treats-it-contempt-how-improve-health> Deep trouble How to improve the health of the ocean The ocean sustains humanity. Humanity treats it with contempt Print edition | Leaders May 27th 2017 EARTH is poorly named. The ocean covers almost three-quarters of the planet. It … [Read more]

Ocean Conference Addresses MPAs, Ocean Acidification

Posted on June 7, 2017

from the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s (IISD’s) daily coverage of the Ocean Conference 5-9 June 2017. STORY HIGHLIGHTS On the second day of the UN Ocean Conference, two partnership dialogues took place on: (1) managing, protecting, conserving, and restoring marine … [Read more]

Caribbean Philanthropy Network (CPN) — Reports 2010 to 2013

Posted on April 24, 2017

Linked below are three publications written, edited or reviewed by Judith Ann Towle for the Caribbean Philanthropy Network, These reports date from the period 2009 to 2013 and they are not up-to-date in terms of recent actions taken by Caribbean … [Read more]