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Bahamas Business Outlook to celebrate 30 years in 2021

PM Minnis expected to be opening speaker at next month’s annual event NASSAU, BAHAMAS Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Bahamas Business Outlook (BBO) is scheduled to be held January 14 to 15, 2021 as a virtual forum under the theme “Facing Unprecedented Times: Recover, Adjust. Advance”. Since 1992, BBO has been assembling experts representing key economic sectors, who present their forecasts on the economic challenges and business opportunities of the new year, along with recommendations for action. Joan Albury, president of TCL Group, founder and chief organizer of the forum, commented on the upcoming new year’s event. “Seldom before in the life of our country has it been more urgent to discuss the way forward, holistically and unclouded by heavy partisan overtones,” she said.

Thousands of Tasman homes at risk of storm inundation and sea level rise

A property at Ruby Bay after ex-Tropical Cyclone Fehi hit Tasman District in February 2018. An estimated 8400 people in Tasman District live in low-lying coastal areas that are vulnerable to storm inundation and sea level rise, according to a new report. More than 5000 buildings, mostly in Motueka-Riwaka, at least 350 archaeological sites, eight closed landfills, 3650ha of grassland, 2106ha of coastal indigenous vegetation (much of it in Abel Tasman National Park) and 941ha of urban land are identified as being at risk. Those risks arise from coastal storm inundation that has a 1 per cent chance of occurring in any year and up to 2m of sea level rise.

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