By Paul Crask ● Issue 149 (January/February 2018)
What follows the storm in Dominica | Green
In September 2017, Hurricane Maria devastated Dominica’s houses, businesses, and infrastructure. But the storm also took a toll on the Nature Isle’s forests and wildlife — a major blow for an economy that depends on eco-tourism. Paul Crask reports
Embark, Community, Environment, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico, St. Barts, St. Martin, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 148 (November/December 2017)
After the storm | Perspective
For people of the Caribbean, the start of the annual hurricane season in June is a time of watchfulness, if not anxiety. Hurricanes are a...
Engage, Environment, Antigua and Barbuda
By Erline Andrews ● Issue 147 (September/October 2017)
Redonda rescue — saving its native species | Green
The dwarf geckos of Redonda, Sphaerodactylus sp, are among the rarest creatures on earth. About an inch long, on average, with translucent...
Engage, Culture, Environment, Technology
By Erline Andrews ● Issue 146 (July/August 2017)
The energy of the future: renewables in the Caribbean | Green
Nelson Island — a tiny fragment of land less than one mile off the northwest coast of Trinidad — is a focal point of the island’s...
By Shelly-Ann Inniss ● Issue 145 (May/June 2017)
Aloe vera: the thorny balm
“Go out in the garden and cut some aloes” are dreaded words for many Caribbean children. Aloe’s bitter taste is enough to prove that...
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 145 (May/June 2017)
Born blue: Suriname’s blue poison dart frog
Native to the rainforest of southern Suriname, the blue poison dart frog — also called okopipi in the indigenous Trio language — earns...
Engage, Environment, Antigua and Barbuda
By Caribbean Beat ● Issue 144 (March/April 2017)
Mangrove view
Barbuda’s sixty-two square miles of coral limestone slope from low, gentle hills near the east coast to the mangrove wetlands of the...
By Nazma Muller ● Issue 144 (March/April 2017)
Caribbean eco progress report
The Caribbean is treasured and revered globally as one of the world’s most biologically diverse regions, with more than twelve thousand...