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February 10, 2023

Plans made to boost marine research

The Virgin Islands is charting a way forward to work in collaboration with the world’s largest marine studies institute to better understand the natural resources of its waters. Natural Resources …

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by Dana Kampa
January 7, 2022

VI-UNDP agreement extended into 2023

The extension of an agreement between the Virgin Islands and the United Nations Development Programme will see the territory receive support for sustainable development, the Covid-19 recovery, the blue economy …

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by The BVI Beacon
March 6, 2020

As audit looms, government tackles marine pollution

Virgin Islands leaders are working on a plan to curb marine pollution from boats ahead of a coming audit of the VI Shipping Registry, Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration Minister …

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by Joey Waldinger
March 6, 2020

Government to crack down on illegal fishing

The Virgin Islands includes more than 87,000 square kilometres of marine space, and government leaders are urging people who draw on its resources to take better care of it. “As …

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by Dana Kampa
February 14, 2020

Recovery and Development Agency acquires new tech to explore VI oceans

Standing on a boat in the waters off Cane Garden Bay last summer, Atoya George, a government lab technician, peered into a screen displaying a video feed from a camera …

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by Joey Waldinger
February 6, 2020

Facing uncertainty, VI leaders looking ahead

Delegates from here and the United States Virgin Islands gathered at Maria’s by the Sea Tuesday for a meeting of the Inter-Virgin Islands Council, a day of deliberations on the …

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by Joey Waldinger
December 3, 2019

EDITORIAL: ‘Blue economy’ has promise in the Virgin Islands

Kudos to the government for working with the United Nations Development Programme to explore the possibilities offered by the so-called “blue economy.” At a time when financial services and tourism …

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by BVI Beacon
November 29, 2019

Programme seeking to boost ‘blue economy’

The ocean has long been an essential part of the Virgin Islands’ culture and economy. Yachters and beachgoers compose a large percentage of the territory’s visitors, fishers regularly ply VI …

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by Joey Waldinger
September 2, 2019

UNDP office in the works for Virgin Islands

After supporting the territory’s hurricane recovery for nearly two years, the United Nations Development Programme is looking to open a permanent Tortola office and work closely on projects including a …

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by ZARRIN TASNIM AHMED

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