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The Institute of Jamaica has named ten recipients of its Musgrave Medal Awards: The Institute of Jamaica has announced 10 recipients of its coveted Musgrave Medal Awards. These distinguished ladies and gentlemen have demonstrated excellence in their respective fields of literature, art, and science, going down in history as recipients of the oldest award in…

Iconic Jamaican beach vanishing as pollution, climate change take a toll beach-1992727 REBEKAH KABEDE - Hellshire Beach, one of Jamaica’s cultural icons, has appeared in countless documentaries, movies and travelogues about the island nation. The strip of sand, a half-hour drive from the capital and backed by seafood restaurants, is a weekend favourite for Kingstonians, a place to kick back and “lyme” - the local term for “chill”. But Hellshire Beach is fast disappearing. What once wa...

The arguments were recently advanced by Professor Mona Webber, Director of the Centre for Marine Sciences at the University of the West Indies and head of the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory during a TEDxWorthington talk. “Although compromised, these coastal ecosystems are critical in the fight against climate change effects and they still offer the capacity to recover and the capacity to recover against the ravages of climate change,” she said in her opening salvo. “Mitigating their dest...

Sargassum Seaweed-Derived Products, Technologies and Value Chains – The Focus of a CRFM Training Workshop on March 3rd, 2021 (The Bahamas one of four countries targeted for field work) By Staff1 / in Business, Highlight, In The News:, Nearby / on Tuesday, 02 Mar 2021 12:26 PM / Comments Off on Sargassum Seaweed-Derived Products, Technologies and Value Chains – The Focus of a CRFM Training Workshop on March 3rd, 2021 (The Bahamas one of four countries targeted for field work) / ...

TAYLOR THE INTRODUCTION of innovation together with a relook at alternative livelihoods have emerged among a suite of recommendations to realise a Caribbean more prepared for the impacts of a changing climate. This is reflected in the book chapter written by a group of noted local scientists in the book called The Caribbean Blue Economy and edited by Peter Clegg, Robin Mahon, Patrick McConney, and Hazel A. Oxenford. In it, researchers Professor Michael Taylor, Professor Mona Webber, Dr Tanneci...

The Prioritisation of research and development, together with tailored capacity building and awareness raising are said to be vital components of a needed overall framework to realise a resilient blue economy, especially in the face of a changing climate. These are included in a raft of recommendations by respected Caribbean scientists who recently penned a chapter in the book titled The Caribbean Blue Economy, which was edited by Peter Clegg, Robin Mahon, Patrick McConney and Hazel A. Oxenfo...