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One meter sea level rise will swallow over 2,700 km2 of Caribbean land area 21 Apr 2010 | 08:46 am
From a post by Mark Eaken on NOAA's Coral_List listserve: A new report spearheaded by the CARIBSAVE project under UNDP funding highlights the impacts of climate change on Caribbean nations and natura...
Final throes for Jamaica's 'Hippie Paradise'? 13 Apr 2010 | 06:11 am
From an article by Kathy Barrett on ipsnews.net: For centuries, Negril, a seven-mile stretch of white sand beach on the western tip of Jamaica, was cut off from the rest of the island by bad roads an...
Underwater sculpture park launches second phase 8 Apr 2010 | 08:56 am
From a post by saxfan_98 on cancunandrivieramaya@yahoogroups.com: The National Park located on the West Coast of Isla Mujeres, Punta Cancun and Punta Nizuc, which welcomes approximately 750,000 annua...
Your Earth Day Action: Choose Sustainable Seafood 6 Apr 2010 | 12:20 pm
From an announcement issued by The Nature Conservancy: Just like you, conservationists, fishermen, chefs and consumers are working together to find new ways of living off our oceans and waters while ...
US to ban wild-harvest shrimp imports from 29 Mar 2010 | 08:30 pm
Dead turtle ensnared in fishing net floating in sea. From an Associated Press article on Yahoo! News: WASHINGTON – The State Department says Mexico is losing its certification to export wild-harvest...
Lionfish plague threatens Bahamian economy 23 Mar 2010 | 05:43 am
Lionfish continue to spread throughout the southern Atlantic and Caribbean. From an article by Gladstone Thurston on the bahamasweekly.com: MARSH HARBOUR. Bahamas -- The explosion of lionfish populat...
Volunteer at Centro Ecológico Akumal (CEA) 20 Mar 2010 | 07:59 am
From the newsletter of Centro Ecológico Akumal: CEA is an organization that depends heavily on volunteers. If you have the willingness to have fun while you help to preserve the environment, come and...
Jamaica's beaches in danger, says UN expert 19 Mar 2010 | 05:50 am
From an article in the Jamaica Observer by Kimmo Matthews: A United Nations environmental expert is predicting that several beaches on the western end of Jamaica could be totally wiped out in the nex...
Shark conservation proposal defeated at UN meeting 17 Mar 2010 | 08:40 am
From an Associated Press article by Michael Casey: DOHA, Qatar — China, Japan and Russia helped defeat a U.S.-endorsed proposal at a U.N. wildlife trade meeting Tuesday that would have boosted conser...
All American oceanic birds threatened by climate change, research finds 16 Mar 2010 | 08:52 am
From an article on NatGeo News: All 67 oceanic bird species in the United States are imperiled by the changing climate, the authors of a comprehensive assessment said today. Many land-based birds ar...
