My Island My Community Project
Participants at MIMC Workshop, Bay Garden's Hotel, St. Lucia
From 26 April to 7 May 2010 the Speyside Eco Marine Park Rangers, the Buccoo Reef Trust and the GEF/SGP are participating in the intensive training workshop for the My Island My Community project. The Coastal and Marine Management and Education in the South Eastern Caribbean project is supporting the participation of coalition members in this two week exercise.
Map reveals species most at risk from climate change
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We heard this week that a quarter of all mammals are threatened with extinction. The verdict is bleak: of 17,000 assessed species, over 7000 could become threatened with extinction because of climate change. (IUCN on New Scientist).
Invader gobbling up East Coast, Caribbean Fish
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Lion Fish Lionfish spread could become 'most devastating marine invasion in history' - A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters and even off the East Coast - swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region. (AP on MSNBC). Related: Lionfish Sightings Distribution (USGS)
11th International Coral Reef Symposium: Call to Action
Written by Administrator
Call to Action 2008 is a critical time for coral reefs. At the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium held in July, midway in the International Year of the Reef, over 3000 experts from 75 countries assembled to face some hard truths: coral reefs are teetering on the edge of survival and it is our fault. High levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have produced a lethal combination of hotter and less alkaline seawater. Pervasive overfishing, pollution, coastal development, and physical damage further undermine reef health, and consequently, that of the people and ecosystems depending upon them.
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