Resident Representative with the UNDP for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Valerie Cliff; Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde; and Japan’s Ambassador to Barbados, Teruhiko Shinada at this morning’s signing ceremony for...
Director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit, Dr. Leo Brewster, recently outlined a series of threats being faced by Barbados’ East Coast as a result of climate change, and what his department was seeking to do to mitigate the impacts. (BGIS) The effects of...
Minister of the Environment and National Beautification, Adrian Forde, chatting with vendor at the Millie Ifill Fish Market, Lucy Alleyne, yesterday. (J. Rawlins-Bentham/BGIS) Government’s move to amalgamate the blue and green economies will redound to the benefit of...
(FP) Barbados and other small island developing states (SIDS) have the capacity to find solutions and rebound from the effects of climate change through resilience building. But, those responsible will have to accept their errors and take decisive action to prevent a...
(FP) Residents across Barbados should expect to see a heavy presence of Sargassum seaweed on beaches across the island this year. Minister of Maritime Affairs and the Blue Economy, Kirk Humphrey, stated this during a recent site visit to River Bay, St. Lucy, where the...
