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After two false starts and eight years of delays, the government has launched a required review of the 2012 Virgin Islands Climate Change Adaptation Policy. The results could prove a …
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Environmental consultant Amar Munnolimath stood in a conference room at Treasure Isle Hotel on May 29 arranging large post-it notes on the wall. Each note listed a problem believed to …
As part of ongoing efforts to assess the territory’s marine environment, more than 20 of the government’s environmental and technical officers recently completed training in water-quality monitoring, data analysis and …
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Construction is under way on a new vending zone as part of the Beach Management Project at Long Bay, Beef Island, government announced last week. “Construction activity began with clearing …
A $600,000 “vending zone” and $133,000 worth of environmental restoration are the latest works planned for Long Bay at Beef Island as government continues implementing its beach management plan for …
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Virgin Islands builders, farmers, landowners and other members of the public will have access to detailed information about the nutrition, microbiology, permeability and vegetation of soil in the territory thanks …
Last Thursday morning at Long Bay on Beef Island, Angela Burnett-Penn pointed to a bushy tree growing on a sand dune near the ocean. “This is the enemy. This is …
