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For more than 20 years, Mexican biologist Dr. María del Carmen García Rivas has led a crusade to protect the coral lining the Yucatan Peninsula in the Caribbean Sea. As …
Continue reading “Sargassum is wreaking havoc on Caribbean ecosystems”
The importance of mangroves and other wetlands has been well known for more than half a century. The delicate ecosystems offer habitat for birds and marine life; they naturally prevent …
Continue reading “EDITORIAL: The Virgin Islands must save the mangroves”
Along the coastline of Prickly Pear Island is a stretch of mangroves that died after retaining too much salt following the hurricanes of 2017. But the area has a chance …
Jost Van Dykes Preservation Society Director Susan Zaluski said in February 2020 that the group and its partners hoped to plant 1,000 mangrove seedlings. Now, government is reporting that the …
Government and non-profit organisations deserve kudos for working together recently to launch a major mangrove restoration programme, but we fear their work will be for naught if comprehensive changes aren’t …
Continue reading “EDITORIAL: Mangrove planting is great, but new laws needed too”
On the eastern end of Jost Van Dyke, where sunshine beats down on expansive white beaches, is a quiet little inlet. The pool is sheltered from crashing waves by a …
Continue reading “Mangroves on the move: Habitat restoration efforts underway”
Government officials recently threatened to fine a South African businessman who removed a large swath of mangroves and other vegetation from the Paraquita Bay lagoon as part of efforts to …
Continue reading “As eco-law delayed, mangroves and wetlands left exposed”
Clive Petrovic was disappointed by what he saw on a recent drive out to West End: the wholesale removal of a large stand of mangroves near Sopers Hole. “My guess …
Continue reading “Study finds that mangroves will grow back”
