Climate change shrinks marine life richness near equator: study
Havana, CubaReuters During some summers, as the Caribbean water temperatures climb, the luminous coral colonies of gold, green and blue that ring the island nation of Cuba give way to patches of skeletal white. The technicolour streaks of darting tropical fish flash less frequently. The rasping sounds of lobsters go quiet. A view of a […]
Postcards: Jamaican women worst hit by livestock and crop theft in pandemic
KATE CHAPPELL, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the growing issue of “praedial larceny” targeting women in the Caribbean nation…
Caribbean Indigenous people return to roots as COVID-19 shrinks tourism
Bogota, ColombiaThomson Reuters Foundation Indigenous cultures in the Caribbean, struggling as their tourism-dependent economies are ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, are returning to traditional farming and fishing roots for their livelihoods, local experts said last week. Being forced to look to older, more organic ways of survival can be a silver lining within the devastation […]
Essay: How one woman pulled off the first consumer boycott – and helped inspire the British to abolish slavery
TOM ZOELLNER, author of a new book about the end of slavery in the British Caribbean, looks at the impact of Elizabeth Heyrick in the battle for the abolition of slavery…
Snapshot – Saint-Anne, Guadeloupe
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“Perfect storm”: Haiti COVID-19 peak set to collide with hurricanes
ANASTASIA MOLONEY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the crisis facing the Caribbean island nation…
Removable solar panels boost storm readiness in Dominica
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation When Hurricane Maria flattened the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2017, the fierce storm left the country in the dark. “Everything was out. There was no electricity. The whole electrical grid was down,” recalled Williams Fitzroy, an engineer and inspector for the Ministry of Public Works. A view of rooftop solar […]
Disaster under the waves: the race to save the coral of the Caribbean
Key West, Florida, USReuters Emily Hower, a research assistant at Nova Southeastern University doing field work on coral off Key West in Florida, bobs up out of the water and removes her diving mask. The news is not good. Most of the pillar coral that her team have been monitoring for years are dead. A […]
As desperation rises, thousands in Bahamas flee Dorian’s devastation
Nassau, BahamasReuters Thousands of people fled devastation in the Bahamas on Saturday as conditions grew increasingly desperate nearly a week after Hurricane Dorian made landfall, reducing many homes to rubble and knocking out water and power. Aid groups rushed emergency help to the storm-ravaged islands, and officials warned a death toll of 43 was likely […]
Rise in rural poverty reverses gains in Latin America – UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation Rural poverty has risen for the first time in a decade in Latin America and the Caribbean, reversing earlier gains, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Wednesday. Two million people joined the ranks of the region’s rural poor between 2014 and 2016, taking the total to nearly half the rural […]